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Dated: July 24, 2008. 

Stephen L. Johnson, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–17463 Filed 7–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2003–0397; FRL–8374–6] 

Molinate; Product Cancellation Order 

and Amendment to Terminate Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

amendment to the order for the 

termination of uses, voluntarily 

requested by the registrant and accepted 

by the Agency, of products containing 

the pesticide molinate, pursuant to 

section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended. This amendment 

follows an April 7, 2004 Federal 

Register Notice of Order to Amend 

Registrations to Terminate Uses of 

molinate to control water grass in rice 

grown in California and the south 

central/south eastern states of Arkansas, 

Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and 

Texas. Nothing in today’s action 

changes the previous stop production 

date of June 30, 2008, nor does it change 

the stop use date of August 31, 2009. 

Today’s action only clarifies the 

deadline for persons other than the 

registrant to sell and distribute molinate 

until July 1, 2009. 

DATES: The cancellation amendment is 

effective July 30, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wilhelmena Livingston, Special Review 

and Reregistration Division (7508P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8025; fax number: (703) 308–

8005; e-mail address: 

livingston.wilhelmena@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 a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPP–2003–0397. 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 

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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. 

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. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces the 

amendment of the April 7, 2004 (69 FR 

18368) (FRL–7350–9) order to amend 

registrations to terminate uses of certain 

end-use molinate products registered 

under section 3 of FIFRA. These 

registrations are listed in sequence by 

registration number in Table 1 of this 

unit. 

TABLE 1—MOLINATE PRODUCTS

AFFECTED

EPA Registration Number Product Name 

100–981 Riceco Molinate Technical 

100–982 Riceco Touche 

100–983 Molinate 15–G 

100–1021 Ordram 8–E An 

emulsufiable liquid 

100–1036 Arrosolo 3–3E 

100–1039 Ordram 15–G 

100–1040 Ordram Technical 

100–1102 Ordram 15GM Rice Herbicide 

74530–7 Molinate Technical 

CA77015900 Ordram 8–E an 

emulsufiable liquid 

CA84017200 Ordram 8–E an 

emulsufiable liquid 

CA85005300 Ordram 8–E an 

emulsufiable liquid 

TX81002600 Ordram 8–E an 

emulsufiable liquid 

TN93000700 Ordram 15–G 

Table 2 of this Unit includes the name 

and address of record for the Registrants 

of the product in Table 1 of this Unit, 

in seqence by EPA company number: 

TABLE 2—REGISTRANTS OF AMENDED

MOLINATE PRODUCTS

EPA Company 

Number 

Company Name and Address 

100 Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.P.O. Box 

18300 Greenboro, NC 

27419–8300 

74530 Helm Agro U.S., Inc. 

Nordkanalstrasse 28D–

20097 Hamburg, Germany 

On April 7, 2004, EPA published a 

Cancellation Order with respect to 

products containing S-ethyl hexahyfor1H-azepine-1-carbothioate (monlinate) 

(69 FR 18368). That order provided: 

‘‘The cancellation of these registrations 

has an effective date of June 30, 2008. 

After that date, Syngenta Crop 

Protection Inc., and Helm Agro U.S. Inc, 

may not sell or distribute any molinate 

products except as detailed in the 

cancellation order. Syngenta Crop 

Protection, Inc., and Helm Agro U.S. 

Inc., will be permitted to distribute the 

molinate active ingredient in 2009 for 

the purposes of facilitating usage by 

August 31, 2009. No use of products 

containing molinate is permitted after 

the 2009 growing season (August 31, 

2009).’’

Today’s action is intended to clarify 

that in the case of molinate, the original 

August 31, 2009 deadline for cessation 

of use was established to provide a 

reasonable time for the material to work 

through the channels of trade following 

the cessation of sale and distribution of 

molinate products by the registrants, 

Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., and 

Helm Agro U.S. Inc., on June 30, 2008. 

Today’s action does not affect the 

cancellation of the registrations in Table 

1 of Unit II. In addition, clarifying that 

persons other than the registrants 

(distributors and retailers) may sell and 

distribute molinate will neither conflict 

with the Agency’s application of the 

guidelines outlined in PR Notice 97–7, 

nor will it introduce more molinate into 

the pesticide use cycle than had been 

stipulated by the terms of the five year 

phase-out. Allowing additional time for 

distributors and retailers to sell and 

distribute molinate to end users was 

contemplated by the original 

cancellation order by continuing to 

allow distribution and use. Clarifying 

this intent will ensure that this product 

is utilized safely, in accordance with the 

approved labeling requirements. Thus, 

today’s action clarifies that persons 

other than the registrant may sell and 

distribute molinate until July 1, 2009. 

After July 1, 2009, all sale and 

distribution is prohibited, except for the 

purposes of disposal or export. Today’s 

action does not change that end users 

with existing stocks of products 

containing molinate may continue to 

use these products until August 31, 

2009, provided that the use complies 

with previously EPA approved product 

label requirements for the respective 

products. Thereafter, all use shall be 

prohibited except that existing stocks 

held by end users may be transported 

for purposes of disposal or returning 

unused product to the manufacturer or 

point-of-sale. 

