Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 1, 1996 / Notices 19281

Dated: April 22, 1996.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–10807 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–66225; FRL 5364–7]

Notice of Voluntarily Cancellation of

Ciba Crop Protection Registrations of

Metalaxyl Technical and End-Use

Products that Contain Metalaxyl

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

voluntary cancellation of the

registrations of the active ingredient

metalaxyl (N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-

(methoxyacetyl) alanine methyl ester)

and the end-use product registrations

held by Ciba Crop Protection that

contain metalaxyl. The cancellation of

these metalaxyl registrations was

requested by Ciba Crop Protection, who

holds the only EPA registration of

Metalaxyl Technical. The cancellation

of metalaxyl registrations will allow for

the full environmental benefit provided

by the recent registration of mefenoxam

and end-use products containing

mefenoxam. Mefenoxam is the Renantiomer of metalaxy and at half the

application rate, and provides the same

level of efficacy as metalaxyl. Under an

agreement reached with the registrant,

metalaxyl products can be sold until

December 31, 1998. The registrant has

requested that the Agency allow resale

and use of the metalaxyl-based end-use

products which are in the hands of

distributors, dealers and growers by

December 31, 1998 until supplies are

exhausted.

DATES: Comments associated with this

action must be received prior to May 31,

1996. The effective date of the

cancellation of the registrations of

Metalaxyl Technical and Ciba Crop

Protection end-use products containing

metalaxyl will be May 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Connie B. Welch, Product

Manager 21, Office of Pesticide

Programs, Registration Division (7505C),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location for commercial courier

delivery and telephone number: Room

227, Crystal Mall No. 2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703)

305–6226; e-mail:

welch.connie@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Metalaxyl consists of R and S

enantiomeric forms at a ration of 1:1;

efficacy studies have shown that the R

enantiomer provides the majority of the

efficacy provided by metalaxyl.

Mefenoxam is the R-enantiomer of

metalaxyl and provides the same range

and level of efficacy as metalaxyl;

however, data provided to EPA

demonstrates that this efficacy is

achieved with half the amount of active

ingredient applied per acre required

with the use of metalaxyl. On March 6,

1996, EPA granted the conditional time

limited registration of the active

ingredient mefenoxam and 13 end-use

products that contain mefenoxam.

Since metalaxyl is one of the most

widely registered and used fungicides in

the United States with established

tolerances in over 120 crop and

livestock commodities and has uses as

a seed treatment, as a banded or

broadcast soil application, and a foliar

spray in combination with protectant

type fungicides, EPA feels that a

significant reduction in the exposure of

the environment to pesticides will be

gained with the cancellation of

metalaxyl and replacement of these uses

with products containing mefenoxam.

The cancellation and phase out of

products containing metalaxyl will

assure that the maximum environmental

benefit of mefenoxam registration will

be achieved.

Ciba Crop Protection has agreed to

end sales of metalaxyl based products

by December 31, 1998. Since all

registered uses of metalaxyl based

products are replaced by the registration

of parallel and equivalent mefenoxam

based products, there will be no loss of

uses and no negative impact of minor

crops or US agriculture.

II. Intent to Cancel

The following table list the metalaxyl

registrations, listed in sequence by

registration number, that will be

canceled May 31, 1996.

TABLE 1. — REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

Registration No. Product Name Chemical Name

000100–00601 Metalaxyl Technical Metalaxyl

000100–00607 Ridomil 2E Fungicide N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00619 Subdue 2E Fungicide N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00626 Apron 2E Fungicide N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00628 Ridomil 5G-Fungicide N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00629 Ridomil MZ58 Fungicide Zinc ion and manganese ethylenebisdithiocarbamate, coordination product

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00639 Apron 25W Fungicide N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00658 Ridomil/Bravo 81W Fungicide Tetrachloroisophthalonitrile

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00664 Ridomil PC 11-G Granular Fungicide Pentachloronitrobenzene

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00670 Apron + Captan Fungicide Seed Treatment cis-N-Trichloromethylthio-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00676 Subdue Granular Fungicide N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00683 Apron + Captan FS Fungicide Seed Treatmentcis-N-Trichloromethylthio-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00713 Ridomil PC Granular Fungicide Pentachloronitrobenzene

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester
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TABLE 1. — REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION—Continued

Registration No. Product Name Chemical Name

000100–00717 Subdue II Fungicide N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00718 Subdue & WSP Turf Fungicide N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00720 Ridomil/Copper 70W Copper hydroxide

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00735 Ridomol 50W N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00738 Apron 50W Fungicide N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00742 Pace Fungicide Zinc ion and manganese ethylenebisdithiocarbamate, coordination product

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00749 Ridomil MZ Fungicide Zinc ion and manganese ethylenebisdithiocarbamate, coordination product

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

000100–00767 Ridomil MZ 72 Zinc ion and manganese ethylenebisdithiocarbamate, coordination product

N-(2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl)alanine, methyl ester

Any person adversely affected by this

regulation may, within 30 days after

publication of this document in the

Federal Register, file written objections

to the regulation and may also request

a hearing on those objections.

Objections and hearing requests must be

filed with the Hearing Clerk, at the

address given above (40 CFR 178.20). A

copy of the objections and/or hearing

requests filed with the Hearing Clerk

should be submitted to the OPP docket

for this rulemaking. The objections

submitted to this regulation must

specify the provisions of the regulation

deemed objectionable and the grounds

for the objections (40 CFR 178.25). Each

objection must be accompanied by the

fee prescribed by [(40 CFR 180.33(I))]. If

a hearing is requested, the objections

must include a statement of the factual

issue(s) on which a hearing is requested,

the requester’s contentions on such

issues, and a summary of any evidence

relied upon by the objector (40 CFR

178.27).

A request for a hearing will be granted

if the Administrator determines that the

material submitted shows the following:

There is genuine and substantial issue

of facts; there is a reasonable possibility

that available evidence identified by the

requester would, if established, resolve

one or more of such issues in favor of

the requester, taking into account

uncontested claims or facts to the

contrary; and resolution of the factual

issue(s) in the manner sought by the

requester would be adequate to justify

the action requested (40 CFR 178.32).

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests, Product registrations.

Dated: April 22, 1996.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–10806 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–30408; FRL–5363–6]

Certain Companies; Applications to

Register Pesticide Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt

of applications to register pesticide

products containing active ingredients

not included in any previously

registered products pursuant to the

provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted by May 31, 1996.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments identified by the document

control number [OPP–30408] and the

file symbol to: Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Divisions (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments to: Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will be accepted on

disks in Wordperfect in 5.1 file format

or ASCII file format. All comments and

data in electronic form must be

identified by the docket number [OPP–

30408]. No ‘‘Confidential Business

Information’’ (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Electronic comments on

this notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submission

can be found below in this document.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this notice may be claimed

confidential by marking any part or all

of that information as ‘‘Confidential

Business Information’’ (CBI).

Information so marked will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

A copy of the comment that does not

contain CBI must be submitted for

inclusion in the public record.

Information not marked confidential

may be disclosed publicly by EPA

without prior notice. All written

comments will be available for public

inspection in Rm. 1132 at the address

given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Registration Division (7505C),

Attn: (Product Manager (PM) named in

each registration), Office of Pesticide

Programs, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460.

In person: Contact the PM named in

each registration at the following office

location/telephone number: