Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0028-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: EPTC; Receipt of Request For Amendments to Delete Uses
Posted Date: 2003-02-28T05:00Z

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40
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Friday,
February
28,
2003
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Notices
products
or
taking
``
other
appropriate
regulatory
action.''

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Chemicals,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
February
21,
2003.
Betty
Shackleford,
Acting
Director,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
4778
Filed
2
 
27
 
03;
8:
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am]

BILLING
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6560
 
50
 
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
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2003
 
0028;
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EPTC;
Receipt
of
Request
For
Amendments
to
Delete
Uses
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
accordance
with
section
6(
f)(
1)
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA),
as
amended,
EPA
is
issuing
a
notice
of
receipt
of
request
for
amendment
by
Syngenta
Crop
Protection
Inc.
(
formerly
Zeneca
Ag
Products)
to
delete
uses
in
certain
registrations
for
products
containing
SEthyl
di
propyl
thiocarbamate
or
EPTC.
In
addition,
Drexel
Chemical
Company
has
asked
EPA
to
cancel
or
amend
their
registrations
for
end­
use
products
containing
EPTC.
Pursuant
to
section
6(
f)(
1)
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA),
EPA
is
announcing
the
Agency's
receipt
of
these
requests.
These
requests
for
voluntary
cancellation
were
submitted
to
EPA
in
March
2000
and
February
2002.
EPA
also
plans
to
issue
a
cancellation
order
for
the
deleted
uses
at
the
close
of
the
comment
period
for
this
announcement.
EPA
will
decide
whether
to
approve
the
requests
after
consideration
of
public
comment.
DATES:
Comments
on
the
requested
amendments
to
delete
uses
must
be
submitted
to
the
address
provided
below
by
March
31,
2003.
Withdrawal
of
request
for
deletion
of
use
must
be
submitted
in
writing
to
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT,
postmarked
before
March
31,
2003.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Demson
Fuller,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division
(
7508C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
703)
308
 
8062;
email
address:
fuller.
demson@
epamail.
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
You
may
be
potentially
affected
by
this
action
if
you
manufacture,
sell,
distribute,
or
use
EPTC
products.
The
Congressional
Review
Act,
5
U.
S.
C.
801
et
seq.,
as
added
by
the
Small
Business
Regulatory
Enforcement
Fairness
Act
of
1996,
does
not
apply
because
this
action
is
not
a
rule,
for
purposes
of
5
U.
S.
C.
804(
3).
Since
other
entities
may
also
be
interested,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
all
the
specific
entities
that
may
be
affected
by
this
action.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Additional
Information,
Including
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Documents?
1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0028.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
telephone
number
is
(
703)
305
 
5805.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
To
access
RED
documents
and
RED
fact
sheets
electronically,
go
directly
to
the
REDs
table
on
the
EPA
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
Home
Page,
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
pesticides/
reregistration/
status.
htm.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.
Certain
types
of
information
will
not
be
placed
in
the
EPA
Dockets.
Information
claimed
as
CBI
and
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute,
which
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
EPA's
policy
is
that
copyrighted
material
will
not
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
but
will
be
available
only
in
printed,
paper
form
in
the
official
public
docket.
To
the
extent
feasible,
publicly
available
docket
materials
will
be
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
When
a
document
is
selected
from
the
index
list
in
EPA
Dockets,
the
system
will
identify
whether
the
document
is
available
for
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
EPA
intends
to
work
towards
providing
electronic
access
to
all
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
For
public
commenters,
it
is
important
to
note
that
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Public
comments
submitted
on
computer
disks
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
docket
will
be
transferred
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Public
comments
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
docket
will
be
scanned
and
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Where
practical,
physical
objects
will
be
photographed,
and
the
photograph
will
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
along
with
a
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No.
40
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February
28,
2003
/
Notices
brief
description
written
by
the
docket
staff.

II.
Request
to
Amend
Registrations
A.
Background
Information
The
Reregistration
Eligibility
Decision
(
RED)
for
EPTC
was
completed
in
December
1999.
At
that
time,
EPA
requested
that
Syngenta
(
formerly
Zeneca
Ag
Products)
submit
field
trial
data
for
citrus.
On
March
21,
2000,
Syngenta
submitted
a
written
request
to
EPA
seeking
to
amend
the
registrations
for
EPTC,
specifically
requesting
that
EPA
amend
registrations
to
terminate
the
use
of
EPTC
on
citrus.
On
August
27,
2000,
the
registrant
further
submitted
labeling
amendments
deleting
citrus
from
each
label
on
which
it
appears.
In
addition,
on
February
15,
2002,
Drexel
Chemical
Company
requested
a
voluntary
cancellation
of
citrus
for
its
End­
Use
products
containing
EPTC.

