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[FR Doc. 2010–17419 Filed 7–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–C 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0332; FRL–8833–9] 

Methyl Parathion; Cancellation Order 

for Certain Pesticide Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

order for the cancellations, voluntarily 

requested by the registrants and 

accepted by the Agency, of products 

containing methyl parathion, pursuant 

to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), as amended. This 

cancellation order follows a April 28, 

2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt 

of Requests from the registrants listed in 

Table 2 of Unit II. to voluntarily cancel 

all these product registrations. These are 

the last products containing this 

pesticide registered for use in the 

United States. In the April 28, 2010 

notice, EPA indicated that it would 

issue an order implementing the 

cancellations, unless the Agency 

received substantive comments within 

the 30–day comment period that would 

merit its further review of these 

requests, or unless the registrants 

withdrew their requests. The Agency 

received comments on the notice but 

none merited its further review of the 

requests. Further, the registrants did not 

withdraw their requests. Accordingly, 

EPA hereby issues in this notice a 

cancellation order granting the 

requested cancellations. 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 are effective 

July 16, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Ballard, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–8126; fax number: 

(703) 305–5290; e-mail address: 

ballard.kelly@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. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0332. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either in the electronic docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces the 

cancellations, as requested by 

registrants, of products registered under 

section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations 

are listed in sequence by registration 

number in Table 1 of this unit. 

TABLE 1.—METHYL PARATHION

PRODUCT CANCELLATIONS

EPA Registration Number Product Name 

4787–33 Cheminova Methyl 

Parathion Technical 

67760–43 Cheminova Methyl 

Parathion 4 EC 

70506–193 PENNCAP-M Microencapsulated Insecticide 

Table 2 of this unit includes the 

names and addresses of record for all 

registrants of the products in Table 1 of 

this unit, in sequence by EPA company 

number. This number corresponds to 

the first part of the EPA registration 

numbers of the products listed above. 

TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS OF

CANCELLED PRODUCTS

EPA Company 

Number 

Company Name and 

Address 

4787 Cheminova A/S 

1600 Wilson Boulevard, 

Suite 700 

Arlington, VA 22209 

67760 Cheminova, Inc. 

1600 Wilson Boulevard, 

Suite 700 

Arlington, VA 22209 

70506 United Phosphorus 

630 Freedom Business 

Center, Suite 402 

King of Prussia, PA 

19406 

III. Summary of Public Comments 

Received and Agency Response to 

Comments 

Two comments from the general 

public were received. The first comment 

was from the Independent Scientific 

Research Advocates, and refers to the 

toxicity issues of organophosphates as a 

class of chemicals, and does not 

specifically refer to this cancellation 

action for methyl parathion. The second 

comment was from the USA Rice 

Federation, and notes the concern over 

the loss of methyl parathion. USA Rice 

would like EPA to expedite a 

replacement chemical for methyl 

parathion, and would support the 

expedition. The Agency does not 

believe that the comments submitted 

during the comment period merit 

further review or a denial of the requests 

for voluntary cancellation, or further 

review for purposes of this order. 

IV. Cancellation Order 

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA 

hereby approves the requested 

cancellations of methyl parathion 

registrations identified in Table 1 of 

Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby 

orders that the product registrations 

identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are 

canceled. The effective date of the 

cancellations that are subject of this 

notice is July 16, 2010. Any distribution, 

sale, or use of existing stocks of the 

products identified in Table 1 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. 

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 


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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 April 28, 2010 (75 FR 22402) (FRL– 

8822–6). The comment period closed on 

May 28, 2010. 

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 specified in the Memorandum of 

Agreement, all use, sales and 

distributions of existing stocks of 

manufacturing-use products will be 

prohibited as of December 31, 2012. 

Registrants are prohibited from selling 

and distributing end-use products as of 

December 31, 2012. Persons other than 

the registrants are permitted to sell or 

distribute end-use products prior to 

August 31, 2013. All sales and 

distributions of end-use products shall 

be prohibited as of August 31, 2013, 

except for export consistent with section 

17 of FIFRA or for proper disposal. 

Additionally, all use of existing stocks 

of the end-use products shall be 

prohibited as of December 31, 2013. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: July 7, 2010. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8991–5] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements filed 07/05/2010 through 

07/09/2010 pursuant to 40 CFR 

1506.9. 

Notice 

In accordance with Section 309(a) of 

the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to 

make its comments on EISs issued by 

other Federal agencies public. 

Historically, EPA has met this mandate 

by publishing weekly notices of 

availability of EPA comments, which 

includes a brief summary of EPA’s 

comment letters, in the Federal 

Register. Since February 2008, EPA has 

been including its comment letters on 

EISs on its Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ 

eisdata.html. Including the entire EIS 

comment letters on the website satisfies 

the Section 309(a) requirement to make 

EPA’s comments on EISs available to 

the public. Accordingly, on March 31, 

2010, EPA discontinued the publication 

of the notice of availability of EPA 

comments in the Federal Register. 

