Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0060-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amendments to Terminate Uses
Posted Date: 2020-09-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59793-59796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21004]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0060; FRL-10015-01]

Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations and 
Amendments To Terminate Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations and 
amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants 
and accepted by the Agency, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows 
a July 30, 2020 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the 
registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II to voluntarily cancel and 
amend to terminate uses of these product registrations. In the July 30, 
2020 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing 
the cancellations and 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 
registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency received one anonymous 
public comment on the notice, but it didn't merit its further review of 
the requests. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. 
Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order 
granting the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses. 
Any distribution, sale, or use of the 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 and amendments are effective September 23, 
2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; 
email address: green.christopher@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-2020-0060, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 
Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The 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 OPP 
Docket is (703) 305-5805.
    Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with 
limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer 
service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status 
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This notice announces the cancellations and amendments to terminate 
uses, as requested by the registrants, of products registered under 
FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a). These registrations are listed in 
sequence by registration number in Tables 1, 1A and 2 of this unit.

                                         Table 1--Product Cancellations
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        Registration No.         Company No.            Product name                   Active ingredients
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241-409........................          241  Oasis Herbicide.................  2,4-D, 2-ethylhexyl ester &
                                                                                 Imazapic.
241-425........................          241  Glyphosate Residual RTU.........  Glyphosate-isopropylammonium &
                                                                                 Imazapic-ammonium.
241-442........................          241  Imazapic E 2l Herbicide.........  Imazapic-ammonium.
241-444........................          241  ETI 115 01 H....................  Imazapic-ammonium.
264-1069.......................          264  Trilex Advanced 300.............  Metalaxyl; Triadimenol &
                                                                                 Trifloxystrobin.
352-600........................          352  DPX-MX670 MT....................  Atrazine & Dimethenamid.
352-693........................          352  Dupont Diuron MUP...............  Diuron.
352-703........................          352  Dupont Diuron Technical.........  Diuron.
352-849........................          352  Dupont Diuron 80 Dry Herbicide..  Diuron.

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464-8132.......................          464  Aqucar PS 75W MUP Water           Tetrakis (hydroxymethyl)
                                               Treatment Microbiocide            phosphonium sulphate (THPS).
                                               (Alternate Name).
881-10.........................          881  Richo Bock Sanitizing Rinse.....  Oxirane, methyl-, polymer with
                                                                                 oxirane, monobutyl ether,
                                                                                 compd. with iodine.
1258-1324......................         1258  Vantocil NR.....................  Poly
                                                                                 (iminoimidocarbonyliminoimidoca
                                                                                 rbonyliminohexamethylene)
                                                                                 hydrochloride.
5481-600.......................         5481  Tri-Scept Herbicide.............  Trifluralin & 3-
                                                                                 Quinolinecarboxylic acid, 2-
                                                                                 (4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-
                                                                                 methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol-
                                                                                 2-yl)-, monoammonium salt.
8378-17........................         8378  25-5-10 Turf Food with Crabgrass  Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                               Control.
8378-18........................         8378  Shaw's Premium Turf Food with     Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                               Crabgrass Control.
8378-19........................         8378  Premium Lawn Food with Crabgrass  Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                               Control.
8378-20........................         8378  Shaw's 18-5-9 Turf Food with XL   Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                               Crabgrass Control.
8378-37........................         8378  Shaw's Turf Food & Crabgrass      Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                               Control W/Team 142.
8660-165.......................         8660  Sta-Green Flower & Garden Weed    Trifluralin.
                                               Preventer.
8660-166.......................         8660  Flower & Garden Weed Preventer    Trifluralin.
                                               Plus Fertilizer.
9688-133.......................         9688  Chemsico Green 'N Weed 15-15-15.  Trifluralin.
10088-56.......................        10088  Malathion 57%...................  Malathion (NO INERT USE).
34704-970......................        34704  LPI ET 75.......................  Imidacloprid.
34704-1009.....................        34704  Malice 75 WSP...................  Imidacloprid.
39967-69.......................        39967  Preventol A20...................  Triadimefon & Tebuconazole.
39967-70.......................        39967  Preventol A20 Preservative......  Triadimefon & Tebuconazole.
45385-66.......................        45385  Chem-Tox Mal 50-OS..............  Malathion (NO INERT USE).
47000-77.......................        47000  CPI Disinfectant Cleaner 30-3...  1-Decanaminium, N-decyl-N,N-
                                                                                 dimethyl-, chloride.
49585-25.......................        49585  Garden Weeder...................  Trifluralin.
62719-614......................        62719  Firststep Herbicide Tank Mix....  Glycine, N-(phosphonomethyl)-,
                                                                                 compd. with N-methylmethanamine
                                                                                 (1:1) & Florasulam.
65656-7........................        65656  Dicamba Acid Technical..........  Dicamba.
66330-274......................        66330  Bacillus Cereus BP01 Technical..  Bacillus cereus strain BP01.
66330-282......................        66330  BP01 1.7........................  Bacillus cereus strain BP01.
66330-291......................        66330  PGR-IV/BP Foliar................  Gibberellic acid & Bacillus
                                                                                 cereus strain BP01.
66330-351......................        66330  Pix Plus Plant Regulator........  Mepiquat chloride & Bacillus
                                                                                 cereus strain BP01.
67071-74.......................        67071  Acticide SR 8213 C..............  Zinc pyrithione; 1,2-
                                                                                 Benzisothiazolin-3-one & 2-
                                                                                 Methyl-3(2H)-isothiazolone.
67071-97.......................        67071  Acticide LPN 11 (Alternate).....  Zinc pyrithione; 1,2-
                                                                                 Benzisothiazolin-3-one & 2-
                                                                                 Methyl-3(2H)-isothiazolone.
ID-110006......................         7969  Liberty 280 SL Herbicide........  Glufosinate.
MI-080003......................        62719  Starane Ultra...................  Fluroxypyr-meptyl.
WA-150001......................        61842  Lime-Sulfur Solution............  Lime sulfur.
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                                         Table 1A--Product Cancellations
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        Registration No.           Company No.             Product Name                 Active ingredients
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56228-32.......................           56228  M-44 Cyanide Capsules Arctic     Sodium cyanide.
                                                  Fox.
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    The registrant of the product listed in Table 1A, of Unit II, has 
requested the effective date of December 31, 2019, for the 
cancellation.

