Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 213 / Friday, November 4, 2005 / Notices 67171 

TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING

AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN

CERTAIN PESTICIDE PRODUCTS—

Continued 

EPA Company 

no. 

Company Name and 

Address 

000432 Bayer Environmental 

Science, A Business 

Group of Bayer 

Cropscience LP, PO 

Box 12014, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 

27709. 

000655 Prentiss Inc., C.B. 2000, 

Floral Park, NY 

11001–2000. 

000769 Value Gardens Supply, 

LlC, d/b/a Value Garden Supply, PO Box 

585, Saint Joseph, 

MO 64502. 

000829 Southern Agricultural Insecticides, Inc., PO 

Box 218, Palmetto, FL 

34220. 

001386 Universal Cooperatives 

Inc., 1300 Corporate 

Center Curve, Eagan, 

MN 55121. 

005741 Spartan Chemical Co., 

Inc., 1110 Spartan 

Drive, Maumee, OH 

43537. 

007401 Brazos Associates, Inc., 

Agent For: Voluntary 

Purchasing Group 

Inc., 1806 Auburn 

Drive, Carrollton, TX 

750071451. 

010163 Gowan Co, PO Box 

5569, Yuma, AZ 

85366–5569. 

011678 Makhteshim Chemical 

Works Ltd, c/o 

Makhteshim-Agan of 

North America Inc., 

4515 Falls of Neuse 

Rd Ste 300, Raleigh, 

NC 27609. 

019713 Drexel Chemical Co, PO 

Box 13327, Memphis, 

TN 38113–0327. 

028293 Unicorn Laboratories, 

12385 Automobile 

Blvd., Clearwater, FL 

33762. 

034704 Loveland Products, Inc., 

PO Box 1286, Greeley, CO 80632. 

TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING

AMENDMENTS TO DELETE USES IN

CERTAIN PESTICIDE PRODUCTS—

Continued 

EPA Company 

no. 

Company Name and 

Address 

045728 Taminco Inc., Attn: 

Jean-Michel Denis, 

1950 Lake Park Drive, 

Smyrna, GA 30080. 

053345 Lewis & Harrison, Agent 

For: Erco Worldwide, 

122 C St Nw Ste 740, 

Washington, DC 

20001. 

062719 Dow Agrosciences LLC, 

9330 Zionsville Rd 

308/2e225, Indianapolis, IN 46268–1054. 

066222 Makhteshim-Agan of 

North America, 4515 

Falls of Neuse Rd. 

Ste 300, Raleigh, NC 

27609. 

069874 Delta Analytical Corp., 

Agent For: Nexen 

Chemicals USA, 7910 

Woodmont Ave Ste 

1000, Bethesda, MD 

20814. 

073049 Valent Biosciences 

Corp., 870 Technology Way, Suite 

100, Libertyville, IL 

60048–6316. 

III. 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 amended to 

delete one or more uses. The Act further 

provides that, before acting on the 

request, EPA must publish a notice of 

receipt of any such request in the 

Federal Register. Thereafter, the 

Administrator may approve such a 

request. 

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Request 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for use deletion must submit the 

withdrawal in writing to John Jamula 

using the instructions in Unit I.C. The 

Agency will consider written 

withdrawal requests postmarked no 

later than December 5, 2005. 

V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing 

Stocks 

The Agency has authorized the 

registrants to sell or distribute product 

under the previously approved labeling 

for a period of 18 months after approval 

of the revision, unless other restrictions 

have been imposed, as in special review 

actions. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: October 25, 2005. 

Robert A. Forrest, 

Acting Director, Information Technology and 

Resource Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–21928 Filed 11–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0144; FRL–7744–5] 

Phenothrin and s-Methoprene; Product 

Cancellation Order 

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 a product containing 

the pesticides phenothrin and smethoprene, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) 

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as 

amended. This cancellation order 

follows a July 15, 2005 (corrected 

August 3, 2005) Federal Register Notice 

of Receipt of a Request from the 

registrant Hartz Mountain Corporation 

to voluntarily cancel their product Hartz 

Ref 117, a product labeled for use as a 

spot-on for cats and kittens. In the July 

15, 2005 Notice, EPA indicated that it 

would issue an order implementing the 

cancellation no earlier than October 31, 

2005. EPA further indicated that the 

request for cancellation was irrevocable. 

The Agency did not receive any 

comments on the Notice during the 30–

day comment period. Accordingly, EPA 

hereby issues in this Notice a 

cancellation order granting the 

requested cancellation. Any 

distribution, sale, or use of the product 

Hartz Ref 117 is permitted only in 

accordance with the terms of this order, 

including any existing stocks 

provisions. 

DATES: The cancellation is effective 

November 4, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Sibold, Registration Division (7505C), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

67172 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 213 / Friday, November 4, 2005 / Notices 

1A sentence was inadvertently omitted from the 

DATES unit which provided a 30–day comment 

period. A correction Notice published in the 

Federal Register of August 3, 2005 (70 FR 44635) 

(FRL–7728–7). 

(703) 305–6502; fax number: (703) 305–

6596; e-mail address: 

sibold.ann@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? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket identification (ID) number 

OPP–2005–0144. The official public 

docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action. 

Although a part of the official docket, 

the public docket does not include 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

is available for public viewing at the 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 

Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., 

Arlington, VA. This docket facility is 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ 

to view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the appropriate docket ID number. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces the 

cancellation, as requested by the 

registrant, of Hartz Ref 117, an end-use 

product containing phenothrin and smethoprene, labeled as a spot-on to 

control fleas and ticks on cats and 

kittens and registered under section 3 of 

FIFRA. This registration is listed in 

Table 1 of this unit. 

TABLE 1.—PRODUCT CANCELLATION

EPA Registration 

No. Product Name 

2596–148 Hartz Ref 117 

Table 2 of this unit includes the name 

and address of record for the registrant 

of the product in Table 1 of this unit. 

TABLE 2.—REGISTRANT OF CANCELED

PRODUCT

EPA Company No. Company Name and Address 

2596 The Hartz Mountain Corporation, 400 Plaza Drive, 

Secaucus, NJ 07094–

3688 

III. Summary of Public Comments 

Received and Agency Response to 

Comments 

During the public comment period 

provided, EPA received no comments in 

response to the Federal Register Notice1

of July 15, 2005, announcing the 

Agency’s receipt of the request for 

voluntary cancellation of Hartz Ref 117. 

IV. Cancellation Order 

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA 

hereby approves the requested 

cancellation of the registration 

identified in Table 1 of Unit II. 

Accordingly, the Agency orders that the 

product registration identified in Table 

1 of Unit II. is hereby canceled effective 

November 4, 2005. Any distribution, 

sale, or use of existing stocks of the 

product 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 

considered 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 

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 Administrator may approve such a 

request. 

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 cancellation action. 

The cancellation order issued in this 

Notice includes the following existing 

stocks provisions. 

Products in the United States that 

have been packaged, labeled, and 

released for shipment prior to the 

effective date of the cancellation may be 

sold or distributed by Hartz from its 

facilities until December 31, 2005, and 

may be sold or distributed by persons 

other than Hartz until March 31, 2006. 

After this date, products may not be 

sold or distributed unless for the 

purposes of proper disposal or export. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: October 28, 2005. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–22039 Filed 11–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7994–3] 

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 

Notice of Data Availability; Information 

Concerning the Current and Predicted 

Use of HCFC–22 and HCFC–142b 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of data availability and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is making available to the 

public information concerning the 

current and projected use of HCFC–22 

and HCFC–142b, substances known to