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TABLE 2—REGISTRANT REQUESTING VOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF USE

EPA Company No. Company name and address 

93182 .............................................. Gharda Chemicals International, Inc., 4032 Crockers Lake Blvd., Suite 818, Sarasota, FL 34238. 

III. Public Comments 

A. Summary of Comments Received 

EPA received two comments in 

response to the notice that published in 

the Federal Register of September 16, 

2024 (89 FR 75546) (FRL–12246–01– 

OCSPP). The comments are in the 

docket for this action and are briefly 

summarized here. 

Neither of the comments specifies the 

product listed in Table 1 of Unit II. One 

comment was submitted by a private 

citizen supporting the cancellation of 

the pesticide. The other comment stated 

that the proposed provisions for using 

existing stocks for food uses until June 

30, 2025, would subject workers, 

bystanders, and consumers to health 

risks, and were not consistent with 

FIFRA. 

B. EPA Response to Comments 

This cancellation action is responsive 

to the registrant’s request to cancel a 

specific use. In response to both 

commenters, under FIFRA section 6(f), 

registrants may, at any time, seek to 

cancel their products or seek to amend 

their registrations to terminate specific 

uses. Under that provision of the statute, 

EPA provides an opportunity for public 

comment and then acts on the request. 

Cancellation of other products or uses 

that are not requested by the registrant 

occurs under other provisions of FIFRA, 

which is beyond the scope of this action 

and EPA’s authority in FIFRA section 

6(f). 

EPA has determined that the existing 

stocks provisions are not inconsistent 

with the purposes of FIFRA given the 

limited number of existing stocks and 

the limited time allowed for the use of 

existing stocks outlined in Unit VI. EPA 

has determined that neither comment 

merited denial of the registrant’s request 

for use termination. 

IV. The Cancellation Order 

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 

U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)), EPA hereby approves 

the requested amendment to terminate 

asparagus for Pilot 15G Chlorpyrifos 

Agricultural Insecticide. Accordingly, 

the Agency hereby orders that the use 

on asparagus is terminated for Pilot 15G 

Chlorpyrifos Agricultural Insecticide. 

This Order terminating the asparagus 

use is effective January 3, 2025. Any 

distribution, sale, or use of existing 

stocks of Pilot 15G Chlorpyrifos 

Agricultural Insecticide 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 these actions? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 

136d(f)(1)) provides that a registrant of 

a pesticide product may at any time 

request that any of its pesticide 

registrations be cancelled or amended to 

terminate one or more registered 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 and provide a 

public comment period. EPA has 

provided the requisite notice and public 

comment period. Two comments were 

submitted to which EPA has responded 

above. 

VI. Provisions for Disposition of 

Existing Stocks 

Existing stocks for the product 

identified in this document are those 

stocks of registered pesticide product 

that are currently in the United States 

and that were packaged, labeled, and 

released for shipment prior to the 

effective date of the cancellation action. 

EPA has determined that the following 

existing stocks provisions are not 

inconsistent with the purposes of FIFRA 

given the limited number of existing 

stocks and the limited time allowed for 

use of the existing stocks outlined 

below: 

• Sale and distribution of existing 

stocks of Pilot 15G Chlorpyrifos 

Agricultural Insecticide (EPA Reg. No. 

93182–8) is permitted until April 30, 

2025; 

• Use of existing stocks of Pilot 15G 

Chlorpyrifos Agricultural Insecticide 

(EPA Reg. No. 93182–8) on food or feed 

must be consistent with the product 

labeling. Such use is permitted until 

June 30, 2025; 

• Use of existing stocks of Pilot 15G 

Chlorpyrifos Agricultural Insecticide 

(EPA Reg. No. 93182–8) for non-food 

purposes is permitted until existing 

stocks are exhausted, as long as such 

use is in accordance with the labeling. 

After these dates, all respective sale, 

distribution, and use of existing stocks 

is prohibited, except for sale and 

distribution for export consistent with 

FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) and for 

proper disposal in accordance with state 

regulations. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. et seq. 

Dated: December 17, 2024. 

