2020-08073. Notice of Receipt of Requests To Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by the registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide product registrations and to amend certain product registrations to terminate uses. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have been cancelled and uses terminated only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.

DATES:

Comments must be received on or before May 18, 2020.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0060, by one of the following methods:

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001.

Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Information Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. ATTN: Christopher Green.

Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the instructions at http://www.epa.gov/​dockets/​contacts.html.

Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/​dockets.

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: [phone]; email address: [e-mail].

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. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/​dockets/​comments.html.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants to cancel certain pesticide products and amend product registrations to terminate certain uses registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). The affected products and the registrants making the requests are identified in Tables 1-3 of this unit.

Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal Register canceling and amending the affected registrations.

Table 1—Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredients
264-612	264	Nortron E.C	Ethofumesate.
264-615	264	Nortron G.S	Ethofumesate.
279-3564	279	Tackle Herbicide	Glyphosate-isopropylammonium & Imazethapyr.
279-3570	279	Tackle II Herbicide	Glyphosate-isopropylammonium & Imazethapyr.
1258-1270	1258	Densil CA	Chlorothalonil & 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-.
2693-170	2693	Fiberglass Bottomkote with Biolux II—Black	1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)- & Cuprous oxide.
2693-181	2693	Tri-Lux III with Bio-Lux 5490 Blue	Copper thiocyanate & 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-.
2693-183	2693	Micron CSC Plus with Biolux Shark White	Cuprous oxide & 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-.
2693-189	2693	Tri-Lux Blue	Copper thiocyanate & 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-.
2693-199	2693	Trilux with Biolux Black	Copper thiocyanate & 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-.
2693-202	2693	CSC Plus—Blue	Cuprous oxide & 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-.
2693-204	2693	CSC Plus—Blue	Cuprous oxide & 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-.
2693-208	2693	Fiberglass Bottomkote with Biolux—Blue	Cuprous oxide & 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-.
2693-209	2693	Fiberglass Bottomkote Act with Biolux—Blue	1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)- & Cuprous oxide.
2693-213	2693	Super KL Plus with Irgarol—Blue	1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)- & Cuprous oxide.
2693-216	2693	Prop & Drive Clear Aerosol	1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)-.
2693-218	2693	Fiberglass Bottomkote Act with Biolux II—Black	1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)- & Cuprous oxide.
2693-224	2693	Micron Extra Blue	1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)- & Cuprous oxide.
2693-227	2693	Act—Blue	1,3,5-Triazine-2,4-diamine, N-cyclopropyl-N′-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-(methylthio)- & Cuprous oxide.
4170-100	4170	Oxyfect-G Peroxide Disinfectant Cleaner	Hydrogen peroxide.
4170-101	4170	Oxyfect-H Peroxide Disinfectant Cleaner	Hydrogen peroxide.
4822-510	4822	Vanish Drop-Ins	Trichloro-s-triazinetrione.
5185-401	5185	Bioguard Back-Up Algae Inhibitor	Alkyl* dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride *(61% C12, 23% C14, 11% C16, 2.5% C18 2.5% C10 and trace of C8) & Alkyl* dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride *(95%C14, 3%C12, 2%C16).
6836-211	6836	Bromchlor G	2,4-Imidazolidinedione, 1-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-dimethyl- & 1,3-Dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin.
8730-49	8730	Hercon Insectape with Propoxur	Propoxur.
8730-77	8730	Hercon Disrupt Bio-Flake VBN	Verbenone.
10324-66	10324	Defend Quaternary Pine Oil	Pine oil; 1-Decanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride; Alkyl* dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride *(50%C14, 40%C12, 10%C16); 1-Octanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride & 1-Decanaminium, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-, chloride.
39398-4	39398	Sumithion Technical	Fenitrothion.
41750-1	41750	Awlgrip Awlstar Antifouling Gold Label Bp501 Light Blue	Cuprous oxide.
41750-2	41750	Awlgrip Awlstar Antifouling Gold Label BP401 Medium Green	Cuprous oxide.
60061-31	60061	Pettit Marine Paint Sea Mate Antifouling Bottom Paint	Cuprous oxide.
60061-50	60061	Pettit Marine Paint Anti Fouling Trinidad 75 Red 1675	Cuprous oxide.
60061-54	60061	Pettit Unepoxy Standard Antifouling Bottom Paint 1810 Black	Cuprous oxide.
60061-58	60061	Pettit Unepoxy Antifouling Atlantic Formula	Cuprous oxide.
63310-8	63310	Rhizopon AA Water Soluble Tablets	Indole-3-butyric acid.
71368-45	71368	Blightban C9-1	Pantoea agglomerans strain C9-1.
73771-2	73771	Bloomtime Biological FD Biopesticide	Pantoea agglomerans strain E325; NRRL B-21856.
89442-38	89442	Mep-6X Select	Mepiquat chloride.
91234-176	91234	A275.01	Cyazofamid.
92044-5	92044	CAC Etoxazole Technical	Etoxazole.
AR-190002	87978	Heligen	Polyhedral occlusion bodies of Helicoverpa zea Nucleopolyhedrovirus ABA-NPV-U.

Table 1A—Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredients
432-893	432	Ronstar 50 WSP Herbicide	Oxadiazon.

The registrant of the product listed in Table 1A, of Unit II, has requested the effective date of December 31, 2020, for the cancellation.

Table 1B—Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredients
CA-040026	62719	Lorsban* 75WG	Chlorpyrifos.
CA-080009	62719	Lorsban Advanced	Chlorpyrifos.
CA-080010	62719	Lorsban Advanced	Chlorpyrifos.
CA-080011	62719	Lorsban Advanced	Chlorpyrifos.
CA-080012	62719	Lorsban Advanced	Chlorpyrifos.

