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AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.
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 certain product registrations, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a November 22, 2022, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of requests from the registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II., to voluntarily cancel and amend certain product registrations to terminate uses of these product registrations. In the November 22, 2022, 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.
DATES:
The cancellations and amendments are effective March 10, 2023.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Green, Registration Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-2707; email address: green.christopher@epa.gov.
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY 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-2022-0222, 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. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information about the docket available at https://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. Start Printed Page 15021
Table 1—Product Cancellations
Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredients 228-713 228 TVC—Consumer Concentrate Glyphosate-Isopropylammonium (103601/38641-94-0)—(5.03%), Imazapyr, Isopropylamine Salt (128829/81510-83-0)—(.089%). 228-714 228 TVC Consumer RTU Glyphosate-Isopropylammonium (103601/38641-94-0)—(1.02%), Imazapyr, Isopropylamine Salt (128829/81510-83-0)—(.018%). 264-1156 264 QRD 406 Chenopodium Ambrosioides Var. Ambrosioides (599995/89997-47-7)—(100%). 264-1157 264 QRD 400 Chenopodium Ambrosioides Var. Ambrosioides (599995/89997-47-7)—(25%). 264-1187 264 Oberon Speed Abamectin (122804/71751-41-2)—(1.08%), Spiromesifen (024875/283594-90-1)—(21.57%). 352-590 352 Dupont Cover Herbicide Sulfentrazone (129081/122836-35-5)—(75%). 499-488 499 TC 223 Diflubenzuron (108201/35367-38-5)—(.25%). 499-501 499 Prescription Treatment Brand PT 224B Propoxur (047802/114-26-1)—(1%). 524-543 524 Mon 78481 Herbicide Carfentrazone-Ethyl (128712/128639-02-1)—(.19%), Glycine, N-(Phosphonomethyl)-Potassium Salt (103613/70901-12-1)—(44.76%). 707-304 707 Rocima 65 Industrial Microbicide 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-Diamine, N-Cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-6-(Methylthio)-(128996/28159-98-0)—(3.5%),3(2h)-Isothiazolone, 4,5-Dichloro-2-Octyl-(128101/64359-81-5)—(5%), Carbendazim (128872/10605-21-7)—(9%). 1381-198 1381 Execute S-P Insecticide Pirimiphos-Methyl (108102/29232-93-7)—(57%), Spinosad (110003/131929-60-7)—(22.8%). 1381-221 1381 Imid+Meta+Tebu Imidacloprid (129099/138261-41-3)—(12.7%), Metalaxyl (113501/57837-19-1)—(.82%), Tebuconazole (128997/107534-96-3)—(.62%). 1381-242 1381 IMT ST Imidacloprid (129099/138261-41-3)—(11.374%), Metalaxyl (113501/57837-19-1)—(.607%), Tebuconazole (128997/107534-96-3)—(.455%). 8329-72 8329 Mosquito Larvicide GB-1111 Mineral Oil—Includes Paraffin Oil From 063503 (063502/8012-95-1)—(98.7%). 10163-230 10163 Mesurol Technical Insecticide Methiocarb (100501/2032-65-7)—(98.8%). 10163-231 10163 Mesurol 75-W Methiocarb (100501/2032-65-7)—(75%). 28293-123 28293 Unicorn Malathion Spray 1 Malathion (No Inert Use) (057701/121-75-5)—(57%). 34704-853 34704 Treflan 4L Herbicide Trifluralin (036101/1582-09-8)—(43%). 34704-872 34704 Ginmaster Cotton Defoliant Diuron (035505/330-54-1)—(6%), Thidiazuron (120301/51707-55-2)—(12%). 34704-895 34704 Colt Clopyralid, Monoethanolamine Salt (117401/57754-85-5)—(11.3%), Fluroxypyr-Meptyl (128968/81406-37-3)—(12.3%). 34704-1004 34704 LPI Chlor-Metsul Chlorsulfuron (118601/64902-72-3)—(62.5%), Metsulfuron (122010/74223-64-6)—(12.5%). 35935-94 35935 TVC-Super Concentrate Glyphosate (417300/1071-83-6)—(43.68%), Imazapyr (128821/81334-34-1)—(.78%). 40810-11 40810 Irgarol 1051 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-Diamine, N-Cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-6-(Methylthio)-(128996/28159-98-0)—(98.6%). 40810-15 40810 Irgarol 1071 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-Diamine, N-Cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-6-(Methylthio)-(128996/28159-98-0)—(98.6%). 47000-107 47000 Prozap Malathion 57% Emulsifiable Liquid Insecticide-B Malathion (No Inert Use) (057701/121-75-5)—(57%). 66222-240 66222 Mana Diflubenzuron 80WG Diflubenzuron (108201/35367-38-5)—(80%). 83822-1 83822 Weed2 & Feed Mulch Dithiopyr (128994/97886-45-8)—(.0002%), Isoxaben (125851/82558-50-7)—(.0005%). AR-100001 279 Spartan Charge Herbicide Carfentrazone-ethyl 3.53%, Sulfentrazone 31.77%. CA-170004 62719 Sequoia (Alternate), Closer SC (Active) Sulfoxaflor 21.8%. CA-170009 71693 Aspergillus Flavus AF36 Prevail Aspergillus flavus strain AF36 .0008%. FL-070003 62719 Cleanwave Aminopyralid-Tripromine (005209/566191-89-7)—(1.92%), Fluroxypyr-Meptyl (128968/81406-37-3)—(20.22%). KS-220002 264 USH0720® Flufenacet (121903/142459-58-3)—(28.5%), Isoxaflutole (123000/141112-29-0)—(5.7%), Thiencarbazone-Methyl (015804/317815-83-1)—(2.28%). MO-220001 264 USH0720® Flufenacet (121903/142459-58-3)—(28.5%), Isoxaflutole (123000/141112-29-0)—(5.7%), Thiencarbazone-Methyl (015804/317815-83-1)—(2.28%). Start Printed Page 15022 WA-210002 62719 Entrust SC Spinosad 22.5%. WI-130002 62719 Starane Ultra Herbicide Fluroxypyr-meptyl 45.52%. WI-150002 62719 Starane Ultra Herbicide Fluroxypyr-meptyl 45.52%. Table 2—Product Registration Amendments To Terminate Uses
