2019-11123. Notice of Receipt 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 the products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have 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 June 28, 2019.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0091, 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 product registrations. The affected products and the registrants making the requests are identified in Tables 1 and 2 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 requests, EPA intends to issue an order canceling the affected registrations.

Table 1—Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredients
100-1222	100	Quadris S	Azoxystrobin.
279-3555	279	Nuance Herbicide	Tribenuron-methyl.
279-3559	279	Harass Herbicide	Thifensulfuron.
279-3561	279	Chisum Herbicide	Chlorsulfuron & Metsulfuron.
279-3562	279	Report Herbicide	Chlorsulfuron.
279-3573	279	Chi-Chlorsul NC-75 Herbicide	Chlorsulfuron.
279-9633	279	Ciramet Herbicide	Metsulfuron.
538-189	538	Turf Builder Plus Halts	Pendimethalin.
538-214	538	Proturf Fertilizer Plus Preemergent Weed Control	Pendimethalin.
1015-82	1015	Sanafoam Diquat	Diquat dibromide.
1043-26	1043	1-Stroke Environ	2-Benzyl-4-chlorophenol; 4-tert-Amylphenol & o-Phenylphenol (NO INERT USE).
1043-87	1043	Vesphene II SE	4-tert-Amylphenol & o-Phenylphenol (NO INERT USE).
1043-91	1043	LPH Master Product	4-tert-Amylphenol & o-Phenylphenol (NO INERT USE).
1043-92	1043	LPH SE	4-tert-Amylphenol & o-Phenylphenol (NO INERT USE).
1043-114	1043	Vesta-Syde Interim Instrument Decontamination Solution	4-tert-Amylphenol & o-Phenylphenol (NO INERT USE).
2749-582	2749	Novaluron EC Insecticide	Novaluron.
2749-583	2749	Novaluron Technical MUP	Novaluron.
19713-621	19713	Drexel Aquapen	Pendimethalin.
42750-66	42750	Gly Star Ready-To-Use Grass and Weed Killer	Glyphosate-isopropylammonium.
61282-59	61282	DC & R Disinfectant	Formaldehyde; Alkyl * dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride * (67%C12, 25%C14, 7%C16, 1%C18) & 2-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol.
62719-12	62719	Telone C-17	Chloropicrin & Telone.
62719-457	62719	Asulam 400	Asulam, sodium salt.
71655-3	71655	Sodium Hypochlorite 12.5%	Sodium hypochlorite.
71655-4	71655	Sodium Hypochlorite	Sodium hypochlorite.
89442-44	89442	Prodiazone Select	Prodiamine & Sulfentrazone.
OR-080014	400	Comite	Propargite.
OR-080016	400	Comite	Propargite.
OR-080017	400	Comite	Propargite.
OR-080018	400	Comite	Propargite.
OR-080019	400	Comite	Propargite.
OR-080026	62719	Starane Ultra	Fluroxypyr 1-methylheptyl ester.
OR-080031	400	Acramite-4SC	Bifenazate.
OR-080033	400	Dimilin 2L	Diflubenzuron.
TN-130004	100	Boundary(R) 6.5EC Herbicide	Metribuzin & S-Metolachlor.
WA-130011	5481	Parazone 3SL Herbicide	Paraquat dichloride.
WA-140003	5481	Abba Ultra Miticide/Insecticide	Abamectin.

Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for the registrants of the products listed 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—Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellations

EPA company No.	Company name and address
100	Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
279	FMC Corporation, 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
400	Macdermid Agricultural Solutions, Inc., C/O Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC, 15401 Weston Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513.
538	The Scotts Company, 14111 Scottslawn Road, Marysville, OH 43041.
1015	Douglas Products and Packaging Company, LLC, D/B/A Douglas Products and Packaging, Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
1043	Steris Corporation, P.O. Box 147, St. Louis, MO 63166-0147.
2749	Aceto Agricultural Chemicals Corp., 4 Tri Harbor Court, Port Washington, NY 11050-4661.
5481	Amvac Chemical Corporation, 4695 Macarthur Court, Suite 1200, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1706.
19713	Drexel Chemical Company, P.O. Box 13327, Memphis, TN 38113-0327.
42750	Albaugh, LLC, P.O. Box 2127, Valdosta, GA 31604-2127.
61282	Hacco, Inc., 620 Lesher Place, Lansing, MI 48912.
62719	Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
71655	BASF Corporation, 100 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932.
89442	Prime Source, LLC, Agent Name: Wagner Regulatory Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640, Hockessin, DE 19707.

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, or

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

The registrants 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 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 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 action. If the requests for voluntary cancellation 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, EPA proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.

For voluntary product cancellations, 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 the 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.

Persons other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of canceled products 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: May 21, 2019.

Delores Barber,

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