Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0189-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Diazinon; Notice of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Products
Posted Date: 2003-07-11T04:00Z

41341
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
68,
No.
133
/
Friday,
July
11,
2003
/
Notices
Chemical
Name
Chemical
Review
Manager
Case
Number
RED/
TRED
Date
Oxadixyl
John
Pates
(
703)
308
 
8195
AI126701
September
2001
Primisulfuron­
methyl
Christina
Scheltema
(
703)
308
 
2201
AI128973
July
2002
Vinclozolin
Demson
Fuller
(
703)
308
 
8062
2740
October
2000
B.
What
is
the
Agency's
Authority
for
Taking
this
Action?

The
legal
authority
for
this
decision
falls
under
FIFRA,
as
amended
in
1988
and
1996.
Section
4(
g)(
2)
of
FIFRA
directs
that,
after
submission
of
all
data
concerning
a
pesticide
active
ingredient,
``
the
Administrator
shall
determine
whether
pesticides
containing
such
active
ingredient
are
eligible
for
reregistration''
before
calling
in
productspecific
data
on
individual
end­
use
products,
and
either
registering
products
or
taking
other
``
appropriate
regulatory
action.''

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection
Dated:
July
1,
2003.
Richard
P.
Keigwin
Jr.,
Acting
Director,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.

[
FR
Doc.
03
 
17616
Filed
7
 
10
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0189;
FRL
 
7310
 
2]

Diazinon;
Notice
of
Requests
to
Voluntarily
Cancel
Certain
Pesticide
Products
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

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
requests
by
Drexel
Chemical
Company
and
Makhteshim
Chemical
Works,
Ltd.
to
voluntarily
cancel
the
registrations
for
all
of
their
outdoor
nonagricultural
manufacturing­
use
products
containing
diazinon
and
a
request
by
Walla
Walla
Environmental,
Inc.
to
cancel
one
of
its
outdoor
nonagricultural
end­
use
products
containing
diazinon
[
O,
O­
Diethyl
O­(
2­
isopropyl­
6­
methyl­
4­
pyrimidinyl)
phosphorothioate].
The
EPA
intends
to
grant
these
requests
by
issuing
a
cancellation
order
at
the
close
of
the
comment
period
for
this
announcement,
unless
the
Agency
receives
substantive
comments
within
the
comment
period
that
would
merit
its
further
review
of
these
requests.
It
is
EPA's
intent
that
the
cancellation
of
the
outdoor
nonagricultural
manufacturing­
use
products
will
be
effective
upon
issuance
of
the
cancellation
order,
after
the
comment
period,
and
that
the
cancellation
of
the
outdoor
non­
agricultural
end­
use
product
will
be
effective
August
31,
2003.
The
Agency
requests
public
comment
on
these
voluntary
cancellation
requests,
and
is
providing
a
30
 
day
comment
period.
DATES:
Comments
on
the
requested
registration
cancellations
must
be
submitted
to
the
address
provided
below
and
identified
by
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0189.
Comments
must
be
received
on
or
before
August
11,
2003.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Stephanie
Plummer,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division
(
7508C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305
 
0076;
e­
mail
address:
plummer.
stephanie@
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
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0189.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
EPA
also
established
two
dockets
containing
documents
in
support
of
the
diazinon
IRED.
They
are
dockets
OPP
 
34225
and
OPP
 
2002
 
0251.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
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/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

II.
What
Action
is
the
Agency
Taking?

This
notice
announces
requests
made
by
Drexel
Chemical
Co.
and
Makhteshim
Chemical
Works,
Ltd.
to
voluntarily
cancel
registrations
for
all
of
their
outdoor
non­
agricultural
manufacturing­
use
products
containing
diazinon
and
a
request
by
Walla
Walla
Environmental,
Inc.
to
cancel
one
of
its
outdoor
non­
agricultural
end­
use
products
containing
diazinon.
These
registrations
are
listed
in
sequence
by
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11,
2003
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Notices
registration
number
in
Table
1
of
this
unit.

