Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0722-0025
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Amendments to Terminate Certain Pesticide Uses
Posted Date: 2009-05-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 20, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 96)]
[Notices]               
[Page 23690-23693]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0722; FRL-8412[dash]8]

 
Amendments to Terminate Certain Pesticide Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendments to 
terminate certain uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and 
accepted by the Agency, of certain pesticide products, pursuant to 
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows an October 8, 
2008, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from registrants 
to voluntarily amend their registrations of

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certain pesticide products (73 FR 58958; FRL-8385-2). In the October 8, 
2008, Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing 
the cancellation and amendments to terminate certain 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 within this period. The Agency did 
not receive any comments on the notice except for comments pertaining 
to aldicarb. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a 
cancellation order granting the requested amendments to terminate 
certain pesticide product uses except for the uses of aldicarb on 
coffee, pecans, and tobacco. The product cancellation order for the 
chloroneb product, Demosan 65W (EPA Reg. No. 073782-00002), which was 
included in the October 8, 2008 notice will be included in a separate 
Federal Register notice. 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 are effective May 20, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Olson, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8067; fax 
number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: olson.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-2008-0722. 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 uses, as 
requested by registrants, of certain products registered under section 
3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration 
number in Table 1 of this unit.

                           Table 1.--Product Registration Amendments to Terminate Uses
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         Registration Number                 Product Name          Active Ingredient         Delete from Use
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000264-00330                           Temik Brand 15G          Aldicarb                 Alfalfa grown for seed;
                                        Aldicarb Pesticide                                Ornamentals;
                                                                                          Sugarcane; Sorghum
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000264-00426                           Temik Brand 15g          Aldicarb                 Alfalfa grown for seed;
                                        Aldicarb Pesticide For                            Ornamentals;
                                        Sale And Use In Calif.                            Sugarcane; Sorghum
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000264-00729                           Monitor 4                Methamidophos            Cotton
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000264-00741                           Monitor Technical        Methamidophos            Cotton
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000264-00744                           Monitor 60% Concentrate  Methamidophos            Cotton
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000264-01020                           Monitor 4 Spray          Methamidophos            Cotton
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000264 AR-81-0044                      Monitor 4                Methamidophos            Cotton
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000264 AR-87-0007                      Monitor 4                Methamidophos            Cotton
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000264 CA-79-0188                      Monitor 4                Methamidophos            Cotton
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000264 MS-81-0014                      Monitor 4                Methamidophos            Cotton
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000264 MS-81-0055                      Monitor 4                Methamidophos            Cotton
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010330-00016                           Ethylene Oxide 10% and   ETO                      Basil
                                        Carbon Dioxide
                                        Sterilizing Gas
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010330-00018                           20% Ethylene Oxide and   ETO                      Basil
                                        80% Carbon Dioxide
                                        Sterilizing Gas
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010330-00021                           8.5% Ethylene Oxide and  ETO                      Basil
                                        Carbon Dioxide
                                        Sterilizing Gas
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036736-00002                           Ethylene Oxide 100%      ETO                      Basil
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036736-00003                           Sterilizing Gas 3        ETO                      Basil
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036736-00004                           Sterilizing Gas 4        ETO                      Basil
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036736-00005                           Sterilizing Gas 5        ETO                      Basil
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036736-00006                           Sterilizing Gas 6        ETO                      Basil
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036736-00007                           Sterilizing Gas 8        ETO                      Basil
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036736-00008                           Ethylene Oxide - MUP     ETO                      Basil
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045728-00001                           Thiram Technical         Thiram                   Parks; Athletic Fields;
                                                                                          Commercial Areas; Sod;
                                                                                          Homeowner turf;
                                                                                          Homeowner fungicide
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045728-00021                           Thiram 75WP Fruit,       Thiram                   Parks; Athletic Fields;
                                        Vegetable and Turf                                Commercial Areas; Sod;
                                        Fungicide                                         Homeowner turf;
                                                                                          Homeowner fungicide
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400-434                                Thiram 480 DP            Thiram                   Parks; Athletic Fields;
                                                                                          Commercial Areas; Sod;
                                                                                          Homeowner turf;
                                                                                          Homeowner fungicide
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062719-00391                           Kerb 50-W Selective      Pronamide                All residential uses
                                        Herbicide
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062719-00397                           Kerb 50-W Herbicide in   Pronamide                All residential uses
                                        WSP
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062719-00578                           Kerb 3.3 SC              Pronamide                All residential uses
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067470-00006                           Ethylene Oxide           ETO                      Basil
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067470-00007                           Ethylene Oxide 100 R     ETO                      Basil
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.

                Table 2.--Registrants of Amended Products
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            EPA Company Number                Company Name and Address
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000264                                      Bayer Crop Science LP,
                                            2 T.W., Alexander Drive,
                                            Research Triangle Park, NC
                                             27709
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010330                                      Praxair, Inc.,
                                            39 Old Ridgebury Road,
                                            Danbury CT, 06810-5113
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036736                                      Balchem Corporation,
                                            PO Box 600,
                                            New Hampton, NY 10958
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400                                         Chemtura Corporation,
                                            199 Benson Road,
                                            Middlebury CT, 06749
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045728                                      Taminco Inc.,
                                            21320 Sweet Clover Place,
                                            Ashburn, VA 20147
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062719                                      Dow Agrosciences LLLC,
                                            9330 Zionsville Rd 308/2e,
                                            Indianapolis, IN 462681054
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067470                                      Honeywell - Specialty
                                             Chemicals NIC- 4,
                                            101 Columbia Road,
                                            Morristown, NJ 07962-1139
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    On November 3, 2008, Bayer CropScience submitted a withdrawal of 
its request to voluntarily cancel the

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registration of TEMIK 15G for use on coffee, pecans and tobacco. EPA 
received no comments pertaining to the other registrations in this 
notice in response to the October 8, 2008, Federal Register notice 
announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary 
cancellation and amendments to terminate certain uses.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
amendments to terminate uses of registrations identified in Table 1 of 
Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the product registrations 
identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are hereby amended to terminate the 
affected uses except for methamidophos products which will become 
effective September 30, 2009. Any distribution, sale, or use of 
existing stocks of the products 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.

A. Methamidophos.

     On April 7, 2002, EPA signed the Interim Reregistration 
Eligibility Decision (IRED) for methamidophos. That IRED specified risk 
mitigation measures including: ``Implement a 5-year phase out of the 
use on cotton.''
     In accordance with the IRED, Bayer CropScience has submitted a 
request to voluntarily terminate all cotton uses of the methamidophos 
products listed above in Table 2 effective September 30, 2009. 
Provisions for the sale, disposition, and use of existing stocks of 
methamidophos products include the following: All sale or distribution 
by the registrant of existing stocks labeled for use on cotton is 
prohibited after September 30, 2009, unless that sale or distribution 
is solely for the purpose of facilitating disposal or export of the 
product. Existing stocks labeled for use on cotton may be sold and 
distributed by persons other than the registrant until July 31, 2010. 
Existing stocks labeled for use on cotton may be used until September 
30, 2010, provided that such use complies with the EPA-approved label 
and labeling of the product.

B. Other Chemicals Addressed in this Order.

    The cancellation order will allow persons other than the registrant 
to continue to sell and/or use existing stocks of canceled products 
until such stocks are exhausted, provided that such use is consistent 
with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that 
accompanied, the canceled product. This order specifically prohibits 
any use of existing stocks that is not consistent with such previously 
approved labeling.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: May 7, 2009.
 Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-11630 Filed 5-19-09; 8:45 am]

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