Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 16, 2013 / Notices 3417 

Dated: January 3, 2013. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00730 Filed 1–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0252; FRL–9375–9] 

Iodomethane; Cancellation Order for 

Pesticide Registrations and Label 

Amendment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

order for the cancellation, voluntarily 

requested by the registrant and accepted 

by the Agency, of products containing 

iodomethane, pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order 

follows a November 21, 2012 Federal 

Register Notice of Receipt of Request 

from the registrant listed in Table 3 of 

Unit II. to voluntarily cancel all these 

product registrations and to amend the 

technical/manufacturing-use label. 

These are the last products containing 

this pesticide registered for use in the 

United States. In the November 21, 2012 

notice, EPA indicated that it would 

issue an order implementing the 

cancellations and amendment, unless 

the Agency received substantive 

comments within the 30-day comment 

period that would merit its further 

review of these requests. The Agency 

received one comment on the notice, 

but it did not merit further review of the 

requests. Further, the registrant did not 

withdraw their request. Accordingly, 

EPA hereby issues this order granting 

the requested cancellations and 

amendment. Any distribution, sale, or 

use of the products subject to this 

cancellation order is permitted only in 

accordance with the terms of this order, 

including any existing stocks 

provisions. 

DATES: The cancellations of the end-use 

product registration are effective 

December 31, 2012. The cancellation of 

the technical product is effective 

December 1, 2015. The amendment to 

the technical label is effective January 1, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Mojica, Pesticide Re- Evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–0122; fax number: 

(703) 308–8090; email address: 

mojica.andrea@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0252, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West 

Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. The 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. What action is the agency taking? 

This notice announces the 

cancellation(s) and label amendment of 

the products listed in Tables 1 and 2, as 

requested by the registrant of these 

products, which are registered under 

FIFRA section 3. These registrations are 

listed in sequence by registration 

number in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit. 

TABLE 1—IODOMETHANE PRODUCT

CANCELLATIONS

EPA Registration No. Product name 

66330–43 ....... Midas 98:2. 

66330–44 ....... Iodomethane Technical. 

66330–57 ....... Midas 50:50. 

66330–58 ....... Midas EC Bronze. 

66330–59 ....... Midas 33:67. 

66330–60 ....... Midas EC Gold. 

TABLE 2—IODOMETHANE PRODUCT

REGISTRATION AMENDMENTS

EPA Registration No. Product name 

66330–44 ....... Iodomethane Technical. 

Table 3 of this unit includes the name 

and address of record for the registrant 

of the products in Tables 1 and 2 of this 

unit. 

TABLE 3—REGISTRANTS OF

CANCELLED AND AMENDED PRODUCTS

EPA Company 

No. Company name and address 

66330 ............. Arysta LifeScience North 

America, 15401 Weston 

Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, 

NC 27513. 

III. Summary of Public Comments 

Received and Agency Response to 

Comments 

During the public comment period 

provided, EPA received one comment in 

response to the November 21, 2012 

Federal Register notice announcing the 

Agency’s receipt of the request for 

voluntary cancellation of the products 

listed in Table 1of Unit 2, and the label 

amendment of the product listed in 

Table 2 of Unit II. The Pesticide Action 

Network International (PAN) expressed 

support for the proposed cancellations. 

However, PAN also requested that EPA 

prohibit the use of the iodemethane 

technical product in the U.S. to 

formulate products for export. In the 

November 21, 2012 notice, EPA 

referenced a Memorandum of 

Agreement (MOA) between the 

technical registrant for iodomethane and 

EPA. One provision of the MOA 

requires Arysta to voluntarily amend its 

technical product label to only allow 

sale and distribution for export 

purposes after January 1, 2013. Section 

17 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136o), and EPA 

regulations at 40 CFR part 168 Subpart 

D have specific requirements that apply 

to the export of unregistered pesticide, 

but these provisions do not provide EPA 

with authority to ban the export of 

pesticides registered under Section 3 of 

FIFRA, or cancelled pesticides. For 

these reasons, the Agency does not 

believe that the comment submitted by 

PAN merits further review or a denial of 

the requests for voluntary cancellation 

and a label amendment. 

IV. Cancellation Order 

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA 

hereby approves the requested 

cancellations and label amendment of 

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the iodomethane registrations identified 

in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. 

Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders 

that the product registrations identified 

in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. are canceled 

and the product registration identified 

in Table 2 of Unit II. is amended. The 

effective date of the cancellation for the 

following products that are subject of 

this notice, EPA Registration Numbers 

66330–43, 66330–57, 66330–58, 66330– 

59 and 66330–60, is December 31, 2012. 

