Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0014-0014
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amendments to Terminate Uses
Posted Date: 2019-02-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4063-4066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02385]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0014; FRL-9987-92]

Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations 
and Amendments To Terminate Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations and 
amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants 
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 an October 17, 
2018 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the 
registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II to voluntarily cancel and 
amend to terminate uses of these product registrations. In the October 
17, 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 registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency did not receive any 
comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their 
requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation 
order granting the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate 
uses. 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.

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DATES: The cancellations and amendments are effective February 14, 
2019.

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. 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-2018-0014, 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. Please review the visitor instructions and 
additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces the cancellations and amendments to terminate 
uses, as requested by registrants, of products registered under FIFRA 
section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a). These registrations are listed in sequence 
by registration number in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.

                                         Table 1--Product Cancellations
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           Registration No.              Company No.           Product name               Active ingredients
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100-974..............................             100  Platinum Ridomil Gold.......  Thiamethoxam & Metalaxyl-M.
100-1149.............................             100  CGA-329351 138 ES...........  Metalaxyl-M.
100-1184.............................             100  Cruiser XL Insecticide and    Metalaxyl-M; Fludioxonil &
                                                        Fungicide Prepack.            Thiamethoxam.
100-1208.............................             100  Cruiser Extreme.............  Azoxystrobin; Metalaxyl-M;
                                                                                      Fludioxonil &
                                                                                      Thiamethoxam.
100-1284.............................             100  Dynasty Extreme.............  Myclobutanil; Metalaxyl-M;
                                                                                      Fludioxonil &
                                                                                      Azoxystrobin.
100-1335.............................             100  Difenoconazole/Mefenoxam FS.  Difenoconazole & Metalaxyl-
                                                                                      M.
100-1413.............................             100  Ariel.......................  Metalaxyl-M.
352-754..............................             352  Dupont Imazapyr 75XP          Imazapyr.
                                                        Herbicide.
432-1578.............................             432  Lineage Clearstand..........  Metsulfuron & Imazapyr.
499-373..............................             499  Whitmire PT 289 Orthense....  Acephate.
1381-226.............................            1381  Imidacloprid 60% WSP ORN      Imidacloprid.
                                                        Insecticide.
2217-759.............................            2217  Embark 2-S Plant Growth       Mefluidide, diethanolamine
                                                        Regulator.                    salt.
2217-766.............................            2217  Embark 2-L Plant Growth       N-(2,4-Dimethyl-5-
                                                        Regulator.                    (((trifluoromethyl)sulfony
                                                                                      l)amino)phenyl)
                                                                                     acetamide, potassium salt.
2217-767.............................            2217  Mefluidide 2-S Concentrate..  Mefluidide, diethanolamine
                                                                                      salt.
2217-768.............................            2217  Embark E-Z-TU-USE Plant       Mefluidide, diethanolamine
                                                        Grown Regulator.              salt.
2217-802.............................            2217  EH 1135 PGR.................  Imazethapyr, ammonium salt;
                                                                                      Imazapyr & Mefluidide,
                                                                                      diethanolamine salt.
55146-81.............................           55146  Flouronil Fungicide.........  Chlorothalonil & Metalaxyl-
                                                                                      M.
65331-6..............................           65331  Amitraz Technical...........  Amitraz.
66222-135............................           66222  Thidiazuron 50 WSB..........  Thidiazuron.
66330-24.............................           66330  Captan 4 Flowable...........  Captan.
66330-26.............................           66330  Captan 50 WP................  Captan.
66330-27.............................           66330  Captan Garden Spray.........  Captan.
66330-209............................           66330  Captan 80W..................  Captan.
66330-235............................           66330  Captan 4 Flowable...........  Captan.
66330-238............................           66330  Captan 4 Flowable Seed        Captan.
                                                        Protectant.
66330-239............................           66330  Captec 4L Captan Flowable     Captan.
                                                        Fungicide.
66330-242............................           66330  Mepiquat Chloride Liquid      Mepiquat chloride.
                                                        Concentrate.
66330-243............................           66330  Mepichlor Pill..............  Mepiquat chloride.
66330-280............................           66330  Mepplus Concentrate.........  Mepiquat chloride &
                                                                                      Bacillus cereus strain
                                                                                      BP01.
66330-285............................           66330  Mepplus Pill................  Mepiquat chloride &
                                                                                      Bacillus cereus strain
                                                                                      BP01.
66330-346............................           66330  Pix Concentrate Plant         Mepiquat chloride.
                                                        Regulator.
66330-348............................           66330  MC-6........................  Mepiquat chloride.
66330-393............................           66330  ARY 0494-006................  Bacillus cereus strain BP01
                                                                                      & Mepiquat chloride.
CO-080004............................             400  Enhance.....................  Captan & Carboxin.
CO-090006............................            5481  Orthene Turf, Tree &          Acephate.
                                                        Ornamental WSP.
FL-050004............................           70506  Surflan as Specialty          Oryzalin.
                                                        Herbicide.
ME-160002............................           71512  Omega 500F..................  Fluazinam.
OR-040033............................           10163  Onager 1E...................  Hexythiazox.
OR-120018............................           59639  Valor Herbicide.............  Flumioxazin.
WA-040021............................             228  Riverdale Aquaneat Aquatic    Glyphosate-
                                                        Herbicide.                    isopropylammonium.
WI-130001............................             100  Dual Magnum Herbicide.......  S-Metolachlor.
WY-070002............................           56228  DRC-1339 Concentrate Staging  Starlicide.
                                                        Label.
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                           Table 2--Product Registration Amendments To Terminate Uses
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                                                                                                 Uses to be
       Registration No.           Company No.       Product name       Active ingredients        terminated
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11678-55......................           11678  Magnate Technical...  Imazalil............  Seed treatment uses.
43813-4.......................           43813  Fungaflor 75 SP.....  Imazalil sulphate...  Seed treatment uses.
66222-1.......................           66222  Captan 50-WP........  Captan..............  Turf.
66330-209.....................           66330  Captan 80W..........  Captan..............  Turf.
66330-234.....................           66330  Captan 50 Wettable    Captan..............  Turf.
                                                 Powder.
66330-239.....................           66330  Captec 4L Captan      Captan..............  Turf.
                                                 Flowable Fungicide.
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    Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for 
all registrants of the products in Tables 1 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 above.

