### 41482 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 136 / Friday, July 16, 2010 / Notices

[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.



### T ABLE 

### 1.—M ETHYL 

### P ARATHION 

### P RODUCT 

### C ANCELLATIONS

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. 

### T ABLE 

### 2.—R EGISTRANTS OF 

### C ANCELLED 

### P RODUCTS

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.
[FR Doc. 2010–17404 Filed 7–15–10; 8:45 a.m.]

**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