Jean Overstreet, 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0438; FRL–11608– 

04–OCSPP] 

Formaldehyde; Risk Evaluation Under 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSC); Notice of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing 

the availability of the final risk 

evaluation under the Toxic Substances 

Control Act (TSCA) for formaldehyde. 

The purpose of risk evaluations under 

TSCA is to determine whether a 

chemical substance presents an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment, without consideration 

of costs or non-risk factors, including 

unreasonable risk to potentially exposed 

or susceptible subpopulations identified 

as relevant to the risk evaluation by 

EPA, under the conditions of use. The 

Agency used the best available science 

to prepare this final risk evaluation and 

has determined, based on the weight of 

scientific evidence, that formaldehyde 

presents an unreasonable risk of injury 

to human health. Under TSCA, EPA 

must initiate risk management actions to 

address the unreasonable risk. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2018–0438, is 

available online at https://

www.regulations.gov. Additional 

information about dockets generally, 

along with instructions for visiting the 

docket in-person, is available at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For technical information: Jeffery 

Putt, Existing Chemical Risk 

Management Division (7404M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 


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Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

564–3703; email address: 

formaldehydeTSCA@epa.gov. 

For general information: The TSCAHotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South 

Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; 

telephone number: (202) 554–1404; 

email address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general and may be of particular 

interest to those involved in the 

manufacture (defined under TSCA 

section 3(9) to include import), 

processing, distribution in commerce, 

use, and disposal of formaldehyde, 

related industry trade organizations, 

non-governmental organizations with an 

interest in human and environmental 

health, state and local governments, 

Tribal Nations, and/or those interested 

in the assessment of risks involving 

chemical substances and mixtures 

regulated under TSCA. As such, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that this action 

might apply to. If you need help 

determining applicability, consult the 

technical contact listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. What is the Agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

The Agency conducted this risk 

evaluation under TSCA section 6, 15 

U.S.C. 2605, which requires that EPA 

conduct risk evaluations on chemical 

substances and identifies the minimum 

components EPA must include in all 

chemical substance risk evaluations. 

Each risk evaluation must be conducted 

consistent with the best available 

science, be based on the weight of the 

scientific evidence, and consider 

reasonably available information, 

pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 2625(h), (i), and 

(k). See also the implementing 

procedural regulations at 40 CFR part 

702. 

C. What action is the Agency taking? 

EPA is announcing the availability of 

the final risk evaluation under TSCA for 

formaldehyde. The purpose of risk 

evaluations under TSCA is to determine 

whether a chemical substance presents 

an unreasonable risk of injury to health 

or the environment, without 

consideration of costs or non-risk 

factors, including unreasonable risk to 

potentially exposed or susceptible 

subpopulations identified as relevant to 

the risk evaluation by EPA, under the 

conditions of use. EPA has used the best 

available science to prepare this final 

risk evaluation and based on the weight 

of scientific evidence, determined that 

formaldehyde poses unreasonable risk 

to human health. Upon a determination 

of unreasonable risk, EPA must initiate 

risk management action as required 

pursuant to 15 U.S.C 2605(a) to address 

the unreasonable risk. 

For more information about the TSCA 

risk evaluation process for existing 

chemicals, go to https://www.epa.gov/ 

assessing-and-managing-chemicalsunder-tsca. 

II. Background 

A. What is formaldehyde? 

Formaldehyde is a colorless, 

flammable gas at room temperature and 

has a strong odor. Formaldehyde is 

found nearly everywhere. People and 

animals produce and release 

formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is 

produced when organic material 

including leaves, plants, and woodchips 

decay. Formaldehyde is also produced 

and released into the air from 

combustion activities like burning fuel 

(e.g., exhaust from cars, airplanes), gas/ 

wood burning (furnaces and stoves), and 

forest fires, burning candles, and 

smoking. Finally, formaldehyde is 

released into the air from industrial and 

commercial operations when produced 

or used to make many products or 

articles including composite wood 

products and other building materials, 

plastics, pesticides, paints, adhesives, 

and sealants. Industry uses 

formaldehyde due to its ability to 

combine and react with many other 

chemical substances and make resilient 

structures that are widely used in 

manufacturing. Information from the 

2016 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) for 

formaldehyde indicates that the 

reported production volume is between 

1 billion and 5 billion pounds per year 

(manufacture and import). 

