Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0513-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily CancelCertain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations to Terminate Certain Uses
Posted Date: 2021-10-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 203 (Monday, October 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58906-58908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23178]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0513; FRL-9119-01-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 certain product registrations to terminate 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 withdrew their requests. If these 
requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed 
in this notice will be permitted after the registration has 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 November 24, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0513, through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://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 http://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, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; 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 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 and terminate certain uses product registrations. The 
affected products and the registrants making the requests are 
identified in Table 1, Table 1A, Table 2 and Table 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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                                                              Active
    Registration No.      Company No.    Product name      ingredients
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279-3125                          279  Fury 1.5 EC       Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
279-3248                          279  Z-Cype 0.8 EW     Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
279-3249                          279  Z-Cype 0.8 EC     Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
279-3297                          279  0.344% F0570 OTC  Zeta-
                                        Granular          Cypermethrin.
                                        Insecticide.
279-3298                          279  0.258% F0570 OTC  Zeta-
                                        Granular          Cypermethrin.
                                        Insecticide.

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279-3299                          279  0.129% F0570 OTC  Zeta-
                                        Granular          Cypermethrin.
                                        Insecticide.
279-3327                          279  Zeta-Cype 0.8EC   Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
279-3328                          279  Zeta-Cype 0.8EW   Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
279-3381                          279  Zeta-Cype 0.8 EC  Zeta-
                                        HSL Insecticide.  Cypermethrin.
2693-190                         2693  Micron CSC Super  Cuprous oxide &
                                        with Bio-Lux      1,3,5-Triazine-
                                        Blue.             2,4-diamine, N-
                                                          cyclopropyl-N'-
                                                          (1,1-
                                                          dimethylethyl)-
                                                          6-(methylthio)-
                                                          .
2693-197                         2693  VC 17M with       1,3,5-Triazine-
                                        Biolux Original.  2,4-diamine, N-
                                                          cyclopropyl-N'-
                                                          (1,1-
                                                          dimethylethyl)-
                                                          6-(methylthio)-
                                                          .
2693-198                         2693  VC 17M with       1,3,5-Triazine-
                                        Biolux Red.       2,4-diamine, N-
                                                          cyclopropyl-N'-
                                                          (1,1-
                                                          dimethylethyl)-
                                                          6-(methylthio)-
                                                          .
9688-295                         9688  Chemsico Fire     Bifenthrin.
                                        Ant Killer 6B.
33270-12                        33270  Tremor..........  Acetochlor.
34704-887                       34704  Cypermethrin 25.  Cypermethrin.
34704-897                       34704  Cypro             Cypermethrin.
                                        Termiticide/
                                        Insecticide.
42750-106                       42750  Acetochlor 4.3 +  Atrazine &
                                        ATZ 1.7.          Acetochlor.
42750-108                       42750  Acetochlor 3.1 +  Atrazine &
                                        ATZ 2.5.          Acetochlor.
42750-201                       42750  Fluroxypyr +      Fluroxypyr-
                                        Clopyralid.       meptyl &
                                                          Clopyralid,
                                                          monoethanolami
                                                          ne salt.
42750-203                       42750  Fluroxypyr + 2,4- 2,4-D, 2-
                                        D.                ethylhexyl
                                                          ester &
                                                          Fluroxypyr-
                                                          meptyl.
42750-204                       42750  Fluroxypyr 26.2%  Fluroxypyr-
                                        EC.               meptyl.
55467-17                        55467  Volunteer 2EC     Clethodim.
                                        Herbicide.
62719-536                       62719  Starane NXTCP...  Bromoxynil
                                                          octanoate &
                                                          Fluroxypyr-
                                                          meptyl.
71173-1                         71173  Acrocide........  Acrolein.
71173-2                         71173  AcroCide H        Acrolein.
                                        Herbicide.
ID-080005                       62719  Starane NXT.....  Bromoxynil
                                                          octanoate &
                                                          Fluroxypyr-
                                                          meptyl.
ID-130010                       34704  Colt CF           Clopyralid &
                                        Herbicide.        Fluroxypyr-
                                                          meptyl.
FL-090011                         279  Mustang           Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
FL-100002                         279  Mustang           Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
KS-120001                       55467  Tenkoz Atrazine   Atrazine.
                                        4L Herbicide.
NE-130001                         279  F9114 EC          Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
TX-100011                         279  Mustang           Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
TX-100012                         279  Mustang           Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
WI-180008                         279  F9114 EC          Zeta-
                                        Insecticide.      Cypermethrin.
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  Table 1A--Product Registration With Pending Request for Cancellation
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                                                              Active
    Registration No.      Company No.    Product name      ingredients
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100-1431                          100  Gramoxone SL 2.0  Paraquat
                                                          dichloride.
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    The registrant of the registration listed in Table 1A, has 
requested the date of March 30, 2022, for the effective date of 
cancellation.

