2022-09131. Notice of Receipts of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations

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 registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. 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 its requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registration has been cancelled 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 31, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://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. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/​dockets.

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

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.

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: [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 https://www.epa.gov/​dockets/​commenting-epa-dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from registrants to cancel certain pesticide products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number (or company number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 and Table 1A of this unit.

Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of the requests or the registrants withdraw their requests, EPA intends to issue an order in the Federal Register canceling all of the affected registrations.

Table 1—Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredients
239-2657	239	Ortho Groundclear Total Vegetation Killer	Glyphosate-isopropylammonium & Imazapyr, isopropylamine salt.
239-2686	239	Ground Clear RTU	Imazapyr, isopropylamine salt & Glyphosate-isopropylammonium.
279-3465	279	F-9559 Insecticide	lambda-Cyhalothrin.
279-3538	279	Nufos 4E	Chlorpyrifos.
279-3551	279	Proaxis CHA	Gamma-Cyhalothrin.
279-3574	279	Proaxis EX	Gamma-Cyhalothrin.
279-3578	279	Fyfanon Plus ULV	Malathion (NO INERT USE) & gamma-Cyhalothrin.
279-3581	279	Bolton Insecticide	Chlorpyrifos & gamma-Cyhalothrin.
279-3582	279	Prolex	Gamma-Cyhalothrin.
279-3598	279	Malathion 851 G/L + Gamma-Cyhalothrin 12.8 G/L EC	Gamma-Cyhalothrin & Malathion (NO INERT USE).
279-9545	279	F9047-2 EC Insecticide	Chlorpyrifos & Zeta-Cypermethrin.
279-9570	279	Gat Lambda 25 CS	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
279-9572	279	Gat Chlorpyrifos Cs	Chlorpyrifos.
279-9574	279	Chlorpyrifos 42 CS	Chlorpyrifos.
499-367	499	Whitmire PT 275 Dur-O-Cap Microencapsulated Chlorpyrifos	Chlorpyrifos.
499-405	499	Whitmire PT 1920 Total Release Insecticide	Chlorpyrifos.
499-419	499	Duration PT 275 MC Microencapsulated Dursban Liquid Concentrate	Chlorpyrifos.
1381-210	1381	Mystic Z Insecticide	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
1381-211	1381	Grizzly Z Insecticide	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
1381-257	1381	Grizzly Too	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
6836-276	6836	Lonza Dc-101 RTU	Alkyl* dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride *(50%C14, 40%C12, 10%C16); 1-Decanaminium, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-, chloride; 1-Octanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride & 1-Decanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride.
7969-144	7969	Frontier Herbicide	Dimethenamid.
7969-147	7969	Frontier 6.0 Herbicide	Dimethenamid.
9688-124	9688	Fungicide M1	Myclobutanil.
9688-157	9688	Chemsico Aerosol M	Myclobutanil.
9688-158	9688	Chemsico RTU M	Myclobutanil.
9688-160	9688	Chemsico Fungicide Concentrate M6	Myclobutanil.
9688-165	9688	Chemsico Fungicide Concentrate 3000	Myclobutanil.
9688-219	9688	Chemsico Lawn Granules 4LF	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
9688-220	9688	Chemsico Lawn Granules 3LF	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
34704-917	34704	Isoxaben 75DF Specialty Herbicide	Isoxaben.
34704-968	34704	LPI Iprodione Fungicide	Iprodione.
53883-70	53883	Martin's Insectitabs	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
53883-260	53883	CSI Lambda 25 CS	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
53883-261	53883	CSI Lambda 9.7 CS	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
53883-264	53883	CSI Chlorpyrifos CS	Chlorpyrifos.
53883-292	53883	CSI Lambda-Cyhalothrin Technical	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
53883-331	53883	CSI Chlorpyrifos 42 CS Insecticide	Chlorpyrifos.
53883-355	53883	CSI Chlorpyrifos 20 CS	Chlorpyrifos.
83222-23	83222	Lambda 25 CS	Lambda-Cyhalothrin.
83402-1	83402	Zestat A-100	Cetyl pyridinium chloride.
83402-2	83402	Zestat Preservative	Cetyl pyridinium chloride.
86363-11	86363	Bifenchlor	Bifenthrin & Chlorpyrifos.
87373-41	87373	A364.02	Paraquat dichloride.
87373-112	87373	Paraquat Technical	Paraquat dichloride.
89168-20	89168	Liberty Chlorpyrifos Bifenthrin	Bifenthrin & Chlorpyrifos.
89168-24	89168	Liberty Chlorpyrifos 4E	Chlorpyrifos.
89168-47	89168	Liberty Granular Insecticide	Bifenthrin & Chlorpyrifos.
89459-69	89459	Equil Pyrifos	Chlorpyrifos.
91234-87	91234	A364.01	Paraquat dichloride.
92061-1	92061	United Disinfectant Wipes	Alkyl* dimethyl 3,4-dichlorobenzyl ammonium chloride *(50%C14, 40%C12, 10%C16); 1-Decanaminium, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-, chloride; 1-Octanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride & 1-Decanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride.
AZ-190001	62719	Enlist Duo	2,4-D, Choline salt & Glycine, N-(phosphonomethyl)-, compd. with N-methylmethanamine (1:1).
AZ-200001	62719	GF-3335	2,4-D, Choline salt.
CA-050012	264	Buctril 4EC Herbicide	Bromoxynil octanoate & Bromoxynil heptanoate.
ID-000009	5481	Amvac AZA 3% EC	Azadirachtin.
MT-060001	400	Dimilin 2L	Diflubenzuron.
MT-090004	70506	Bifenture EC Agricultural Insecticide	Bifenthrin.
MT-180001	66222	ADA 11280 Insecticide	Acetamiprid & Novaluron.
NC-050004	95290	Curfew	Telone.
ND-090001	70506	Super Tin 4L Fungicide	Fentin hydroxide.
NY-080010	70506	Kraken	Triclopyr, triethylamine salt.
OR-110007	62719	Entrust	Spinosad.
OR-160013	62719	Entrust SC	Spinosad.
TX-120010	100	Gramoxone SL 2.0	Paraquat dichloride.
UT-180010	5481	Parazone 3SL Herbicide	Paraquat dichloride.
WA-010004	5481	K-Salt Fruit Fix 200	Potassium 1-naphthaleneacetate.
WA-100005	62719	Stinger	Clopyralid, monoethanolamine salt.
WA-160005	279	Dupont Coragen Insect Control	Chlorantraniliprole.
WA-960002	100	Beacon Herbicide	Primisulfuron-methyl.

