Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0390-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Suspension of Certain Pesticide Registrations
Posted Date: 2009-06-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30084-30086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14854]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0390; FRL-8422-1]

Notice of Suspension of Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice, pursuant to section 6(f)(2) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

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(FIFRA), announces that certain Notices of Intent to Suspend issued by 
EPA pursuant to section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA have become final and 
effective suspension orders. The Notices of Intent to Suspend were 
issued following the Agency's issuance of a Data Call-In notice (DCI), 
which required the registrant, Bonide Products Inc., of the affected 
pesticide products containing the pesticide active ingredients carbaryl 
and sodium acifluorfen to take appropriate steps to secure certain 
data, and following the registrant's failure to submit these data or to 
take other appropriate steps to secure the required data. The subject 
data were determined to be required to maintain in effect the existing 
registrations of the affected products. Failure to comply with the data 
requirements of a DCI is a basis for suspension of the affected 
registrations under section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA.

DATES: Each Notice of Intent to Suspend included in this Federal 
Register notice became a final and effective suspension order 
automatically by operation of law 30 days after the date of the 
registrant's receipt of the mailed Notice of Intent to Suspend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terria Northern, Office of Pesticide 
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7093; e-mail 
address: northern.terria@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, farm worker 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. 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 Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under 
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0390. Publicly 
available docket materials are available either in the electronic 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard 
copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public 
Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal 
Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The Docket Facility 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.

II. Registrant Issued Notices of Intent to Suspend, Active Ingredients, 
Products Affected, and Date Issued

    Each Notice of Intent to Suspend was sent via the U.S. Postal 
Service (USPS) return receipt requested to the registrant for the 
products listed in Table 1 of this unit.

                                                               Table 1. --List of Products
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                                                                                                               Date EPA Issued        Date Registrant
        Registrant Affected             Active Ingredient       EPA Registration          Product Name       Notice of Intent to     Received Notice of
                                                                     Number                                        Suspend           Intent to Suspend
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Bonide Products, Inc.                Carbaryl                4-142                   Grubtox Lawn and       February 5, 2009       February 9, 2009
                                                                                      Insect Control
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Bonide Products, Inc.                Carbaryl                4-143                   Bonide Sevin 5% Dust   February 5, 2009       February 9, 2009
                                                                                      Insecticide
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Bonide Products, Inc.                Carbaryl                4-333                   Bonide Slug, Snail     February 5, 2009       February 9, 2009
                                                                                      and Sowbug Bait
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Bonide Products, Inc.                Carbaryl                4-413                   Bonide Sevin Garden    February 5, 2009       February 9, 2009
                                                                                      Dust
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Bonide Products, Inc.                Sodium acifluorfen      4-433                   KleenUp Grass & Weed   April 7, 2009          April 13, 2009
                                                                                      Killer Ready to Use
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III. Basis for Issuance of Notice of Intent to Suspend; Requirement 
List

    Bonide Products, Inc. received the carbaryl Notice of Intent to 
Suspend on February 9, 2009, and the sodium acrifluorfen Notice of 
Intent to Suspend on April 13, 2009, as evidenced by the USPS return 
receipt cards. No requests for hearings were received concerning either 
Notice of Intent to Suspend within the time frame specified by FIFRA 
and in each of the issued Notice of Intent to Suspend. Bonide Products, 
Inc. failed to submit the required data or information or to take other 
appropriate steps to secure the required data for their pesticide 
product as listed in Table 2 of this unit.

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                                                             Table 2.--List of Requirements
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                                   OPPTS Harmonized
                                   Guideline  as Listed in    Requirement Name     Date EPA Issued     Date Registrant     Final Data Due       of Intent to
                                    Applicable DCI                                DCI            Received DCI            Date               Suspend
 
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4-142                             830.6317            Storage Stability   March 10, 2005      April 1, 2005       April 16, 2008      No data received
                                  830.6320..........  Corrosion
                                                       Characteristics.
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4-143                             830.6317            Storage Stability   March 10, 2005      April 1, 2005       April 16, 2008      No data received
                                  830.6320..........  Corrosion
                                                       Characteristics.
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4-333                             830.6317            Storage Stability   March 10, 2005      April 1, 2005       April 16, 2008      No data received
                                  830.6320..........  Corrosion
                                                       Characteristics.
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4-413                             830.6317            Storage Stability   March 10, 2005      April 1, 2005       April 16, 2008      No data received
                                  830.6320..........  Corrosion
                                                       Characteristics.
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4-433                             830.1800            Enforcement         January 25, 2005    January 30, 2005    September 25, 2005  No data received
                                  830.6317..........   Analytical Method
                                  830.6320..........  Storage Stability.
                                                      Corrosion
                                                       Characteristics.
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IV. Status of Products

    Effective March 7, 2009 (for EPA registration numbers 4-142, 4-143, 
4-333, and 4-413), and May 7, 2009 (for EPA registration number 4-433), 
the registrant subject to this notice, including all supplemental 
registrants of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., may not legally 
distribute, sell, use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for 
shipment, or receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to 
deliver, to any person, the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. 
Persons other than the registrant subject to this notice, as defined in 
the preceding sentence, may continue to distribute, sell, use, offer 
for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or receive and 
(having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any person, the 
products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. Nothing in this notice 
authorizes any person to distribute, sell, use, offer for sale, hold 
for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or receive and (having so 
received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any person, the products 
listed in Table 1 of Unit II. in any manner which would have been 
unlawful prior to the suspension.
    If the registrations for the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. 
are currently suspended as a result of failure to comply with another 
FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In notice or section 4 Data 
Requirements notice, this notice will be in addition to any existing 
suspension, i.e., all requirements which are the bases of the 
suspension must be satisfied before the registration will be 
reinstated.
    It is the responsibility of the basic registrant to notify all 
supplementary registered distributors of a basic registered product 
that this suspension action also applies to their supplementary 
registered products. The basic registrant may be held liable for 
violations committed by their distributors.
    Any questions about the requirements and procedures set forth in 
this notice or in the subject FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In 
notice, should be addressed to the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

VI. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

    The Agency's authority for taking this action is contained in 
sections 3(c)(2)(B) and 6(f)(2) of FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136 et 
seq.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: June 17, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-14854 Filed 6-23-09; 8:45 am]
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