Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0060-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations to Terminate Certain Uses
Posted Date: 2020-07-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 147 (Thursday, July 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45877-45880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16515]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0060; FRL-10012-40]

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 certain pesticide product 
registrations 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 withdraw their 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 August 31, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0060, by one of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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.
    Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001.
    Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: Christopher Green.
    Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand delivery or 
delivery of boxed information, please follow the instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Please note that due to the public health emergency the EPA Docket 
Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room was closed to public visitors on March 
31, 2020. Our EPA/DC staff will continue to provide customer service 
via email, phone, and webform. For further information on EPA/DC 
services, docket contact information and the current status of the EPA/
DC and Reading Room, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; 
email address: green.christopher@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. 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 pesticide products and amend product registrations to 
terminate certain uses registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) 
or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). 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 in the Federal 
Register 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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241-409......................             241  Oasis Herbicide.........  2,4-D, 2-ethylhexyl ester & Imazapic.
241-425......................             241  Glyphosate Residual RTU.  Glyphosate-isopropylammonium & Imazapic-
                                                                          ammonium.

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241-442......................             241  Imazapic E 2l Herbicide.  Imazapic-ammonium.
241-444......................             241  ETI 115 01 H............  Imazapic-ammonium.
264-1069.....................             264  Trilex Advanced 300.....  Metalaxyl; Triadimenol &
                                                                          Trifloxystrobin.
352-600......................             352  DPX-MX670 MT............  Atrazine & Dimethenamid.
352-693......................             352  Dupont Diuron MUP.......  Diuron.
352-703......................             352  Dupont Diuron Technical.  Diuron.
352-849......................             352  Dupont Diuron 80 Dry      Diuron.
                                                Herbicide.
464-8132.....................             464  Aqucar PS 75W MUP Water   Tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium
                                                Treatment Microbiocide    sulphate (THPS).
                                                (Alternate Name).
881-10.......................             881  Richo Bock Sanitizing     Oxirane, methyl-, polymer with oxirane,
                                                Rinse.                    monobutyl ether, compd. with iodine.
1258-1324....................            1258  Vantocil NR.............  Poly(iminoimidocarbonyliminoimidocarbon
                                                                          yliminohexamethylene) hydrochloride.
5481-600.....................            5481  Tri-Scept Herbicide.....  Trifluralin & 3-Quinolinecarboxylic
                                                                          acid, 2-(4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-
                                                                          methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-,
                                                                          monoammonium salt.
8378-17......................            8378  25-5-10 Turf Food with    Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                                Crabgrass Control.
8378-18......................            8378  Shaw's Premium Turf Food  Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                                with Crabgrass Control.
8378-19......................            8378  Premium Lawn Food with    Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                                Crabgrass Control.
8378-20......................            8378  Shaw's 18-5-9 Turf Food   Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                                with XL Crabgrass
                                                Control.
8378-37......................            8378  Shaw's Turf Food &        Trifluralin & Benfluralin.
                                                Crabgrass Control W/
                                                Team 142.
8660-165.....................            8660  Sta-Green Flower &        Trifluralin.
                                                Garden Weed Preventer.
8660-166.....................            8660  Flower & Garden Weed      Trifluralin.
                                                Preventer Plus
                                                Fertilizer.
9688-133.....................            9688  Chemsico Green 'N Weed    Trifluralin.
                                                15-15-15.
10088-56.....................           10088  Malathion 57%...........  Malathion (NO INERT USE).
34704-970....................           34704  LPI ET 75...............  Imidacloprid.
34704-1009...................           34704  Malice 75 WSP...........  Imidacloprid.
39967-69.....................           39967  Preventol A20...........  Triadimefon & Tebuconazole.
39967-70.....................           39967  Preventol A20             Triadimefon & Tebuconazole.
                                                Preservative.
45385-66.....................           45385  Chem-Tox Mal 50-OS......  Malathion (NO INERT USE).
47000-77.....................           47000  CPI Disinfectant Cleaner  1-Decanaminium, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-,
                                                30-3.                     chloride.
49585-25.....................           49585  Garden Weeder...........  Trifluralin.
62719-614....................           62719  Firststep Herbicide Tank  Glycine, N-(phosphonomethyl)-, compd.
                                                Mix.                      with N-methylmethanamine (1:1) &
                                                                          Florasulam.
65656-7......................           65656  Dicamba Acid Technical..  Dicamba.
66330-274....................           66330  Bacillus Cereus BP01      Bacillus cereus strain BP01.
                                                Technical.
66330-282....................           66330  BP01 1.7................  Bacillus cereus strain BP01.
66330-291....................           66330  PGR-IV/BP Foliar........  Gibberellic acid & Bacillus cereus
                                                                          strain BP01.
66330-351....................           66330  Pix Plus Plant Regulator  Mepiquat chloride & Bacillus cereus
                                                                          strain BP01.
67071-74.....................           67071  Acticide SR 8213 C......  Zinc pyrithione; 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-
                                                                          one & 2-Methyl-3(2H)-isothiazolone.
67071-97.....................           67071  Acticide LPN 11           Zinc pyrithione; 1,2-Benzisothiazolin-3-
                                                (Alternate).              one & 2-Methyl-3(2H)-isothiazolone.
ID-110006....................            7969  Liberty 280 SL Herbicide  Glufosinate.
MI-080003....................           62719  Starane Ultra...........  Fluroxypyr-meptyl.
WA-150001....................           61842  Lime-Sulfur Solution....  Lime sulfur.
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 Table 1A--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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                                                              Active
   Registration No.      Company No.     Product name      ingredients
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56228-32.............           56228  M-44 Cyanide      Sodium cyanide.
                                        Capsules Arctic
                                        Fox.
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    The registrant of the product listed in Table 1A, of Unit II, has 
requested the effective date of December 31, 2019, for the 
cancellation.

