Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0132-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Cryolite and Propazine: Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
Posted Date: 2021-06-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30460-30461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11919]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0132; FRL-10024-48]

Cryolite and Propazine; Product Cancellation Order for Certain 
Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, 
voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of 
the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation 
order follows a March 10, 2021 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of 
Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to 
voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the March 10, 2021 
notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the 
cancellations, 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 
did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants 
did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this 
notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. This 
cancellation order terminates the last cryolite and propazine products 
registered in the United States. 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 June 8, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Smith, Pesticide Re-Evaluation 
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8325; email address: 
smith.carolyn@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-2021-0132, 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 cancellation, as requested by 
registrants, of products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 
136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). These registrations are listed in 
sequence by registration number (or company number and 24(c) number) in 
Table 1 of this unit.

                                         Table 1--Product Cancellations
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          EPA registration No.                      Product name                        Chemical name
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10163-41................................  Prokil Cryolite 96..............  Cryolite.
10163-225...............................  Gowan Cryolite Bait.............  Cryolite.
10163-242...............................  Prokil Cryolite 75-Dust.........  Cryolite.
10163-243...............................  Prokil Cryolite 50-Dust.........  Cryolite.
42750-148...............................  Propazine 4L....................  Propazine.
42750-149...............................  Propazine Technical.............  Propazine.
91813-32................................  Kryocide Insecticide............  Cryolite.
FL000011................................  Prokil Cryolite 96..............  Cryolite.
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    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. This number corresponds to the first part of the 
EPA registration numbers of the products listed in Table 1 of this 
unit.

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               Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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       EPA company No.                  Company name and address
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10163........................  Gowan Company, P.O. Box 5569, Yuma, AZ
                                85366.
42750........................  Albaugh, LLC, P.O. Box 2127, Valdosta, GA
                                31604-2127.
91813........................  UPL NA, Inc., 630 Freedom Business Ctr.,
                                # 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
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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 10, 2021 Federal Register notice announcing 
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of 
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)), EPA hereby 
approves the requested cancellations of the registrations identified in 
Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the 
product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are canceled. 
The effective date of the cancellations that are the subject of this 
notice is June 8, 2021. 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 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 March 
10, 2021 (86 FR 13714) (FRL-10020-72). The comment period closed on 
April 9, 2021.

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 existing stocks provisions for the products 
subject to this order are as follows.
    The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks 
of the cryolite products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until December 
8, 2022, which is 18 months after the publication of the Cancellation 
Order in the Federal Register. The registrants may continue to sell and 
distribute existing stocks of the propazine products listed in Table 1 
of Unit II. Until June 8, 2022, which is 1 year after the publication 
of the Cancellation Order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the 
registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing products listed 
in Table 1, except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 
U.S.C. 136o), or proper disposal. Persons other than the registrants 
may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of products listed in 
Table 1 of Unit II. until existing stocks 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.

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

    Dated: May 27, 2021.
Mary Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2021-11919 Filed 6-7-21; 8:45 am]
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