A.
Background
Information
Diazinon
is
an
organophosphorous
insecticide
and
is
one
of
the
most
widely
used
insecticides
in
the
U.
S.
It
is
used
for
outdoor
non­
agricultural,
as
well
as
agricultural,
pest
control.
Under
the
December
5,
2000
MOA
between
the
technical
registrants
of
diazinon
and
the
EPA,
as
well
as
a
February
14,
2001
letter
from
Drexel
Chemical
Co.,
both
Makhteshim
Chemical
Works,
Ltd.
and
Drexel
Chemical
Co.
requested,
under
FIFRA
section
6(
f),
that
EPA
cancel,
effective
as
of
June
30,
2003,
the
registrations
of
all
diazinon
manufacturing­
use
products
permitting
formulation
for
outdoor
nonagricultural
use.
In
a
June
5,
2003
letter,
Walla
Walla
Environmental,
Inc.
requested,
under
FIFRA
section
6(
f),
that
EPA
cancel,
effective
August
31,
2003,
the
registration
of
one
outdoor
non­
agricultural
end­
use
product.
EPA
intends
to
grant
these
requests
by
issuing
a
cancellation
order
at
the
close
of
the
comment
period
for
this
announcement,
unless
the
Agency
receives
substantive
comments
within
the
comment
period
that
would
merit
its
further
review
of
these
requests.
The
Reregistration
Eligibilty
Decision
(
RED)
document
summarizes
the
findings
of
EPA's
reregistration
process
for
individual
chemical
cases,
and
reflects
the
Agency's
decision
on
risk
assessment
and
risk
management
for
uses
of
individual
pesticides.
Diazinon
belongs
to
a
group
of
pesticides
known
as
organophosphates
(
OPs).
EPA
has
issued
the
Interim
RED
assessing
the
risks
of
exposure
from
diazinon.

B.
Requests
for
Voluntary
Cancellation
Under
section
6(
f)(
1)(
A)
of
FIFRA,
registrants
may
request,
at
any
time,
that
their
pesticide
registrations
be
canceled
or
amended
to
terminate
one
or
more
pesticide
uses.
Section
6(
f)(
1)(
B)
of
FIFRA
requires
that
before
acting
on
a
request
for
voluntary
cancellation,
EPA
must
provide
a
30
 
day
public
comment
period
on
the
request
for
voluntary
cancellation.
In
addition,
section
6(
f)(
1)(
C)
of
FIFRA
requires
that
EPA
provide
a
180
 
day
comment
period
on
a
request
for
voluntary
termination
of
any
minor
agricultural
use
before
granting
the
request,
unless
(
1)
the
registrants
request
a
waiver
of
the
comment
period,
or
(
2)
the
Administrator
determines
that
continued
use
of
the
pesticide
would
pose
an
unreasonable
adverse
effect
on
the
environment.
Makhteshim
Chemical
Works,
Ltd.,
Drexel
Chemical
Co.,
and
Walla
Walla
Environmental,
Inc.
have
requested
a
waiver
of
the
comment
period.
The
EPA
will
therefore
apply
a
30
 
day
comment
period.

TABLE
1.
 
REGISTRATIONS
WITH
PENDING
REQUESTS
FOR
CANCELLATION
Registration
No.
Product
name
Chemical
name
11678
 
62
Diazol
Diazinon
Technical
Stabilized
HG
Diazinon
11678
 
64
Diazol
Diazinon
Stabilized
Oil
Concentrate
HG
Diazinon
19713
 
524
Drexel
Diazinon
Technical
HG
Diazinon
47332
 
4
CPF­
2D
Insecticide
Diazinon
Unless
the
Agency
determines
that
there
are
substantive
comments
that
warrant
further
review
of
these
requests,
an
order
will
be
issued
canceling
all
of
these
registrations.
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
REQUESTING
VOLUNTARY
CANCELLATION
EPA
Company
No.
Company
name
and
address
11678
Makhteshim
Chemical
Works,
Ltd.
551
Fifth
Avenue,
Suite
1100
New
York,
NY
10176
19713
Drexel
Chemical
Co.,
1700
Channel
Avenue
P.
O.
Box
13327
Memphis,
TN
38113
47332
Walla
Walla
Environmental,
Inc.,
P.
O.
Box
1298,
Walla
Walla,
WA
99362
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
canceled.
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.
Provisions
for
Disposition
of
Existing
Stocks
The
Agency
intends
to
issue
a
cancellation
order
following
consideration
of
all
comments
received
during
the
comment
period,
unless
the
comments
warrant
further
review
of
this
request.
Existing
stocks
are
those
stocks
of
registered
pesticide
products
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
action.
In
a
2000
MOA
between
the
EPA
and
the
technical
registrants
of
diazinon,
the
involved
parties
agreed
to
the
following
existing
stocks
provisions
for
outdoor
non­
agricultural
manufacturing­
use
and
end­
use
products:

A.
Outdoor
Non­
Agricultural
Manufacturing­
Use
Products
1.
Distribution
or
sale.
The
distribution
or
sale
of
existing
stocks
of
any
outdoor
non­
agricultural
manufacturing­
use
product
referenced
in
this
Notice
(
EPA
Reg.
No.
11678
 
62,
11678
 
64,
and
19713
 
524)
will
not
be
lawful
after
the
effective
cancellation
date,
except
for
the
purposes
of
export
consistent
with
FIFRA
section
17
and
proper
disposal
in
accordance
with
applicable
law.
2.
Use
for
producing
other
products.
The
use
of
existing
stocks
of
any
manufacturing­
use
product
referenced
in
this
Notice
for
formulation
into
any
other
product
labeled
for
outdoor
nonagricultural
use
will
not
be
lawful
under
FIFRA
after
the
effective
date
of
the
cancellation
order.
The
effective
date
of
the
cancellation
order
is
intended
to
be
immediate
for
the
products
listed
in
Table
1;
however,
EPA
will
consider
any
comments
received
within
30
days
of
publication
of
this
Notice
in
the
Federal
Register
prior
to
canceling
the
affected
registrations.