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                       Table 2--Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Amendment
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                                                                                                  Uses to be
     Registration No.        Company No.       Product name           Active ingredient           terminated
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34704-858................           34704  Sniper..............  Bifenthrin................  Alfalfa Grown for
                                                                                              Seed.
71711-4..................           71711  Akari 5SC Miticide/   Fenpyroximate.............  Cranberry and
                                            Insecticide.                                      Highbush
                                                                                              Cranberry.
71711-18.................           71711  Fenpyroximate         Fenpyroximate.............  Cranberry and
                                            Technical.                                        Highbush
                                                                                              Cranberry.
71711-19.................           71711  Fujimite 5EC          Fenpyroximate.............  Cranberry and
                                            Miticide/                                         Highbush
                                            Insecticide.                                      Cranberry.
71711-40.................           71711  NAI-2399-2 5EC        Fenpyroximate.............  Cranberry and
                                            Miticide/                                         Highbush
                                            Insecticide.                                      Cranberry.
71711-54.................           71711  Fenpyroximate 5SC     Fenpyroximate.............  Cranberry and
                                            MUP.                                              Highbush
                                                                                              Cranberry.
71711-60.................           71711  Fenpyroximate 5EC     Fenpyroximate.............  Cranberry and
                                            MUP.                                              Highbush
                                                                                              Cranberry.
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    Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all the registrants of the products listed in Tables 1, 1A and 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.

Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments
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      EPA company No.                  Company name and address
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241........................  BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box
                              13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-
                              3528.
264........................  Bayer CropScience, LP, 800 N Lindbergh
                              Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167.
352........................  E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, 9330
                              Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268.
464........................  Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1, LLC, 1652
                              Larkin Center Drive, 100 Larkin Center,
                              Midland, MI 48642.
881........................  Richardson Chemical Products Co., P.O. Box
                              240014, Milwaukee, WI 53224.
1258.......................  Arch Chemicals, Inc., 1200 Bluegrass Lakes
                              Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30004.
5481.......................  AMVAC Chemical Corporation, 4695 MacArthur
                              Court, Suite 1200, Newport Beach, CA 92660-
                              1706.
7969.......................  BASF Corporation Agricultural Products, 26
                              Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research
                              Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528.
8378.......................  Knox Fertilizer Company, Inc., Agent Name:
                              Fred Betz Regulatory Strategies, 922
                              Melvin Road, Annapolis, MD 21403.
8660.......................  United Industries Corp., D/B/A Sylorr Plant
                              Corp., P.O. Box 142642, St. Louis, MO
                              63114-0642.
9688.......................  Chemsico, A Division of United Industries
                              Corp., P.O. Box 142642, St Louis, MO 63114-
                              0642.
10088......................  Athea Laboratories, Inc., P.O. Box 240014,
                              Milwaukee, WI 53224.
34704......................  Loveland Products, Inc., P.O. Box 1286,
                              Greeley, CO 80632-1286.
39967......................  Lanxess Corporation, 111 RIDC Park West
                              Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1112.
45385......................  CTX-Cenol, Inc., 1393 East Highland Rd.,
                              Twinsburg, OH 44087.
47000......................  Chem-Tech, Ltd., 620 Lesher Place, Lansing,
                              MI 48912.
49585......................  Alljack, Division of United Industries
                              Corp., P.O. Box 142642, St. Louis, MO
                              63114-0642.
56228......................  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and
                              Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700
                              River Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737.
61842......................  Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc., Agent Name: Pyxis
                              Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th
                              Street, Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
62719......................  Dow Agrosciences, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd.,
                              308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
65656......................  Gilmore Marketing and Development, Agent
                              Name: Biologic Regulatory Consulting,
                              Inc., 10529 Heritage Bay Blvd., Naples, FL
                              34120.
66330......................  Arysta Lifescience North America, LLC,
                              Agent Name: UPL NA, Inc., 630 Freedom
                              Business Center, Suite 402, King of
                              Prussia, PA 19406.
67071......................  Thor GMBH, Agent Name: Thor Specialties,
                              Inc., 50 Waterview Drive, Shelton, CT
                              06484.
71711......................  Nichino America, Inc., 4550 Linden Hill
                              Road, Suite 501, Wilmington, DE 19808.
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III. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?

    FIFRA section 6(f)(1) (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.
    FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(B) (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 listed in Table 3 of Unit II. have requested that 
EPA waive the 180-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA is providing 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 or termination 
action, the effective date of cancellation or termination and all other 
provisions of any earlier cancellation or termination 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

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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 Table 1 and Table 1A of Unit 
II.

For Product 56228-32

    For product 56228-32, listed in Table 1A of Unit II, the registrant 
has requested the cancellation date to be December 31, 2019; therefore, 
the registrant will be permitted to sell and distribute existing stocks 
of the voluntarily canceled product for 1 year after the effective date 
of the cancellation, which will be until December 31, 2020. Thereafter, 
the registrant will be prohibited from selling or distributing the 
product, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 
136o) or for proper disposal.
    For all other voluntary product cancellations, identified 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 
all other 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, identified in Table 2 of Unit II, 
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: July 15, 2020.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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