The effective date of the cancellation for 

EPA Registration Number 66330–44 is 

December 1, 2015. Any distribution, 

sale, or use of existing stocks of the 

products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of 

Unit II. in a manner inconsistent with 

any of the provisions for disposition of 

existing stocks set forth in Unit VI. will 

be a violation of FIFRA. Within 30 days 

of the date of publication of this order, 

Arysta shall send the following 

documents by certified mail, return 

receipt requested, to every person who 

purchased any such product directly 

from Arysta since December 31, 2011; 

and to every retailer known to Arysta to 

have sold any end-use product since 

December 31, 2011: A letter that 

identifies or indicates: 

1. The iodomethane product(s) that 

were purchased and the dates of such 

purchase. 

2. That any distribution or sale of 

Arysta’s end-use iodomethane products 

will be unlawful under FIFRA after 

December 31, 2012. 

3. That Arysta’s end-use iodomethane 

products in users’ possession may not 

be used after December 31, 2012. 

4. That after December 31, 2012, all 

remaining existing stocks of Arysta’s 

iodomethane end-use products must be 

disposed of in accordance with all 

applicable state and Federal laws or 

returned to Arysta; and a hard copy of 

the actual cancellation order as 

published in the Federal Register. 

V. What is the agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that 

a registrant of a pesticide product may 

at any time request that any of its 

pesticide registrations be canceled or 

amended to terminate one or more uses. 

FIFRA further provides that, before 

acting on the request, EPA must publish 

a notice of receipt of any such request 

in the Federal Register. Thereafter, 

following the public comment period, 

the EPA Administrator may approve 

such a request. The notice of receipt for 

this action was published for comment 

on November 21, 2012 (77 FR 69840) 

(FRL–9370–2). The comment period 

closed on December 21, 2012. 

VI. Provisions for Disposition of 

Existing Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products which are 

currently in the United States and 

which were packaged, labeled, and 

released for shipment prior to the 

effective date of the action. The existing 

stocks provision for the products subject 

to this order is as follows. 

As of December 1, 2015, all sale and 

distribution of existing stocks of 

Arysta’s iodomethane technical/ 

manufacturing-use product, EPA Reg. 

No. 66330–44, by Arysta shall be 

prohibited unless the sale or 

distribution is for proper disposal or is 

solely for purposes of export consistent 

with the requirements of section 17 of 

FIFRA. 

As of December 31, 2012, Arysta is 

prohibited from distributing or selling 

existing stocks of end-use products, EPA 

Registration Nos. 66330–43, 66330–57, 

66330–58, 66330–59 and 66330–60 

unless the sale or distribution is for 

proper disposal, or is solely for export 

consistent with the requirements of 

FIFRA section 17; persons other than 

Arysta are prohibited from distributing 

or selling existing stocks of Arysta’s 

end-use products, EPA Registration 

Number 66330–43, 66330–57, 66330– 

58, 66330–59 and 66330–60, unless the 

sale or distribution is for proper 

disposal, return to Arysta, or is intended 

solely for export consistent with the 

requirements of FIFRA section 17; and 

no person may use any existing stocks 

of any of Arysta’s end-use products EPA 

Registration Numbers. 66330–43, 

66330–57, 66330–58, 66330–59 and 

66330–60. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: December 28, 2012. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0906; FRL–9374–4] 

Pesticides; Draft Guidance for 

Pesticide Registrants on WebDistributed Labeling for Pesticide 

Products 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Agency is announcing 

the availability of and seeking public 

comment on a draft Pesticide 

Registration Notice (PR Notice) titled 

‘‘Web-Distributed Labeling for Pesticide 

Products.’’ PR Notices are issued by the 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to 

inform pesticide registrants and other 

interested persons about important 

policies, procedures, and registration 

related decisions, and serve to provide 

guidance to pesticide registrants and 

OPP personnel. This particular draft PR 

Notice provides guidance concerning 

the process by which registrants can 

make legally valid versions of pesticide 

labeling available through the Internet. 

Web-distributed labeling would allow 

users to retrieve a streamlined version of 

the pesticide product labeling, 

containing the directions for use and 

necessary information related to the 

user’s specific state and intended site of 

use. Shorter, relevant labeling could be 

clearer and easier for the user to 

understand, improving compliance with 

pesticide labeling requirements and 

thereby protecting human health and 

the environment from unintentional 

misuse of pesticides. Web-distributed 

labeling would also allow for more 

rapid updates to pesticide labeling, 

meaning risk mitigation measures and 

new uses can reach the user more 

quickly than under the current paperbased system. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 16, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0906, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Arling, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

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