Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0769-0048
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations: Difenacoum
Posted Date: 2020-08-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52592-52594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18708]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0769; FRL-10013-91]

Difenacoum; 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 to 
terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by 
the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 2 of Unit II, 
pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a June 14, 2018 Federal 
Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrant listed in 
Table 3 of Unit II to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. 
In the June 14, 2018 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order 
implementing the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, unless 
the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment 
period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless 
the registrant withdrew their requests. The Agency received no comments 
on the notice. Further, the registrant did not withdraw their requests. 
Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order 
granting the requested cancellations. 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 August 26, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Snyderman, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0249; email address: 
snyderman.steven@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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-2015-0769, 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 cancellations, as requested by 
registrant, of products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 
136a). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration 
number in Table 1 of this unit.

                Table 1--Difenacoum Product Cancellations
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       Registration No.             Product name            Company
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36488-63.....................  Difenacoum Rat and      Woodstream
                                Mouse Block IV.         Corporation.
36488-64.....................  Difenacoum Rat and      Woodstream
                                Mouse Place Packs IV.   Corporation.
36488-65.....................  Difenacoum Rat and      Woodstream
                                Mouse Pellets IV.       Corporation.
36488-66.....................  Technical Difenacoum..  Woodstream
                                                        Corporation.
47629-12.....................  Difenacoum Technical..  Woodstream
                                                        Corporation.
47629-14.....................  Difenacoum Rat and      Woodstream
                                Mouse Pellets.          Corporation.
47629-16.....................  Difenacoum Rat and      Woodstream
                                Mouse Blocks.           Corporation.
47629-17.....................  Difenacoum Rat and      Woodstream
                                Mouse Place Packs.      Corporation.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all the registrants of the products listed 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.

               Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled Products.
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          EPA Company No.                 Company name and address
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36488.............................  Woodstream Corporation, 69 N Locust
                                     St., P.O. Box 327, Lititz, PA
                                     17543.
47629.............................  Woodstream Corporation, 69 N Locust
                                     St., P.O. Box 327, Lititz, PA
                                     17543.
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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 June 14, 2018 Federal Register notice announcing the 
Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellation of products 
listed in Table 1 of Unit II.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)), 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 cancelled. 
The effective date of the cancellations and amendments listed in Table 
1 that are subject of this notice is August 26, 2020. 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 cancelled 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 June 
14, 2018 (83 FR 115) (FRL-9978-37). The comment period closed on July 
16, 2018.

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 
action. The existing stocks provision for the products subject to this 
order is as follows.
    For voluntary product cancellations, identified in Table 1 of Unit 
II, in conjunction with the publication of the cancellation order in 
the Federal Register, the registrant is no longer permitted to sell and 
distribute existing stocks, except for export consistent with

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FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 1360) or for proper disposal.
    Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use 
existing stocks of cancelled products 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 
cancelled products.

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

    Dated: August 14, 2020.
Mary Reaves,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2020-18708 Filed 8-25-20; 8:45 am]
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