III. Amended Order 

EPA hereby amends the April 7, 2004 

order to clarify the provisions for the 

disposition of existing stocks. Existing 

stocks are stocks of registered pesticide 

product which are currently in the 

United States and which have been 

packaged, labeled, and released for 

shipment prior to the effective date of 

the cancellation order, which in this 

case is June 30, 2008. Specifically, 

persons other than the registrant 

(distributors and retailers) may sell and 

distribute products listed in Table 1 of 

Unit II containing molinate until July 1, 

2009. After July 1, 2009, all sale and 

distribution is prohibited, except for the 

purposes of disposal or export. End 

users may continue to use existing 

stocks until August 31, 2009, provided 

that the use complies with previously 

EPA approved product label 

requirements for the respective 

products. Thereafter, all use shall be 

prohibited except that existing stocks 

held by end users may be transported 

for purposes of disposal or returning of 

unused product to the manufacturer or 

point-of-sale. 

IV. 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. 

List of Subjects 

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and pests. 

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Dated: July 24, 2008. 

Steven Bradbury, 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E8–17475 Filed 7–29–08] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2004–0340; FRL–8375–7] 

Disulfoton; Amendment to Terminate 

Certain Uses of Disulfoton Pesticide 

Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

order for the amendments to terminate 

certain uses, voluntarily requested by 

the registrant and accepted by the 

Agency, of products containing the 

pesticide disulfoton, pursuant to section 

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended. This termination 

order follows a May 21, 2008 Federal 

Register Notice of Receipt of Requests 

from the disulfoton technical registrant 

to voluntarily amend to terminate 

certain uses of their disulfoton product 

registrations. The request included 

termination of all disulfoton use on 

barley and wheat. Additionally, the use 

of the granular formulation of 

disulfoton, Di-Syston 15G (EPA Reg. No. 

264-723), on broccoli and commercial 

ornamentals is being terminated. This 

order also terminates the use of DiSyston 15G and the emulsifiable 

concentrate formulation of disulfoton, 

Di-Syston 8 EC, (EPA Reg. No. 264-734) 

on potatoes. This order also amends the 

disulfoton technical product registration 

(EPA Reg. No. 264-734) to terminate 

potato, barley, and wheat uses. These 

are not the last disulfoton uses or 

products registered in the United States. 

In the May 21, 2008 notice, EPA 

indicated that it would issue an order 

implementing the amendments to 

terminate uses, unless the Agency 

received substantive comments within 

the 30 day comment period that would 

merit its further review of these 

requests, or unless the registrant 

withdrew their requests within this 

period. The Agency received comments 

on the notice but none merited its 

further review of the requests. The 

comments received by the Agency are 

described in Unit III. of this notice. 

Further, the registrant did not withdraw 

their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby 

issues in this notice a cancellation order 

granting the requested amendments to 

terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, 

or use of the disulfoton 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 30, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Miederhoff, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 347–

8028; fax number: (703) 308–7070; email address: miederhoff.eric@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 a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPP–2004–0340. 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. 

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. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

This notice announces the 

amendments to terminate certain uses, 

as requested by the technical registrant, 

of several disulfoton products registered 

under section 3 of FIFRA. The affected 

registrations are listed in sequence by 

registration number in Table 1 of this 

unit. 

TABLE 1—DISULFOTON PRODUCT

REGISTRATION AMENDMENTS TO

TERMINATE USES

EPA Registration 

Number 

Product 

Name 

Delete from 

Label 

264-723 Di-Syston 

15G 

Broccoli, Potato, 

Wheat, 

Barley, 

Ornamentals 

(commercial uses) 

264-725 Di-Syston 

Technical 

Potato, 

Wheat, 

Barley 

264-734 Di-Syston 8 

EC 

Potato, 

Wheat, 

Barley 

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. 

TABLE 2—REGISTRANTS OF AMENDED

DISULFOTON PRODUCTS

EPA Company 

Number 

Company Name and Address 

264 Bayer CropSciences, 

2 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, 

NC 27709 

III. Summary of Public Comments 

Received and Agency Response to 

Comments 

Two comments were received during 

the 30 day comment period established 

by the May 21, 2008 notice (73 FR 

29507; FRL–8364–7). One comment 

noted the importance of rotating 

chemicals with different modes of 

action to help reduce the development 

of chemical resistance in pest 

populations. However, this comment 

did not articulate a specific concern 

with the actions proposed by the notice. 

The other comment requested the 

retention of disulfoton use for control of 

leafminers in buxus, a family of 

evergreen shrubs and small trees, often 

grown for ornamental purposes. The 

2002 disulfoton Reregistration 

Eligibility Decision (RED) examined the 

risks and benefits of continued use of 

the granular formulation of disulfoton 

on commercial ornamentals. Exposure 

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