                           Table 2--Product Registration Amendments To Terminate Uses
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     Registration No.       Company No.        Product name          Active ingredient     Uses to be terminated
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34704-858.................        34704  Sniper.................  Bifenthrin............  Alfalfa Grown for
                                                                                           Seed.
71711-4...................        71711  Akari 5SC Miticide/      Fenpyroximate.........  Cranberry and Highbush
                                          Insecticide.                                     Cranberry.
71711-18..................        71711  Fenpyroximate Technical  Fenpyroximate.........  Cranberry and Highbush
                                                                                           Cranberry.
71711-19..................        71711  Fujimite 5EC Miticide/   Fenpyroximate.........  Cranberry and Highbush
                                          Insecticide.                                     Cranberry.
71711-40..................        71711  NAI-2399-2 5EC Miticide/ Fenpyroximate.........  Cranberry and Highbush
                                          Insecticide.                                     Cranberry.
71711-54..................        71711  Fenpyroximate 5SC MUP..  Fenpyroximate.........  Cranberry and Highbush
                                                                                           Cranberry.
71711-60..................        71711  Fenpyroximate 5EC MUP..  Fenpyroximate.........  Cranberry and Highbush
                                                                                           Cranberry.
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    Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all the registrants of the products listed in Tables 1, 1A and 2 of 
this unit, in sequence by EPA company number. This number corresponds 
to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products 
listed in Table 1, Table 1A and Table 2 of this unit.