         Table 3--Registrants of Cancelled and Amended Products
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     EPA company No.                 Company name and address
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100.....................  Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road,
                           P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
228.....................  Nufarm Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial Center
                           Pkwy., Ste. 101, Morrisville, NC 27560.
352.....................  E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Attn:
                           Manager, US Registration, DuPont Crop
                           Protection, Chestnut Run Plaza (CRP 720/2E5),
                           974 Centre Rd., Wilmington, DE 19805.
400.....................  MacDermid Agricultural Solutions, Inc. C/O
                           Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC, 15401
                           Weston Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513.
432.....................  Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of
                           Bayer CropScience, LP 2 T. W. Alexander
                           Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
499.....................  BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box
                           13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528.
1381....................  Winfield Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 64589, St.
                           Paul, MN 55164-0589.
2217....................  PBI/Gordon Corp., 1217 West 12th Street, P.O.
                           Box 014090, Kansas City, MO 64101-0090.
5481....................  AMVAC Chemical Corporation, 4695 MacArthur
                           Court, Suite 1200, Newport Beach, CA 92660-
                           1706.
10163...................  Gowan Company, P.O. Box 5569, Yuma, AZ 85366.
11678...................  ADAMA Makhteshim LTD., Agent Name: Makhteshim-
                           Agan of North America, Inc., D/B/A ADAMA 3120
                           Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC
                           27604.
43813...................  Janssen PMP, A Division of Janssen
                           Pharmaceutica NV 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd.,
                           Titusville, NJ 08560-0200.
55146...................  Nufarm Americas, Inc., AGT Division, 4020
                           Aerial Center Pkwy., Suite 101, Morrisville,
                           NC 27560.
56228...................  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and
                           Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 River
                           Road, Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737.
59639...................  Valent U.S.A. LLC, 1600 Riviera Avenue, Suite
                           200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8025.
65331...................  Merial, Inc., 3239 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, GA
                           30096.
66222...................  Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc., D/B/A
                           Adama, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100,
                           Raleigh, NC 27604.
66330...................  Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC, 15401
                           Weston Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513.
70506...................  United Phosphorus, Inc. 630 Freedom Business
                           Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
71512...................  ISK Biosciences Corporation, 7470 Auburn Road,
                           Suite A, Concord, OH 44077.
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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 October 17, 2018 Federal Register notice announcing 
the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations and 
amendments to terminate uses of products listed in Tables 1 and 2 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 and amendments to terminate uses 
of the registrations identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. 
Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product registrations 
identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II are canceled and amended to 
terminate the affected uses. The effective date of the cancellations 
that are subject of this notice is February 14, 2019. Any distribution, 
sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Tables 1 
and 2 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 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 
October 17, 2018 (83 FR 52444) (FRL-9983-91). The comment period closed 
on November 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 cancellations, the registrants may continue to sell 
and distribute existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 until 
February 14, 2020, which is 1 year after publication

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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.
    Now that EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested 
amendments to terminate uses, registrants are permitted to sell or 
distribute products listed in Table 2 of Unit II under the previously 
approved labeling until August 14, 2020, a period of 18 months after 
publication of the cancellation order in this Federal Register, 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: December 18, 2018.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-02385 Filed 2-13-19; 8:45 am]
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