                       Table 2--Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment
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       Registration No.         Company No.       Product name        Active ingredient    Uses to be terminated
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19713-97                              19713  Drexel Linuron 4L....  Linuron..............  Post-harvest, crop
                                                                                            stubble, fallow
                                                                                            ground stale seedbed
                                                                                            (under soybean use
                                                                                            directions).
19713-158                             19713  Linuron Flake          Linuron..............  Terrestrial Non-
                                              Technical.                                    Cropland Uses (such
                                                                                            as roadsides and
                                                                                            fencerows).
19713-251                             19713  Drexel Linuron DF....  Linuron..............  Non-crop weed control
                                                                                            (on all non-cropland
                                                                                            areas including
                                                                                            roadsides and
                                                                                            fencerows).
19713-368                             19713  Drexel Linuron         Linuron..............  Terrestrial Non-
                                              Technical 2.                                  Cropland Uses (such
                                                                                            as roadsides and
                                                                                            fencerows).
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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, Table 1A 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, Table 1A and Table 2 of this unit.

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Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments
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          EPA company No.                 Company name and address
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100...............................  Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410
                                     Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300,
                                     Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
279...............................  FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street,
                                     Philadelphia, PA 19104.
2693..............................  International Paint, LLC, 6001
                                     Antoine Drive, Houston, TX 77091.
9688..............................  Chemsico, A Division of United
                                     Industries Corp., One Rider Trail
                                     Plaza Drive, Suite 300, Earth City,
                                     MO 63045-1313.
19713.............................  Drexel Chemical Company, P.O. Box
                                     13327, Memphis, TN 38113-0327.
33270.............................  Winfield Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box
                                     64589, St. Paul, MN 55164-0589.
34704.............................  Loveland Products, Inc., P.O. Box
                                     1286, Greeley, CO 80632-1286.
42750.............................  Albaugh, LLC, 1525 NE 36th Street,
                                     Ankeny, IA 50021.
55467.............................  Tenkoz, Inc., 1725 Windward
                                     Concourse, Suite 410, Alpharetta,
                                     GA 30005.
62719.............................  Corteva Agriscience, LLC, 9330
                                     Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN
                                     46268.
71173.............................  Multi-Chem Group, LLC--Odessa, 6155
                                     W Murphy St., Odessa, TX 79763-
                                     7511.
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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 amendments to terminate uses, EPA proposes 
to include the following provisions for the treatment of any existing 
stocks of the products listed in Table 1, Table 1A and Table 2 of Unit 
II.

For Product 100-1431

    For product 100-1431 listed in Table 1A of Unit II, the registrant 
has requested March 30, 2022, as the effective date of cancellation, 
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 March 30, 2023. Thereafter, registrants 
will be prohibited from selling or distributing the product identified 
in Table 1A of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 
17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.
    For all other voluntary product cancellations, listed in Table 1 of 
Unit II, 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 & 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 & terminated uses.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: October 15, 2021.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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