Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0513-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses
Posted Date: 2022-02-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5476-5479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01989]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0513; FRL-9417-01-OCSPP]

Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain 
Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain 
Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests 
by the registrants to voluntarily cancel their registrations of certain 
products and to amend their product registrations to terminate one or 
more uses. EPA intends to grant these requests 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 the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw its 
requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use 
of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the 
registrations have been cancelled and uses terminated, only if such 
sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in 
the final order.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 3, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0513, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.
     Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket 
Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 
20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. Additional 
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Registration 
Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 566-2707; email address: 
[email protected].

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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. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting 
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants 
to cancel certain product registrations and terminate certain uses of 
product registrations. The affected products and the registrants making 
the requests are identified in Tables 1-3 of this unit.
    Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency 
determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further 
review of this request, EPA intends to issue an order canceling and 
amending the affected registrations.

  Table 1--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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  Registration No.   Company No.     Product name     Active ingredients
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432-1515...........          432  BES0531...........  Bacillus
                                                       thuringiensis
                                                       subspecies
                                                       israelensis
                                                       Strain BMP 144
                                                       solids, spores
                                                       and insecticidal
                                                       toxins.
524-487............          524  Harness 20G         Acetochlor.
                                   Granular
                                   Herbicide.
524-496............          524  Mon 58430           Acetochlor.
                                   Herbicide.
524-497............          524  Mon 58442           Atrazine;
                                   Herbicide.          Glyphosate-
                                                       isopropylammonium
                                                       & Acetochlor.
1258-1401..........         1258  IWC 2300-G........  Sodium bromide.
2693-70............         2693  Latenac             Cuprous oxide.
                                   Antifouling Red.
2724-688...........         2724  Security BT Dust    Bacillus
                                   Biological          thuringiensis
                                   Insecticide.        subspecies
                                                       kurstaki strain
                                                       SA-12 solides,
                                                       spores, and
                                                       insecticidal
                                                       toxins, ATCC # SD-
                                                       1323.
4822-278...........         4822  Raid Formula 278    Permethrin.
                                   Insect Killer.
5185-448...........         5185  NABR97-E..........  Sodium bromide.
6836-264...........         6836  Dantobrom TBS-2...  2,4-
                                                       Imidazolidinedion
                                                       e, 1-bromo-3-
                                                       chloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethyl-; 1,3-
                                                       Dichloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethylhydantoin
                                                       & 1,3-Dichloro-5-
                                                       ethyl-5-
                                                       methylhydantoin.
6836-281...........         6836  Dantobrom PG        2,4-
                                   Granular.           Imidazolidinedion
                                                       e, 1-bromo-3-
                                                       chloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethyl-; 1,3-
                                                       Dichloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethylhydantoin
                                                       & 1,3-Dichloro-5-
                                                       ethyl-5-
                                                       methylhydantoin.
7946-11............         7946  Mauget Inject-A-    Dicrotophos.
                                   Cide B.
8622-25............         8622  Halobrom..........  2,4-
                                                       Imidazolidinedion
                                                       e, 1-bromo-3-
                                                       chloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethyl-.
8622-28............         8622  Halogene..........  2,4-
                                                       Imidazolidinedion
                                                       e, 1-bromo-3-
                                                       chloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethyl-.
8622-29............         8622  Halogene G........  2,4-
                                                       Imidazolidinedion
                                                       e, 1-bromo-3-
                                                       chloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethyl-.
8622-30............         8622  Halogene T-30.....  2,4-
                                                       Imidazolidinedion
                                                       e, 1-bromo-3-
                                                       chloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethyl-.
8622-41............         8622  Halobrom Mini Slow  2,4-
                                   Dissolving          Imidazolidinedion
                                   Brominating         e, 1-bromo-3-
                                   Tablets for Pool    chloro-5,5-
                                   & Spa.              dimethyl-.
8622-70............         8622  Halobrom BCDMH 96%  2,4-
                                                       Imidazolidinedion
                                                       e, 1-bromo-3-
                                                       chloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethyl-.
8622-73............         8622  Halogene--Tab.....  2,4-
                                                       Imidazolidinedion
                                                       e, 1-bromo-3-
                                                       chloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethyl-.
8622-82............         8622  Halogene 96.......  2,4-
                                                       Imidazolidinedion
                                                       e, 3-bromo-1-
                                                       chloro-5,5-
                                                       dimethyl-.
9688-84............         9688  Chemsico Lawn &     Permethrin.
                                   Garden Insect
                                   Control.
9688-85............         9688  Chemsico Home       Permethrin.
                                   Insect Control C.
9688-120...........         9688  Chemsico            Permethrin &
                                   Concentrate MP.     Myclobutanil.
9688-149...........         9688  Chemsico            Permethrin.
                                   Insecticide
                                   Concentrate 57P.
9688-184...........         9688  Chemsico Fire Ant   Permethrin.
                                   Killer PD.
11678-78...........        11678  Titanium 9.3......  Novaluron.
41750-3............        41750  Awlgrip Awlstar     Cuprous oxide.
                                   Anti-Fouling Gold
                                   Label BP802 White
                                   Lightning.
62719-42...........        62719  Reldan F            Chlorpyrifos-
                                   Insecticidal        methyl.
                                   Chemical.
73049-405..........        73049  BTI Technical       Bacillus
                                   Powder              thuringiensis
                                   Bioinsecticide.     subsp.
                                                       israelensis
                                                       strain EG2215.
74229-1............        74229  Magna Cide D......  Nabam & Sodium
                                                       dimethyldithiocar
                                                       bamate.
80289-16...........        80289  Dipron 10 EC......  Novaluron.
87093-12...........        87093  LN Iron HEDTA.....  Ferric HEDTA.
AR-970005..........         2217  Acme Hi-Dep         2,4-D,
                                   Herbicide.          diethanolamine
                                                       salt & 2,4-D,
                                                       dimethylamine
                                                       salt.
CA-100003..........        66222  Rimon 0.83 EC       Novaluron.
                                   Insecticide.
ID-100005..........        66222  Rimon 0.83 EC.....  Novaluron.
ID-180003..........         5481  Parazone 3SL        Paraquat
                                   Herbicide.          dichloride.
ID-190005..........         5481  Parazone 3SL        Paraquat
                                   Herbicide.          dichloride.