Short-term inhalation exposure to 

high levels of formaldehyde can cause 

sensory irritation such as eye and 

respiratory irritation. Short-term skin 

contact can cause sensitization. 

Exposure over longer periods can also 

cause respiratory effects and cancer. The 

complex toxicology and exposure 

profiles for formaldehyde presented 

unique challenges for this evaluation. 

As required under TSCA section 

6(b)(4)(A), EPA evaluated the risks from 

formaldehyde under its conditions of 

use, including the intended, known and 

reasonably foreseen circumstances 

under which the chemical is 

manufactured, processed, distributed in 

commerce, used or disposed of. EPA did 

not evaluate risk from sources of 

formaldehyde exposure excluded from 

TSCA jurisdiction. 

B. Risk Evaluation of Formaldehyde 

In December 2019, EPA designated 

formaldehyde as a High Priority 

Substance for risk evaluation under 

TSCA (Ref 1.). A draft scope of the 

formaldehyde risk evaluation was 

published in April 2020 (Ref 2.) and 

after receiving public comment, EPA 

issued the final scope of the 

formaldehyde risk evaluation in 

September 2020 (Ref 3.). In March 2024, 

EPA released a draft risk evaluation for 

public comment and scientific peer 

review (Ref 4.). 

EPA leveraged work products and 

resources across the agency in its 

development of the draft risk evaluation 

under TSCA, including consideration of 

hazard information from EPA’s 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS) Toxicological Review of 

Formaldehyde-Inhalation. A draft 

version of the IRIS document was 

published in April 2022 and finalized in 

August 2024. The draft IRIS document 

was the subject of external peer review 

by the National Academies of Sciences, 

Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). 

In addition, EPA leveraged multiple 

federal advisory committees and their 

reports to support the external peer 

review of formaldehyde during the 

TSCA risk evaluation process, including 

NASEM, the Human Studies Review 

Board (HSRB) and the TSCA Science 

Advisory Committee on Chemicals 

(SACC). 

The final formaldehyde risk 

evaluation comprises a series of 

technical support documents. Each 

document contains sub-assessments that 

inform adjacent, ‘‘downstream’’ 

documents. These documents address 

comments from both the public and 

peer reviewers. The components of the 

risk evaluation, including (but not 

limited to) each technical support 

document and responses to peer review 

and public comments, are available in 

the docket. 

III. Unreasonable Risk Determination 

EPA has determined that 

formaldehyde presents an unreasonable 

risk of injury to human health under the 

conditions of use. The unreasonable risk 

to human health presented by 

formaldehyde is due to non-cancer 

effects in workers and consumers from 

acute dermal and inhalation exposures, 

and due to cancer effects in workers 

from long-term inhalation exposure. 

EPA did not identify risk of injury to 

the environment that would contribute 


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to the unreasonable risk determination 

for formaldehyde. 

Consistent with the statutory 

requirements of TSCA section 6(a), EPA 

will propose risk management 

regulatory actions to the extent 

necessary so that formaldehyde no 

longer presents an unreasonable risk 

under the conditions of use. The Agency 

expects to focus its risk management 

action on the TSCA conditions of use 

that significantly contribute to the 

unreasonable risk. However, it should 

be noted that, under TSCA section 6(a), 

EPA is not limited to regulating the 

specific activities found to contribute 

significantly to unreasonable risk and 

may select from among a suite of risk 

management approaches based on 

requirements in TSCA section 6(a) 

related to manufacture (including 

import), processing, distribution in 

commerce, commercial use, and 

disposal as part of its regulatory options 

to address the unreasonable risk. As a 

general example, EPA may regulate 

upstream activities (e.g., processing, 

distribution in commerce) to address 

downstream activities (e.g., consumer 

uses) contributing significantly to 

unreasonable risk, even if the upstream 

activities do not contribute significantly 

to the unreasonable risk. 