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         Table 3--Registrants of Cancelled and Amended Products
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     EPA company No.                 Company name and address
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241.....................  BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box
                           13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528.
264.....................  Bayer CropScience, LP, 800 N. Lindbergh Blvd.,
                           St. Louis, MO 63167.
352.....................  E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, 9330
                           Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268.
464.....................  Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC., 1652
                           Larkin Center Drive, 100 Larkin Center,
                           Midland, MI 48642.
881.....................  Richardson Chemical Products Co., P.O. Box
                           240014, Milwaukee, WI 53224.
1258....................  Arch Chemicals, Inc., 1200 Bluegrass Lakes
                           Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30004.
5481....................  AMVAC Chemical Corporation, 4695 MacArthur
                           Court, Suite 1200, Newport Beach, CA 92660-
                           1706.
7969....................  BASF Corporation, Agricultural Products, 26
                           Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research
                           Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528.
8378....................  Knox Fertilizer Company, Inc., Agent Name:
                           Fred Betz Regulatory Strategies, 922 Melvin
                           Road, Annapolis, MD 21403.
8660....................  United Industries Corp., D/B/A Sylorr Plant
                           Corp., P.O. Box 142642, St. Louis, MO 63114-
                           0642.
9688....................  Chemsico, A Division of United Industries
                           Corp., P.O. Box 142642, St Louis, MO 63114-
                           0642.
10088...................  Athea Laboratories, Inc., P.O. Box 240014,
                           Milwaukee, WI 53224.
34704...................  Loveland Products, Inc., P.O. Box 1286,
                           Greeley, CO 80632-1286.
39967...................  Lanxess Corporation, 111 RIDC Park West Drive,
                           Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1112.
45385...................  CTX-Cenol, Inc., 1393 East Highland Rd.,
                           Twinsburg, OH 44087.
47000...................  Chem-Tech, Ltd., 620 Lesher Place, Lansing, MI
                           48912.
49585...................  Alljack, Division of United Industries Corp.,
                           P.O. Box 142642, St. Louis, MO 63114-0642.
56228...................  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and
                           Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River
                           Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737.
61842...................  Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., Agent Name: Pyxis
                           Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th
                           Street Ct., NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
62719...................  Dow Agrosciences, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd.,
                           308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
65656...................  Gilmore Marketing and Development, Agent Name:
                           Biologic Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 10529
                           Heritage Bay Blvd., Naples, FL 34120.
66330...................  Arysta Lifescience North America, LLC, Agent
                           Name: UPL NA, Inc., 630 Freedom Business
                           Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
67071...................  Thor GMBH, Agent Name: Thor Specialties, Inc.,
                           50 Waterview Drive, Shelton, CT 06484.
71711...................  Nichino America, Inc., 4550 Linden Hill Road,
                           Suite 501, Wilmington, DE 19808.
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    During the public comment period provided, EPA received one 
anonymous public comment in response to the July 30, 2020 Federal 
Register notice announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for 
voluntary cancellations and amendments to terminate uses of the 
products listed in Tables 1, 1A and 2 of Unit II. For this reason, the 
Agency does not believe that the comment submitted during the comment 
period merits further review or a denial of the requests for voluntary 
cancellation or use termination.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)), EPA hereby 
approves the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses 
identified in Tables 1, 1A and 2 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency 
hereby orders that the product registrations identified in Tables 1 and 
2 of Unit II are canceled and amended to terminate the affected uses. 
The effective date of the cancellations that are subject of this notice 
is September 23, 2020. The effective date of the cancellation in Table 
1A is December 31, 2019. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing 
stocks of the products identified in Tables 1, 1A and 2 of Unit II 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 this action?

    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 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 EPA 
Administrator may approve such a request. The notice of receipt for 
this action was published for comment in the Federal Register of July 
30, 2020 (85 FR 45877) (FRL-10012-40). The comment period closed on 
August 31, 2020.

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 
action. The existing stocks provision for the products subject to this 
order is as follows:

A. For Product 56228-32

    For the 56228-32 listed in Table 1A of Unit II, the registrant has 
requested the effective date of the cancellation to be December 31, 
2019; therefore, the registrant will be permitted to sell and 
distribute existing stocks of this product until December 31, 2020. 
Thereafter, the registrant will be prohibited from selling or 
distributing the product in Table 1A of Unit II, except for export 
consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper 
disposal.

B. For All Other Voluntary Cancellations, Identified in Table 1 of Unit 
II

    For all other voluntary cancellations, identified in Table 1 of 
Unit II, the registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing 
stocks of the products listed in Table 1 until September 23, 2021, 
which is 1 year after publication of this cancellation order in the 
Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited from 
selling or distributing products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, except 
for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for 
proper disposal.
    Now that EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested 
amendments to terminate uses, registrants are permitted to sell or 
distribute the products listed in Table 2 of Unit II under the 
previously approved labeling until March 23, 2022, a period of 18 
months after publication of the cancellation order in this Federal 
Register, unless other restrictions have been imposed. Thereafter, 
registrants

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will be prohibited from selling or distributing the products whose 
labels include the terminated uses identified in Table 2 of Unit II, 
except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for proper 
disposal.
    Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use 
existing stocks of the canceled products and products whose labels 
include the terminated uses until supplies are exhausted, provided that 
such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms of the 
previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the canceled 
products and terminated uses.

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

    Dated: September 17, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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