B.
Requests
for
Voluntary
Cancellation
Under
section
6(
f)(
1)(
A)
of
FIFRA,
registrants
may
request,
at
any
time,
that
their
pesticide
registrations
be
canceled
or
amended
to
terminate
one
or
more
pesticide
uses.
Section
6(
f)(
1)(
B)
of
FIFRA
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.
In
addition,
section
6(
f)(
1)(
C)
of
FIFRA
requires
that
EPA
provide
a
180
 
day
comment
period
on
a
request
for
voluntary
termination
of
any
minor
agricultural
use
before
granting
the
request,
unless
(
1)
the
registrants
request
a
waiver
of
the
comment
period,
or
(
2)
the
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.
EPA
is
granting
the
registrants'
request
to
waive
the
180
 
day
comment
period.
Therefore,
EPA
will
provide
a
30
 
day
comment
period
on
the
proposed
requests.
EPA
anticipates
granting
the
cancellation
request
shortly
after
the
end
of
the
30
 
day
comment
period
for
this
notice.
The
registrations
that
will
be
affected
by
the
deletion
of
citrus
are
listed
in
the
following
Table
1.

TABLE
1.
 
END­
USE
PRODUCT
REGISTRATION
AMENDMENT
REQUEST
Company
Reg.
No
Product
Use
Syngenta
Crop
Protection,
Inc.
100
 
1023
EPTAM
Technical.

Syngenta
Crop
Protection,
Inc.
100
 
1025
EPTAM
7
 
E
Selective
Herbicide.

Drexel
Chemical
Company.
19713
 
101
Drexel
EPTC
 
7EC.

III.
What
is
the
Agency's
Authority
for
Taking
this
Action?
Section
6(
f)(
1)
of
FIFRA
provides
that
a
registrant
of
a
pesticide
product
may
at
any
time
request
that
any
of
its
pesticide
registrations
be
canceled.
FIFRA
section
6(
f)(
1)
further
provides
that,
before
acting
on
the
request,
EPA
must
publish
a
notice
of
receipt
of
any
such
request
in
the
Federal
Register,
make
reasonable
efforts
to
inform
persons
who
rely
on
the
pesticide
for
minor
agricultural
uses,
and
provide
a
30
 
day
period
in
which
the
public
may
comment.
Thereafter,
the
Administrator
may
approve
such
a
request.

IV.
Procedures
for
Withdrawal
of
Request
Registrants
who
choose
to
withdraw
a
request
for
deletion
of
use
must
submit
such
withdrawal
in
writing
to
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT,
postmarked
before
March
31,
2003.
This
written
withdrawal
of
the
request
for
deletion
of
use
will
apply
only
to
the
applicable
FIFRA
section
6(
f)(
1)
request
listed
in
this
notice.
If
the
use(
s)
have
been
subject
to
a
previous
cancellation
action,
the
effective
date
of
cancellation
and
all
other
provisions
of
any
earlier
cancellation
action
are
controlling.
The
withdrawal
request
must
also
include
a
commitment
to
pay
any
reregistration
fees
due,
and
to
fulfill
any
applicable
unsatisfied
data
requirements.
V.
Provisions
for
Disposition
of
Existing
Stocks
The
registrants
have
submitted
amendments
to
amend
registrations
to
delete
uses
of
EPTC
identified
in
Table
1.
Pursuant
to
section
6(
f)
of
FIFRA,
EPA
expects
to
grant
these
requests
for
amendment
upon
the
close
of
the
comment
period.
The
effective
date
of
this
amendment
will
be
the
date
of
the
cancellation
order.
The
orders
effecting
this
requested
amendment
will
generally
permit
a
registrant
to
sell
or
distribute
existing
stocks
for
1
year
after
the
date
the
amendment
request
was
received.
This
policy
is
in
accordance
with
the
Agency's
statement
of
policy
as
prescribed
in
the
Federal
Register
of
June
26,
1991
(
56
FR
29362)
(
FRL
 
3846
 
4).
Exceptions
to
this
general
rule
will
be
made
if
a
product
poses
a
risk
concern,
or
is
in
noncompliance
with
reregistration
requirements,
or
is
subject
to
a
Data
Call­
In.
In
all
cases,
productspecific
disposition
dates
will
be
given
in
the
cancellation
orders.

VI.
Future
Tolerance
Revocations
EPA
anticipates
drafting
a
future
Federal
Register
notice
proposing
revocation
of
this
tolerance
on
commodities
which
no
longer
have
registered
uses
of
EPTC.
In
this
notice,
EPA
seeks
comment
as
to
whether
any
individuals
or
groups
want
to
support
continuation
of
these
tolerances.
List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
February
6,
2003.
Lois
Rossi,
Director,
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
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03;
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am]

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Intent
to
Suspend
Certain
Pesticide
Registrations
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice
of
issuance
of
notice
of
intent
to
suspend.

SUMMARY:
This
Notice,
pursuant
to
section
6(
f)(
2)
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA),
7
U.
S.
C.
136
et
seq.,
announces
that
EPA
issued
a
Notice
of
Intent
to
Suspend
pursuant
to
section
3(
c)(
2)(
B)
of
FIFRA
and
that
the
Notice
of
Intent
to
Suspend
has
since
become
an
effective
suspension
order.
The
Notice
of
Intent
to
Suspend
was
issued
following
issuance
of
the
1991
Thiram
Data
Call­
In
Notice
(
DCI).
The
DCI
required
registrants
of
products
containing
thiram
used
as
an
active
ingredient
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