Registration No. Company No. Product name Active ingredient Uses to be terminated 1021-2720 1021 Pramix Technical Insecticide Permethrin (109701/52645-53-1)—(95%) Wood Treatment & Protection Uses. 1021-2741 1021 Pramex Tech I Permethrin (109701/52645-53-1)—(94%) Wood Treatment & Protection Uses. 1021-2748 1021 Pramex B Technical Insecticide Permethrin (109701/52645-53-1)—(96.1%) Wood Treatment & Protection Uses. 1021-2772 1021 Pramex TG Permethrin (109701/52645-53-1)—(95.5%) Wood Treatment & Protection Uses. 1021-2775 1021 Pramex 98.5% TG Permethrin (109701/52645-53-1)—(98.5%) Wood Treatment & Protection Uses. 5905-595 5905 Ethephon 3# Citric Acid (I) (821801/77-92-9)—(%), Ethephon (A) (099801/16672-87-0)—(27%), Toluene (See Comments) (I) (880601/108-88-3)—(%), Water (I) (800001/7732-18-5)—(%), Xylene (I) (886802/1330-20-7)—(%) Uses on residential turf/lawns, institutional turf, parks, recreational fields or sod farms. 5905-615 5905 Omni Brand Ethephon 2 lb Ethephon (A) (099801/16672-87-0)—(21.7%), Water (I) (800001/7732-18-5)—(70.6%) Uses on residential turf/lawns, institutional turf, parks, recreational fields or sod farms. 35935-81 35935 NuFarm Ethephon MUP Ethephon (099801/16672-87-0)—(75%) Non-Golf Turf Uses. 66222-151 66222 Ethephon 2SL Ethephon (099801/16672-87-0)—(21.7%) Turf Uses. 69969-7 69969 AV-5055 Anthraquinone (122701/84-65-1)—(18.6%) Municipal Sites, Urban Areas, Sports Fields, Park Grounds, Home Lawns & Golf Courses. 69969-8 69969 Anthraquinone Technical Anthraquinone (122701/84-65-1)—(99.68%) Municipal Sites, Urban Areas, Sports Fields, Park Grounds, Residential Buildings/Home Lawns & Golf Courses. 70506-459 70506 Ethephon 2# Ethephon (099801/16672-87-0)—(21.7%) Use on Institutional Turf. 70506-464 70506 Ethephon 3.9% H&G Ethephon (099801/16672-87-0)—(3.9%) Uses on Lawns and Parks. 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
EPA company No. Company name and address 228 NuFarm Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101, Morrisville, NC 27560. 264 Bayer CropScience, LP, Agent: Bayer CropScience, LLC, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004. 279 FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. 352 Corteva Agriscience, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268. 499 BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528. 524 Bayer CropScience, LP, 801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004. 707 Nutrition & Biosciences USA 2, LLC, 1652 Larkin Center Drive, 100 Larkin Center, Midland, MI 48642. 1021 McLaughlin Gormley King Company, D/B/A MGK, 7325 Aspen Lane N, Minneapolis, MN 55428. 1381 Winfield Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 64589, St. Paul, MN 55164-0589. 5905 Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC, D/B/A Helena Chemical Comp, 225 Schilling Blvd., Suite 300, Collierville, TN 38017. 8329 Clarke Mosquito Control Products, Inc., 675 Sidwell Court, St. Charles, IL 60174. 10163 Gowan Company, LLC, 370 S Main St., Yuma, AZ 85366. 28293 Phaeton Corp., D/B/A Unicorn Laboratories, 1501 E Woodfield Road, Suite 200W, Schaumberg, IL 60173. 34704 Loveland Products, Inc., Agent: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332. 35935 NuFarm Limited, Agent: NuFarm Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101, Morrisville, NC 27560. 40810 BASF Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932. 47000 Chem-Tech, Ltd., 620 Lesher Place, Lansing, MI 48912. 62719 Corteva Agriscience, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268. 66222 Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc., D/B/A Adama, 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27604. 69969 Arkion Life Sciences, LLC, Agent Name: Wagner Regulatory Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640, Hockessin, DE 19707. 70506 UPL NA, Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406. 71693 Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council, Agent Name: IR-4 Project, Rutgers University, 500 College Road East, Suite 201W, Princeton, NJ 08540. Start Printed Page 15023 83822 Mulch Manufacturing, Inc., 6747 Taylor Road SW, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068. 89969 Arkion Life Sciences, LLC, Agent Name: Wagner Regulatory Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640, Hockessin, DE 19707. 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 November 22, 2022, 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 product 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 March 10, 2023. 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 November 22, 2022 (87 FR 71321) (FRL-10372-01-OCSPP). The comment period closed on December 22, 2022.
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, listed in Table 1 of Unit II, the registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, until March 11, 2024, 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.
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 September 10, 2023, 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.
Start SignatureDated: March 3, 2023.
Daniel Rosenblatt,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-04874 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Effective Date:
- 3/10/2023
- Published:
- 03/10/2023
- Department:
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice.
- Document Number:
- 2023-04874
- Dates:
- The cancellations and amendments are effective March 10, 2023.
- Pages:
- 15020-15023 (4 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0222, FRL-10567-01-OCSPP
- PDF File:
- 2023-04874.pdf