EIS No. 20100252, Final EIS, USACE, 

CA, Rio del Oro Specific Plan Project, 

New Information on Biological 

Resource and Water Supply, City of 

Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, 

CA, Wait Period Ends: 08/16/2010, 

Contact: Lisa M. Gibson, 916–557– 

5288. 

EIS No. 20100253, Draft EIS, BLM, UT, 

Greater Natural Buttes Area Gas 

Development Project, Proposes to 

Develop Oil and Gas Resources within 

the 162–911–Acre, Uintah County, 

UT, Comment Period Ends: 08/30/ 

2010, Contact: Stephanie Howard, 

435–781–4469. 

EIS No. 20100254, Draft EIS, USACE, 

CA, Folsom South of U.S. 50 Specific 

Plan Project, Proposed land Use 

Development in the Specific Plan 

Area, City of Folsom, Sacramento 

County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

09/07/2010, Contact: Lisa M. Gibson, 

916–557–5288. 

EIS No. 20100255, Draft EIS, NPS, WA, 

Ross Lake National Recreation Area 

Project, General Management Plan, 

Implementation, Skagit and Whatcom 

Counties, WA, Comment Period Ends: 

09/10/2010, Contact: Roy Zipp, 360– 

873–4590 Ext 31. 

EIS No. 20100256, Final Supplement, 

FSA, 00, PROGRAMMATIC— 

Expansion of the Emergency 

Conservation Program, To Restore 

Farmland (Cropland, Hayland and 

Pastureland) to a Normal Productive 

State after a Natural Disaster, Wait 

Period Ends: 08/16/2010, Contact: 

Matthew T. Ponish, 202–270–6853. 

EIS No. 20100257, Final EIS, NPS, DC, 

National Mall Plan, To Prepare a 

Long-Term Plan that will Restore 

National Mall, Implementation, 

Washington, DC, Wait Period Ends: 

08/16/2010, Contact: Susan Spain, 

202–245–4692. 

EIS No. 20100258, Draft EIS, BLM, OR, 

North Steens 230-kV Transmission 

Line Project, Construction and 

Operation of a Transmission Line and 

Access Roads Associated with the 

Echanis Wind Energy Project, 

Authorizing Right-of-Way Grant, 

Harney County, OR, Comment Period 

Ends: 08/30/2010, Contact: Skip 

Renchler, 541–573–4400. 

EIS No. 20100259, Draft EIS, FAA, RI, 

Theodore Francis Green Airport 

Improvement Program, Proposing 

Improvements to Enhance Safety and 

the Efficiency of the Airport and the 

New England Regional Airport 

System, City of Warwick, Kent 

County, RI, Comment Period Ends: 

08/30/2010, Contact: Richard 

Doucette, 781–238–7613. 

EIS No. 20100260, Draft EIS, DOI, CO, 

Over The River (OTR) Project, 

Propose to Install a Temporary Work 

of Art, Require the Use of Federal, 

Private and State Lands Adjacent to 

the River, Western Fremont County 

and Southeast Portion of Chaffee 

County, CO, Comment Period Ends: 

08/30/2010, Contact: Vincent Hooper, 

719–269–8555. 

EIS No. 20100261, Final EIS, USFS, CO, 

Willow Creek Pass Fuel Reduction 

Project, Implementation, Hahns Peak/ 

Bear Ears Ranger District, Medicine 

Bow-Routt National Forests, Routt 

County, CO, Wait Period Ends: 08/16/ 

2010, Contact: Robert A. Bringuel, 

978–870–2227. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20100121, Draft EIS, DOI, CA, 

Stanford University Habitat 

Conservation Plan, Authorization for 

Incidental Take and Implementation, 

San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, 

CA, Comment Period Ends: 08/30/ 

2010, Contact: Gary Stern, 707–575– 

6060. Revision to FR Notice Published 

04/16/2010: Extending Comment 

Period from 7/15/2010 to 8/30/2010. 

EIS No. 20100157, Draft EIS, USFS, NV, 

Mountain City, Ruby Mountains, and 

Jarbidge Ranger Districts, Combined 

Travel Management Project, 

Implementation, Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest, Elko and White Pine 

Counties, NV, Comment Period Ends: 

12/17/2010, Contact: James Winfrey, 

775–355–5308. Revision to FR Notice 

Published 05/07/2010: Extending 

Comment Period from 6/21/2010 to 

12/17/2010. 

EIS No. 20100210, Draft EIS, USACE, 

00, Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan 

Area Flood Risk Management, 

Proposed Construction of Flood 

Protection Measures, Red River of the 


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