The registrant of the products listed in Table 1B, of Unit II, has requested the effective date of December 31, 2019, for the cancellations.

Table 2—Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Amendment

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredient	Uses to be terminated
8764-1	8764	Freshgard 25	o-Phenylphenol, sodium salt	Apples, cantaloupes, carrots, cherries, cucumbers, nectarines, peaches, peppers, pineapples, plums, sweet potatoes & tomatoes.
60063-7	60063	Echo 720	Chlorothalonil	Dried peas.
84229-40	84229	Amtide Tebuconazole Technical Fungicide	Tebuconazole	Wood treatment.

Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for all the registrants of the products listed in Tables 1, 1A, 1B 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 in Table 1, Table 1A, Table 1B and Table 2 of this unit.

Table 3—Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments

EPA company No.	Company name and address
264	Bayer CropScience, LP., 800 N Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63167.
279	FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
432	Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of Bayer CropScience, LP., 5000 CentreGreen Way, Suite 400, Cary, NC 27513.
1258	Arch Chemicals, Inc., 1200 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway, Alpharetta, GA 30004.
2693	International Paint, LLC., 6001 Antoine Drive, Houston, TX 77091.
4170	Betco Corp. Ltd, d/ba Betco Corporation, 400 Van Camp Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402.
4822	S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1525 Howe Street, Racine, WI 53403.
5185	Bio-Lab, Inc., P.O. Box 300002, Lawrenceville, GA 30049-1002.
6836	Lonza, LLC., 412 Mount Kemble Avenue, Suite 200S, Morristown, NJ 07960.
8730	Aberdeen Road Company, D/B/A Hercon Environmental, P.O. Box 435, Emigsville, PA 17318.
8764	John Bean Technologies Corporation, D/B/A JBT Foodtech, 1660 Iowa Ave., Suite 100, Riverside, CA 92507.
10324	Mason Chemical Company, 9075 Centre Pointe Dr., Suite 400, West Chester, OH 45069.
39398	Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc., Agent Name: Technology Sciences Group, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036.
41750	International Paint, LLC., 6001 Antoine Drive, Houston, TX 77091.
60061	Kop-Coat, Inc., 36 Pine Street, Rockaway, NJ 07866.
60063	Sipcam Agro USA, Inc., 2525 Meridian Pkwy., Suite 350, Durham, NC 27713.
62719	Dow Agrosciences, LLC., 9330 Zionsville Rd., 308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
63310	Hortus USA Corp, P.O. Box 1956, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10113.
71368	NuFarm, Inc., Agent Name: NuFarm Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Suite 101, Morrisville, NC 27560.
73771	Verdesian Life Sciences U.S., LLC., Division Name: D/B/A Verdesian Life Sciences, 1001 Winstead Drive, Suite 480, Cary, NC 27513.
84229	Tide International, USA, Inc., Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
87978	Agbitech Pty Ltd., Agent Name: Forster & Associates Consulting, LLC., P.O. Box 4097, Greenville, DE 19807.
89442	Prime Source, LLC., Agent Name: Wagner Regulatory Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640, 7217 Lancaster Pike, Suite A, Hockessin, DE 19707.
91234	Atticus, LLC., Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc. 4110 136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332-9122.
92044	CAC Chemical Americas, LLC., Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th St. Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.

III. 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.

Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(B)) 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 or use termination. In addition, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(C)) requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless:

1. The registrants request a waiver of the comment period.

2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.

The registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II have requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the proposed requests.

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests

Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for product cancellation or use termination should submit the withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the products have been subject to a previous cancellation or termination action, the effective date of cancellation or termination and all other provisions of any earlier cancellation or termination action are controlling.

V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products that are currently in the United States and that were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the action. If the requests for voluntary cancellation and amendments to terminate uses are granted, the Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal Register.

In any order issued in response to these requests for cancellation of product registrations and for amendments to terminate uses, EPA proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products listed in Table 1, Table 1A and Table 1B of Unit II.

A. For Product 10324-66

For product 10324-66, listed in Table 1 of Unit II, the registrant has requested 18-months to sell existing stocks. The registrant will be permitted to sell and distribute existing stocks of the product for 18-months after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be the date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrant will be prohibited from selling or distributing the product, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.

B. For Product 432-893

For product 432-893, listed in Table 1A of Unit II, the registrant has requested the cancellation date to be December 31, 2020; therefore, the registrant will be permitted to sell and distribute existing stocks of the voluntarily canceled product for 1 year after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be until December 31, 2021. Thereafter, the registrant will be prohibited from selling or distributing the product, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.

C. For Products CA-040026, CA-080009, CA-080010, CA-080011 & CA-080012

For products CA-040026, CA-080009, CA-080010, CA-080011 and CA-080012, listed in Table 1B of Unit II, the registrant has requested the cancellation date to be December 31, 2019; therefore, the registrant will be permitted to sell and distribute existing stocks of voluntarily canceled products for 1 year after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be until December 31, 2020. Thereafter, the registrant will be prohibited from selling or distributing these products, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.

For all other voluntary product cancellations, identified in Table 1 of Unit II, registrants will be permitted to sell and distribute existing stocks of voluntarily canceled products for 1 year after the effective date of the cancellation, which will be the date of publication of the cancellation order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing all other products identified in Table 1 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.

Once EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested amendments to terminate uses, identified in Table 2 of Unit II, registrants will be permitted to sell or distribute products under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18-months after the date of Federal Register publication of the cancellation order, 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: March 23, 2020.

Delores Barber,

Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.