B.
Outdoor
Non­
Agricultural
End­
Use
Products
1.
Distribution
or
sale
by
Registrant.
The
distribution,
sale,
or
use
of
existing
stocks
by
Walla
Walla
Environmental,
Inc.
of
the
end­
use
product
referenced
in
this
Notice
(
EPA
Reg.
No.
47332
 
4)
will
not
be
lawful
under
FIFRA
after
August
31,
2003,
except
for
purposes
of
shipping
such
stocks
for
export
consistent
with
the
requirements
of
FIFRA
section
17
or
proper
disposal
in
accordance
with
applicable
law.
2.
Retail
and
other
distribution
or
sale.
The
distribution
or
sale
of
existing
stocks
by
persons
other
than
Walla
Walla
Environmental,
Inc.
will
be
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prohibited
after
December
31,
2004,
except
for
purposes
of
product
recovery
pursuant
to
the
2000
MOA,
shipping
such
stocks
for
export
consistent
with
the
requirements
of
FIFRA
section
17,
or
proper
disposal
in
accordance
with
applicable
law.
3.
Use
of
existing
stocks.
Use
of
existing
stocks
may
continue
until
stocks
are
exhausted.
Any
such
use
must
be
in
accordance
with
the
label.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
June
25,
2003.
Richard
P.
Keigwin,
Jr.,
Director,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
17512
Filed
7
 
10
 
03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0183;
FRL
 
7315
 
5]

Notice
of
Receipt
of
Requests
to
Voluntarily
Cancel
Certain
Pesticide
Registrations
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

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
requests
by
Sumitomo
Chemical
Company,
Limited
and
Bayer
Environmental
Science
to
voluntarily
cancel
the
registrations
for
all
of
their
products
containing
4­
chloro­
alpha­(
1­
methylethyl)
benzeneacetic
acid,
cyano(
3­
phenoxyphenyl)
methyl
ester
(
fenvalerate).
At
the
close
of
the
comment
period,
EPA
intends
to
issue
an
order
granting
these
cancellation
requests,
unless
the
Agency
receives
substantive
comments
within
the
comment
period
that
would
merit
its
further
review
of
these
requests,
or
the
requests
have
been
withdrawn.
DATES:
Comments
must
be
received
by
August
11,
2003.
Unless
the
Agency
receives
any
substantive
comments
within
the
comment
period
that
would
merit
its
further
review
of
these
requests,
or
the
requests
have
been
withdrawn
by
August
11,
2003,
EPA
intends
to
issue
orders
canceling
these
registrations
at
the
close
of
the
comment
period.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
Please
follow
the
detailed
instructions
for
each
method
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
C.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
it
is
imperative
that
you
identify
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0183
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
response.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Wilhelmena
Livingston,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division
(
7508C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
308
 
8025,
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.
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
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0183.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
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/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
.
You
may
use
EPA
docket
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

C.
How
and
to
Whom
Do
I
Submit
Comments?
You
may
submit
comments
through
the
mail,
in
person,
or
electronically.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
it
is
imperative
that
you
identify
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0183
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
response.
1.
By
mail.
Submit
your
comments
to:
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Information
Resources
and
Services
Division
(
7502C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001.
2.
In
person
or
by
courier.
Deliver
your
comments
to
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Information
Resources
and
Services
Division
(
7502C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
The
PIRIB
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
PIRIB
telephone
number
is
(
703)
305
 
5805.
3.
Electronically.
You
may
submit
your
comments
electronically
by
e­
mail
to:
opp­
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
you
can
submit
a
computer
disk
as
describe
above.
Do
not
submit
any
information
electronically
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI.
Avoid
the
use
of
special
characters
and
any
form
of
encryption.
Electronic
submissions
will
be
accepted
in
WordPerfect
6.1/
8.0
or
ASCII
file
format.
All
comments
in
electronic
form
must
be
identified
by
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0183.
Electronic
comments
also
may
be
filed
online
at
many
Federal
Depository
Libraries.

D.
How
Should
I
Handle
CBI
that
I
Want
to
Submit
to
the
Agency?
Do
not
submit
any
information
electronically
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI.
You
may
claim
information
that
you
submit
to
EPA
in
response
to
this
document
as
CBI
by
marking
any
part
or
all
of
that
information
as
CBI.
Information
so
marked
will
not
be
disclosed
except
in
accordance
with
procedures
set
forth
in
40
CFR
part
2.

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