IV. References 

The following is a listing of the 

documents that are specifically 

referenced in this document. The docket 

includes these documents and other 

information considered by EPA, 

including documents that are referenced 

within the documents that are included 

in the docket, even if the referenced 

document is not physically located in 

the docket. For assistance in locating 

these other documents, please consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

1. EPA. High-Priority Substance Designations 

Under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) and Initiation of Risk Evaluation 

on High-Priority Substances; Notice of 

Availability. Federal Register. 84 FR 

71924, December 30, 2019 (FRL–10003– 

15). 

2. EPA. Draft Scopes of the Risk Evaluations 

to be Conducted for Seven Chemical 

Substances under the Toxic Substances 

Control Act; Notice of Availability. 

Federal Register. 85 FR 22733, April 23, 

2020 (FRL–10008–05). 

3. EPA. Final Scopes of the Risk Evaluations 

To Be Conducted for Twenty Chemical 

Substances Under the Toxic Substances 

Control Act; Notice of Availability. 

Federal Register. 85 FR 55281, 

September 4, 2020 (FRL–10013–90). 

4. EPA. Formaldehyde; Draft Risk Evaluation 

Peer Review by the Science Advisory 

Committee on Chemicals (SACC); Notice 

of Availability, Public Meetings and 

Request for Comment. Federal Register. 

89 FR 18933, March 15, 2024 (FRL– 

11608–03–OCSPP). 

5. EPA. Formaldehyde; Draft Risk Evaluation 

Peer Review by the Science Advisory 

Committee on Chemicals (SACC); 

Request for Nominations of ad hoc 

Expert Reviewers. Federal Register. 88 

FR 88910, December 26, 2023 (FRL– 

11608–01–OCSPP). 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: December 30, 2024. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Wednesday, 

January 8, 2025. 

PLACE: You may observe this meeting in 

person at 1501 Farm Credit Drive, 

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090, or 

virtually. If you would like to observe, 

at least 24 hours in advance, visit 

FCA.gov, select ‘‘Newsroom,’’ then 

select ‘‘Events.’’ From there, access the 

linked ‘‘Instructions for board meeting 

visitors’’ and complete the described 

registration process. 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

following matters will be considered: 

• Approval of Minutes for December 12, 

2024 

• Update on Farm Credit System 

Funding Conditions 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

If you need more information or 

assistance for accessibility reasons, or 

have questions, contact Ashley 

Waldron, Secretary to the Board. 

Telephone: 703–883–4009. TTY: 703– 

883–4056. 

Ashley Waldron, 

Secretary to the Board. 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

applications are set forth in paragraph 7 

of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of 

the Act. 

Comments received are subject to 

public disclosure. In general, comments 

received will be made available without 

change and will not be modified to 

remove personal or business 

information including confidential, 

contact, or other identifying 

information. Comments should not 

include any information such as 

confidential information that would not 

be appropriate for public disclosure. 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington DC 20551–0001, not later 

than January 21, 2025. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 

(Karen Smith, Assistant Vice President, 

Mergers & Acquisitions and 

Enforcement) 2200 North Pearl Street, 

Dallas, Texas 75201–2272. Comments 

can also be sent electronically to 

Comments.applications@dal.frb.org: 

1. Stephen J. Lee, as trustee of the 

Bastrop Bancshares, Inc. Employee 

Stock Ownership Plan (With 401(k) 

Provisions) (Amended Effective 

November 12, 2024), both of Bastrop, 

Texas; to retain control of voting shares 

of Bastrop Bancshares, Inc., Bastrop, 

Texas, parent of Bastrop Holdings, Inc., 

Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby 

indirectly retain control of voting shares 

of The First National Bank of Bastrop, 

Bastrop, Texas. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Joseph Cuenco, Assistant 

Vice President, Formations & 

Transactions) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579. 

Comments can also be sent 

electronically to 

sf.fisc.comments.applications@

sf.frb.org: 


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