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difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the https://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. The electronic public docket 

system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, email address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

Gautam Srinivasan, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0466; FRL–9928–01– 

OCSPP] 

Spirodiclofen; Rescinding Cancellation 

Order for Certain Pesticide 

Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In the Federal Register of 

November 19, 2021, EPA amended the 

effective date of the cancellation for the 

two spirodiclofen registrations, EPA 

Registration Nos. 10163–382 and 

10163–383, as requested by the 

registrant (Gowan), for the two 

registrations from December 31, 2021, 

until June 30, 2022. This notice 

announces that EPA is rescinding the 

cancellation order based on the 

submission of outstanding data that 

facilitated the risk assessments and 

registration review decision for 

spirodiclofen, as well as the registrant’s 

commitment to implement label 

changes that adequately address the 

Agency’s risk concerns. The registrant 

has submitted an amended label for the 

sole end-use product (EPA Registration 

No. 10163–383) that reflects the risk 

mitigation proposed by the Agency. 

DATES: This recission of the cancellation 

order for the two spirodiclofen 

registrations, EPA Registration Nos. 

10163–382 and 10163–383 is effective 

June 22, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Veronica Dutch, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 566–2352; email address: 

dutch.veronica@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–2017–0466, is available 

at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Additional information about the docket 

and visiting EPA for docket access, visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

This notice is being issued to rescind 

the cancellation order for the two 

spirodiclofen registrations (EPA 

Registration Nos. 10163–382 and 

10163–383). Bayer CropScience had 

requested the voluntary cancellation of 

these registrations in August 2017, as an 

alternative to developing data required 

by the registration review data call-in 

for spirodiclofen, GDCI–124871–1883. 

The notice of receipt of the request to 

cancel was published in the Federal 

Register on October 3, 2017 (82 FR 

46052) (FRL–9966–85). The Agency 

solicited public comment on the notice 

and received no comments. 

The history of subsequent related FRN 

actions is summarized in the table 

below. 

TABLE—CANCELLATION ACTIONS FOR EPA REGISTRATION NOS. 10163–382 AND 10163–383 

FR citation Title Effective date Notes 

FRL–9971–10, 80 FR 

60985, 12/26/2017.

Product Cancellation Order for Certain 

Pesticide Registrations and Amendments to Terminate Uses.

6/30/2019 

FRL–9975–97, 83 FR 

16076, 4/13/2018.

Product Cancellation Orders: Certain 

Pesticide Registrations and Amendments to Terminate Uses; Correction.

12/31/2020 This notice amended the previous order to correct an 

error in the effective date. 

FRL–10017–47, 85 FR 

83078, 12/21/2020.

Product Cancellation Order for Certain 

Pesticide Registrations.

12/31/2021 This notice extended the cancellation effective date for 

the two spirodiclofen registrations to allow time for 

generating the outstanding data from GDCI– 

124871–1883. 

FRL–9272–01, 86 FR 

64929, 11/19/2021.

Product Cancellation Order for Certain 

Pesticide; Amendment.

6/30/2022 This notice extended the cancellation effective date for 

the two spirodiclofen product registrations to allow 

time for developing the spirodiclofen registration review risk assessments. 

FRL–9928–01 6/22/2022 ... Spirodiclofen; Rescinding Cancellation 

Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations.

6/22/2022 This notice rescinds the cancellation order for the two 

spirodiclofen product registrations. 


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A history of subsequent related 

actions is summarized here. The Agency 

issued the spirodiclofen registration 

review generic data call-in (GDCI– 

124871–1883) on May 11, 2016. Bayer 

CropScience requested the voluntary 

cancellation of spirodiclofen as an 

alternative to developing the required 

data. The two spirodiclofen registrations 

were transferred from Bayer 

CropScience to Gowan Company 

effective March 18, 2021, and Gowan 

requested that the cancellation order be 

amended to facilitate the submission of 

outstanding data identified in the GDCI 

before the cancellations would become 

effective. Based on data submitted by 

both Bayer and Gowan to fulfill the 

requirements of the DCI, EPA 

subsequently completed draft ecological 

and human health risk assessments 

(DRAs) for the registration review of 

spirodiclofen. The DRAs were 

published for public comment on 

October 29, 2021 and identified 

potential risks of concern associated 

with the use of spirodiclofen. EPA 

subsequently extended the effective date 

of cancellation to allow time for 

developing the proposed interim 

registration review decision (PID) for 

spirodiclofen. On April 4, 2022, EPA 

issued a PID addressing the human 

health and ecological risks of concern 

identified in the spirodiclofen DRAs 

and proposing measures to mitigate 

those risks. Gowan subsequently 

submitted an amended end-use product 

label that is responsive to the risk 

mitigation measures proposed by EPA. 

The comment period on the PID closed 

on June 6, 2022. The Agency intends to 

issue an Interim Decision (ID) for 

spirodiclofen after considering 

comments received on the PID. Because 

the cancellation order for the 

spirodiclofen product registrations was 

set to take effect on June 30, 2022, and 

because Gowan has acted in good faith 

to address the Agency’s risk concerns 

and Gowan has submitted an amended 

label for the sole end-use product (EPA 

Registration No. 10163–383) that reflects 

the risk mitigation proposed by the 

Agency, EPA is now rescinding the 

cancellation order. The ID will account 

for any comments received on the PID 

as well as the amended label submitted 

by Gowan. 

The cancellation order for EPA 

Registration Nos. 10163–382 and 

10163–383 is hereby rescinded. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: June 15, 2022. 

Mary Elissa Reaves, 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2022–0510; FRL–9949–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean 

Air Act, as amended (CAA or the Act), 

notice is given of a proposed consent 

decree in Our Children’s Earth 

Foundation v. Regan, No. 3:22–cv– 

00695–WHA (N.D. CA). On February 2, 

2022, Plaintiff Our Children’s Earth 

Foundation filed a complaint in the 

United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California alleging 

that the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or the Agency) failed to 

perform certain non-discretionary duties 

in accordance with the Act to take 

action on several Nevada SIP submittals 

by the required deadlines. The proposed 

consent decree would establish 

deadlines for EPA to take specified 

actions. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by July 22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2022–0510, online at https://

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method). Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID number for 

this action. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Additional Information about 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree’’ heading under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Seidman, Air and Radiation Law 

Office, Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

telephone (202) 564–0906; email 

address seidman.emily@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed 

Consent Decree 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2022–0510) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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 OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

The electronic version of the public 

docket for this action contains a copy of 

the proposed consent decree and is 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

https://www.regulations.gov to submit 

or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ 

II. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit filed by Our Children’s 

Earth Foundation seeking to compel the 

Agency to approve, disapprove, or 

conditionally approve, in whole or in 

part, several Nevada SIP submittals by 

the required deadlines. Specifically, the 

proposed consent decree would require 

that the appropriate EPA official or 

officials sign a notice or notices of final 

rule for publication in the Federal 

Register to approve, disapprove, 

conditionally approve, or approve in 

part and conditionally approve in part: 

by February 28, 2023, the Nevada 

Infrastructure SIP for 2012 p.m. 2.5 

submittal and the PM Revised Air 

Quality Standards and Definitions 

submittal; and by April 1, 2023, seven 

submittals revising the Clark County Air 

Quality Regulations portion of the 

Nevada SIP and the non-transport 

provisions of the Nevada 2015 Ozone iSIP submittal. 

On April 21, 2022 and May 19, 2022, 

final rules were published in the 

Federal Register approving in full, eight 

Nevada submittals revising the Clark 

County Air Quality Regulations portion 


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