Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Receipts of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
Posted Date: 2022-05-06T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27145-27147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09697]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223; FRL-9724-01-OCSPP]

Notice of Receipts of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain 
Pesticide Registrations

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 a 
request by a registrant to voluntarily cancel a certain pesticide 
registration. EPA intends to grant the request 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 request, or unless the registrant withdraws its 
request. If the request is granted, any sale, distribution, or use of 
the product listed in this notice will be permitted after the 
registration has been cancelled 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 November 2, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at 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. Additional 
instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more 
information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Registration Division 
(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: Christopher 
Green.
    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,

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Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-2707; email address: 
[email protected].

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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of a request from a 
registrant to cancel a certain pesticide product registered under FIFRA 
section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). The registration 
is listed in sequence by registration number (or company number and 
24(c) number) in Table 1 of this unit.
    Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments 
that warrant further review of the request or the registrant withdraws 
their request, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal Register 
canceling the affected registration.

                          Table 1--Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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                                  Company
        Registration No.            No.                Product name                    Active ingredients
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432-1623.......................        432  Storcide II Grain, Bin and         Deltamethrin & Chlorpyrifos-
                                             Warehouse Insecticide.             methyl.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for 
the registrant of the product in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by 
EPA company number. This number corresponds to the first part of the 
EPA registration number of the product listed in this unit.

          Table 2--Registrant Requesting Voluntary Cancellation
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     EPA Company No.                 Company name and address
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432.....................  Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of
                           Bayer CropScience, LP, 700 Chesterfield
                           Parkway West, Chesterfield, MO 63017.
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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. 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 registrant in Table 1 of Unit II has not requested that EPA 
waive the 180-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 180-
day comment period on the proposed requests.

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation 
should submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the product has 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 
cancellation action. For this voluntary cancellation request, the 
registrant indicates that the registrant has no existing stocks of the 
affected product listed in Table 1 of Unit II. Therefore, no existing 
stocks provision is needed for the registrant. The cancellation will be 
effective on the date of publication of the cancellation order in the 
Federal Register. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from 
selling or distributing the pesticide identified in Table 1 of Unit II, 
except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or 
for proper disposal. Persons other than the registrant will generally 
be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks until such 
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 product.

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

    Dated: April 29, 2022.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-09697 Filed 5-5-22; 8:45 am]
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