Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0208-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
Posted Date: 2008-03-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 57)]
[Notices]               
[Page 15521-15522]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0208; FRL-8356-8]

 
Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in 
Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 
notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants to delete 
uses in certain pesticide registrations. 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. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the 
request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any request in the 
Federal Register.

DATES: The deletions are effective by April 23, 2008. for registrations 
for which the registrant requested a waiver of the 180-day comment 
period. The Agency will consider a withdrawal request no later than 
April 23, 2008. Comments must be received on or before April 23, 2008, 
for those registrations where the 180-day comment period has been 
waived.
    Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites 
being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on or before 
April 23, 2008, for those registrations where the 180-day comment 
period has been waived.

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal request, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0208, by one of the 
following methods:
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South 
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only 
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The 
Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Keigwin, Registration Division 
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone 
number: (703) 305-6605; e-mail address: keigwin.tracy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. Although this 
action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use 
pesticides, 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 information in this notice, 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 ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0208. 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 receipt by the Agency of applications from 
registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. These 
registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit by registration 
number, product name, active ingredient, and specific uses deleted:

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     Table 1.--Registrations With Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
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         EPA Registration No.                Product Name          Active Ingredient        Delete from Label
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39967-10                               Preventol A8 Technical   Tebuconazole             Paint use
                                        Fungicide
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39967-13                               Preventol A8             Tebuconazole             Paint use
                                        Preservative
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81598-2                                Rotam Tebuconazole       Tebuconazole             Terrestrial non-food
                                        Technical                                         (domestic outdoor)
                                                                                          uses in paint as an
                                                                                          additive against
                                                                                          biodeterioration
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82633-1                                Sharda Tebuconazole      Tebuconazole             Use in the manufacture
                                        Technical Fungicide                               of paints and stains
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    The registrants listed in table 2 of this unit have requested a 
waiver of the 180-day comment period and have agreed to a 30-day 
comment period. Users of these products who desire continued use on 
crops or sites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant 
before April 23, 2008, to discuss withdrawal of the application for 
amendment. This 30-day period will also permit interested members of 
the public to intercede with registrants prior to the Agency's approval 
of the deletion.
    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit, in 
ascending sequence by EPA company number.

  Table 2.--Registrants Requesting Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain
                         Pesticide Registrations
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            EPA Company Number               Company Name and  Address
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39967                                      Lanxess Corporation, 111 RIDC
                                            Park West Drive, Pittsburgh,
                                            PA 15275-1112
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81598                                      IPM Resources LLC, Agent for
                                            Rotam Ltd., 660 Newton-
                                            Yardley Rd., Suite 105,
                                            Newtown, PA 18940
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82633                                      Wagner Regulatory Associate,
                                            Inc., Agent for Sharda
                                            Worldwide Exports, Pvt.
                                            Ltd., P.O. Box 640,
                                            Hockessin, DE 19707
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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. 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, 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 Tracy Keigwin using the methods in 
ADDRESSES. The Agency will consider written withdrawal requests no 
later than April 23, 2008.

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: March 18, 2008.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. E8-5878 Filed 3-21-08; 8:45 am]

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