Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0015-0013
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
Posted Date: 2022-05-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27635-27637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09909]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0015; FRL-9717-01-OCSPP]

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, 
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of 
the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, pursuant to the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation 
order follows a September 1, 2021, Federal Register Notice of Receipt 
of Requests from the registrant listed in Table 2 of Unit II to 
voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the September 1, 
2021, notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing 
the cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments 
within the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review 
of these requests, or unless the registrant withdrew their request. The 
Agency did not receive any 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 May 9, 2022.

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: (202) 566-2707; 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. 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-2021-0015, is available at https://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 (202) 566-1744.
    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 cancellation, as requested by the 
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--Product Cancellations
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          Registration No.             Company No.          Product name                Active ingredients
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228-564............................             228  Brazen Herbicide..........  Clopyralid, monoethanolamine
                                                                                  salt & Triclopyr,
                                                                                  triethylamine salt.
71368-103..........................           71368  NUP-12060.................  Flumioxazin.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all registrants of the products 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--Registrant of Cancelled Products
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           EPA company No.                  Company name and address
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228..................................  NuFarm Americas, Inc., 4020
                                        Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101,
                                        Morrisville, NC 27560.
71368................................  NuFarm, Inc., Agent Name: NuFarm
                                        Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial
                                        Center Pkwy., Suite 101,
                                        Morrisville, NC 27560.
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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 September 1, 2021, Federal Register notice 
announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary 
cancellations of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)), 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 canceled. 
The effective date of the cancellations that are the subject of this 
notice is May 9, 2022.

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 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. 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 
September 1, 2021 (83 FR 49023) (FRL-8820-01-OCSPP). The comment period 
closed on February 28, 2022.

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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 
cancellation action. The existing stocks provision for the products 
subject to this order is as follows.
    For voluntary cancellations, listed in Table 1, the registrants may 
continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of products listed in 
Table 1 until May 9, 2023, which is 1 year after publication of this 
cancellation order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrants 
are prohibited from selling or distributing products listed in Table 1 
of Unit II, except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 
U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.
    Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use 
existing stocks of canceled products listed in Table 1 of Unit II 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.
    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: April 25, 2022.
Marietta Echeverria,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2022-09909 Filed 5-6-22; 8:45 am]
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