Table 1A—Product Registration With Pending Requests for Cancellation

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredients
MT-120005	62719	Entrust	Spinosad.

The registration listed in Table 1A of Unit II, requests the effective date of cancellation to be, March 3, 2022.

Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Table 1 and Table 1A 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 this unit.

Table 2—Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation

EPA Company No.	Company name and address
100	Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
239	The Scotts Company, d/b/a, The Ortho Group, P.O. Box 190, Marysville, OH 43040.
264	Bayer CropScience, LP, Agent Name: Bayer CropScience, LLC, 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004.
279	FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
400	MacDermid Agricultural Solutions, Inc., Agent Name: UPL NA, Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
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.
5481	Amvac Chemical Corporation, 4695 Macarthur Court, Suite 1200, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1706.
6836	Arxada, LLC, 412 Mount Kemble Avenue, Suite 200S, Morristown, NJ 07960.
7969	BASF Corporation, Agricultural Products, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528.
9688	Chemsico, A Division of United Industries Corp., P.O. Box 142642, St. Louis, MO 63114-0642.
34704	Loveland Products, Inc., P.O. Box 1286, Greeley, CO 80632-1286.
53883	Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa Red Bluff Road, Pasadena, TX 77507.
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.
70506	UPL NA, Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King of Prussia, PA 19406.
83222	Winfield Solutions, LLC, 1080 County Rd., F West, MS5705, P.O. Box 64589, St. Paul, MN 55164.
83402	Vertellus, LLC, Agent Name: The Acta Group, L.L.C., 201 N. Illinois St., Suite 1800, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
86363	Kaizen Agent Name: Lighthouse Product, Services Technologies, LLC, 2411 S Bear Claw Way, Meridian, ID 83642.
87373	Argite, LLC, Agent Name: Wagner Regulatory Associates, P.O. Box 640, Hockessin, DE 19707-0640.
89168	Liberty Crop Protection, LLC, 1880 Fall River Dr., #100, Loveland, CO 80538.
89459	Central Garden & Pet Company, 1501 East Woodfield Road, Suite 200W, Schaumburg, IL 60173.
91234	Atticus, LLC, Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street Ct, NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332-9122.
92061	VRC Technologies, Inc., Agent Name: Mandava Chemical Consulting, 68602 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 200, Plano, TX 75024.
95290	Salt Lake Holding, LLC, 2211 H.H. Dow Way, Midland, MI 48674.

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. 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, or

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

The registrants in Table 2 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 Request

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

For MT-120005

The registrant has requested the effective date of cancellation to be, March 3, 2022, for MT-120005; therefore, because the Agency has identified no significant potential risk concerns associated with the pesticide product, upon cancellation of the product identified in Table 1A of Unit II, EPA anticipates allowing the registrant to sell and distribute existing stocks of the product identified in Table 1A of Unit II, until March 3, 2023. Thereafter, the registrant will be prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticide identified in Table 1A of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.

For all other voluntary cancellations listed in Table 1 of Unit II, because the Agency has identified no significant potential risk concerns associated with these pesticide products, upon cancellation of the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II, EPA anticipates allowing registrants to sell and distribute existing stocks of these products for 1 year after publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal Register . Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides identified in Table 1 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.

Persons other than registrants will generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks until such stocks 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.