Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0123-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB); Amendments to Terminate Uses
Posted Date: 2009-07-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 134)]
[Notices]               
[Page 34337-34339]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0123; FRL-8424-2]

 
Pentachloronitrobenzene (PCNB); Amendments to Terminate Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendments to 
terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted 
by the Agency, of certain products containing the pesticide PCNB, 
pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This order follows a March 30, 
2009 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the PCNB 
registrants to amend voluntarily certain of their PCNB product 
registrations. Specifically, the registrants requested to amend their 
registrations to terminate the following uses of PCNB: Golf course 
roughs; residential sites including lawns, yards, and ornamental plants 
and gardens around homes and apartments; grounds around day care 
facilities; school yards; parks (except industrial parks); playgrounds; 
and athletic fields (except professional and college fields). In the 
March 30, 2009 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 
registrants withdrew their requests within this period. The Agency did 
not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did 
not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this 
notice an order granting the requested amendments to terminate certain 
uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the PCNB products subject to 
this order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this 
order, including any existing stocks provisions.

DATES: The cancellations are effective July 15, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Bloom, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8019; fax number: (703) 308-7070; e-
mail address: bloom.jill@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-2009-0123. 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 (Amvac Chemical Corporation and Chemtura 
Corporation), of certain of their end-use and manufacturing-use PCNB 
products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are 
listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit. 
Since the registrants submitted their initial 6(f)(1) requests to amend 
their registrations to terminate uses, Chemtura requested the transfer 
of most of its PCNB registrations to Amvac, including all of those PCNB 
registrations for which Chemtura had requested amendment. The transfer 
was approved on April 23, 2009. Therefore, Amvac will be responsible 
for amending all of the following registrations in accordance with this 
order. Former and current EPA registration numbers are shown for all 
affected products.

                        Table 1.--PCNB Product Registration Amendments to Terminate Uses
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                                                                                          Product Name (names of
                                       EPA Registration Number        Product type         transferred products
   Current EPA Registration Number        prior to transfer      (manufacturing-use or      may be expected to
                                                                    end-use product)             change)
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5481-8981                              400-399                  End-use                  Terraclor 75W Wettable
                                                                                          Powder
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5481-8983                              400-401                  Manufacturing-use        Terraclor Technical
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5481-8984                              400-402                  End-use                  Terraclor 10% Granular,
                                                                                          Revere 10% Granular
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5481-8985                              400-403                  End-use                  Greenback Lawn
                                                                                          Fungicide
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5481-8986                              400-404                  End-use                  Turfcide Emulsifiable
                                                                                          Fungicide
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5481-8988                              400-407                  End-use                  Turfcide 10% Granular
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5481-8990                              400-414                  Manufacturing-use        Terraclor 90% Dust
                                                                                          Concentrate
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5481-8991                              400-453                  End-use                  Terraclor Flowable
                                                                                          Fungicide
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5481-8992                              400-454                  End-use                  Turfcide 4F, Turfcide
                                                                                          400, Terraclor 400,
                                                                                          Revere 4000
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5481-8994                              400-457                  End-use                  Turfcide 15G
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5481-8995                              400-458                  End-use                  Terraclor 15G
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5481-8996                              400-459                  Manufacturing-use        Terrazan PCNB Technical
                                                                                          99%
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5481-8997                              400-460                  End-use                  Terrazan 24%
                                                                                          Emulsifiable
                                                                                          Concentrate
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5481-8998                              400-479                  End-use                  Turfcide WDG
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5481-8999                              400-504                  Manufacturing-use        Terraclor Tech 96
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5481-197                               N/A                      Manufacturing-use        Technical Grade PCNB
                                                                                          95%
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5481-211                               N/A                      End-use                  PCNB 10% Granules Soil
                                                                                          Fungicide
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5481-214                               N/A                      End-use                  PCNB Soil and Turf
                                                                                          Liquid Drench
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5481-279                               N/A                      End-use                  PCNB 75% Wettable
                                                                                          Powder
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5481-419                               N/A                      End-use                  PCNB 75W Turf and
                                                                                          Ornamental Soil
                                                                                          Fungicide
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5481-438                               N/A                      Manufacturing-use        PCNB
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5481-441                               N/A                      End-use                  PCNB 75 DG
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5481-443                               N/A                      End-use                  PCNB 2 Flowable Turf
                                                                                          and Ornamental Soil
                                                                                          Fungicide
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5481-444                               N/A                      End-use                  PCNB 10 G Turf and
                                                                                          Ornamental Soil
                                                                                          Fungicide
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5481-450                               N/A                      End-use                  PCNB 20% WDG Soil
                                                                                          Fungicide
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5481-453                               N/A                      End-use                  PCNB 75 WSP
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5481-457                               N/A                      End-use                  Turfpro WSP Turf and
                                                                                          Ornamental Soil
                                                                                          Fungicide
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5481-464                               N/A                      End-use                  Par-Flo 6F
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5481-465                               N/A                      End-use                  Par-Flo
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5481-471                               N/A                      End-use                  Win-Flo 6F
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5481-472                               N/A                      End-use                  Win-Flo
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for 
the registrant of the products in Table 1 of this unit.

              Table 2.--Registrant of Amended PNCB Products
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            EPA Company Number                Company Name and Address
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5481                                        Amvac Chemical Corporation,
                                             4695 MacArthur Court, Suite
                                             1250, Newport Beach, CA
                                             92660
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments 
in response to the March 30, 2009 Federal Register notice (FRL-8405-9) 
announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary 
amendments to terminate certain uses of PCNB.

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 IV. Order Terminating Certain PCNB Uses

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested 
amendments to terminate uses of the PCNB registrations identified in 
Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the PCNB 
product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are hereby 
amended to terminate the following uses: Golf course roughs; 
residential sites including lawns, yards, and ornamental plants and 
gardens around homes and apartments; grounds around day care 
facilities; school yards; parks (except industrial parks); playgrounds; 
and athletic fields (except professional and college fields). 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.
    Amvac Corporation will be permitted to sell or distribute existing 
stocks of the manufacturing-use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit 
II., with labels that are not revised per the requested amendments for 
termination of uses (i.e., ``previously approved labeling''), until 6 
months after the effective date of this order. Persons other than Amvac 
Corporation may continue to use existing stocks of the manufacturing-
use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit II., with previously 
approved labeling, for formulation into end-use products until 18 
months after the effective date of this order, provided such use is 
consistent with the previously approved labeling for that product.
    Amvac Corporation will be permitted to sell or distribute existing 
stocks of the end-use products referenced in Table 1 of Unit II., with 
previously approved labeling, until 18 months after the effective date 
of this order. Persons other than Amvac Corporation may sell or 
distribute existing stocks of the end-use products referenced in Table 
1 of Unit II., with previously approved labeling, until 18 months after 
the effective date of this order. Users will be allowed to use existing 
stocks of the affected PCNB end-use products with previously approved 
labeling until such stocks are exhausted, provided such use is in a 
manner consistent with the previously approved labeling for that 
product.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: July 2, 2009.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Special Review and Registration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-16812 Filed 7-14-09; 8:45 am]

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