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ID-190006..........         5481  Parazone 3SL        Paraquat
                                   Herbicide.          dichloride.
ID-190007..........         5481  Parazone 3SL        Paraquat
                                   Herbicide.          dichloride.
MT-060002..........        66222  Rimon 0.83 EC.....  Novaluron.
OR-180005..........         5481  Parazone 3SL        Paraquat
                                   Herbicide.          dichloride.
OR-160008..........          264  Sivanto 200 SL....  Flupyradifurone.
WA-050016..........        61282  Prozap Zinc         Zinc phosphide
                                   Phosphide Pellets.  (Zn3P2).
WA-120012..........        59639  Valor Herbicide...  Flumioxazin.
WA-180003..........         5481  Parazone 3SL        Paraquat
                                   Herbicide.          dichloride.
WY-060005..........        66222  Rimon 0.83 EC.....  Novaluron.
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                       Table 2--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Amendment
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                            Company
    Registration  No.         No.            Product name          Active ingredient      Uses to be terminated
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10088-55................        10088  Non-Selective Herbicide  Prometon...............  Weed control on
                                        #3.                                               railroad
                                                                                         sidings.
10324-81................        10324  Maquat 7.5-M...........  Alkyl* dimethyl benzyl   Cadaver.
                                                                 ammonium chloride
                                                                 *(50%C14, 40%C12,
                                                                 10%C16); 1-
                                                                 Octanaminium, N,N-
                                                                 dimethyl-N-octyl-,
                                                                 chloride; 1-
                                                                 Decanaminium, N-decyl-
                                                                 N,N-dimethyl-,
                                                                 chloride & 1-
                                                                 Decanaminium, N,N-
                                                                 dimethyl-N-octyl-,
                                                                 chloride.
10324-177...............        10324  Maquat 705-M...........  Alkyl* dimethyl benzyl   Cadaver.
                                                                 ammonium chloride
                                                                 *(50%C14, 40%C12,
                                                                 10%C16); 1-
                                                                 Octanaminium, N,N-
                                                                 dimethyl-N-octyl-,
                                                                 chloride; 1-
                                                                 Decanaminium, N-decyl-
                                                                 N,N-dimethyl-,
                                                                 chloride & 1-
                                                                 Decanaminium, N,N-
                                                                 dimethyl-N-octyl-,
                                                                 chloride.
66222-22................        66222  Pramitol 25E...........  Prometon...............  Railroads.
70506-575...............        70506  Thiram 480DP...........  Thiram.................  Turf and golf.
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    Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 2 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 and Table 2 of this unit.

Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments
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         EPA company No.                 Company name and address
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264.............................  Bayer CropScience, LP,8622 Agent Name:
                                   Bayer CropScience, LLC, 801
                                   Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 900,
                                   Washington, DC 20004.
432.............................  Bayer Environmental Science, A
                                   Division of Bayer CropScience, LP,
                                   700 Chesterfield Parkway West,
                                   Chesterfield, MO 63017.
524.............................  Bayer CropScience, LP, 801
                                   Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 900,
                                   Washington, DC 20004.
1258............................  Innovative Water Care, LLC, 1400
                                   Bluegrass Lakes Parkway, Alpharetta,
                                   GA 30004.
2217............................  PBI/Gordon Corporation, 22701 W 68th
                                   Terrace, Shawnee, KS 66226.
2693............................  International Paint, LLC, 6001 Antoine
                                   Drive, Houston, TX 77091.
2724............................  Wellmark International, 1501 E.
                                   Woodfield Road, Suite 200 West,
                                   Schaumburg, IL 60173.
4822............................  S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1525 Howe
                                   Street, Racine, WI 53403.
5185............................  Bio-Lab, Inc., P.O. Box 300002,
                                   Lawrenceville, GA 30049-1002.
5481............................  Amvac Chemical Corporation, 4695
                                   Macarthur Court, Suite 1200, Newport
                                   Beach, CA 92660-1706.
6836............................  Arxada, LLC, 412 Mount Kemble Avenue,
                                   Suite 200S, Morristown, NJ 07960.
7946............................  J.J. Mauget Co., Agent Name: SciReg,
                                   Inc., 12733 Director's Loop,
                                   Woodbridge, VA 22192.
8622............................  ICL-IP America, Inc., 11636 Huntington
                                   Road, Gallipolis Ferry, WV 25515.
9688............................  Chemsico, A Division of United
                                   Industries Corp., One Rider Trail
                                   Plaza Drive, Suite 300, Earth City,
                                   MO 63045-1313.
10088...........................  Athea Laboratories, Inc., P.O. Box
                                   240014, Milwaukee, WI 53224.
10324...........................  Mason Chemical Company, 9075 Centre
                                   Pointe Dr., Suite 400, West Chester,
                                   OH 45069.
11678...........................  Adama Makhteshim Ltd., Agent Name:
                                   Makhteshim-Agan of North America,
                                   Inc., D/B/A Adama, 3120 Highwoods
                                   Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27604.
41750...........................  International Paint, LLC, 6001 Antoine
                                   Drive, Houston, TX 77091.
59639...........................  Valent U.S.A., LLC, 4600 Norris Canyon
                                   Road, P.O. Box 5075, San Ramon, CA
                                   94583.
61282...........................  Hacco, Inc., 620 Lesher Place,
                                   Lansing, MI 48912.
62719...........................  Corteva Agriscience, LLC, 9330
                                   Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN
                                   46268.
66222...........................  Makhteshim Agan of North America,
                                   Inc., D/B/A Adama, 3120 Highwoods
                                   Blvd., Suite 100
                                  Raleigh, NC 27604.
70506...........................  UPL NA, Inc., 630 Freedom Business
                                   Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia,
                                   PA 19406.

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73049...........................  Valent Biosciences, LLC, 1910
                                   Innovation Way, Suite 100,
                                   Libertyville, IL 60048-6316.
74229...........................  Pro Tech USA, LLC, Agent Name: KRK
                                   Consulting, LLC, 5807 Churchill Way,
                                   Medina, OH 44256.
80289...........................  Isagro S.P.A., D/B/A Isagro USA, Inc.,
                                   Agent Name: Exigent Sciences, LLC,
                                   370 S. Main St., Yuma, AZ 85364.
87093...........................  LNouvel, Inc., 4657 Courtyard Trail,
                                   Plano, TX 75024.
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III. 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.
    Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(B)) 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 or use termination. In addition, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C) 
(7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(C)) requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment 
period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any 
minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless:
    1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period, or
    2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the 
pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
    The registrants have requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment 
period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the 
proposed requests.

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for product 
cancellation or use termination should submit the withdrawal in writing 
to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the 
products have been subject to a previous cancellation action, the 
effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any earlier 
cancellation action are controlling.

V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products 
that are currently in the United States and that were packaged, 
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the 
action. If the requests for voluntary cancellation and amendments to 
terminate uses are granted, the Agency intends to publish the 
cancellation order in the Federal Register.
    In any order issued in response to these requests for cancellation 
of product registrations and for amendments to terminate uses, EPA 
proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment of any 
existing stocks of the products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II.
    For voluntary product cancellations, registrants will be permitted 
to sell and distribute existing stocks of voluntarily canceled products 
for 1 year after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be 
the date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal 
Register. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or 
distributing the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II, except for 
export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper 
disposal.
    Once EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested 
amendments to terminate uses, registrants will be permitted to sell or 
distribute products under the previously approved labeling for a period 
of 18 months after the date of Federal Register publication of the 
cancellation order, unless other restrictions have been imposed. 
Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing 
the products whose labels include the terminated uses identified in 
Table 2 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 
or for proper disposal.
    Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use 
existing stocks of canceled products and products whose labels include 
the terminated uses until supplies 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 and terminated uses.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: January 21, 2022.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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