2024-09887. Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations and/or 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 their registrations of certain products and/or to amend their product registrations to terminate one or more 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 request, 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 registrations have been cancelled and/or 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 June 6, 2024.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0093, 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 and visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/​dockets.

FOR 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: [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.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants to cancel certain and/or terminate certain pesticide product registrations. 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 canceling and/or amending the affected registrations.

Table 1—Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredients
4-473	4	Bonide Garden Dust	Basic copper sulfate (008101/1344-73-6)—(5%), Pyrethrins (069001/8003-34-7)—(.03%), Sulfur (077501/7704-34-9)—(25%).
4-474	4	Bonide Vegetable-Floral Dust	Basic copper sulfate (008101/1344-73-6)—(13.72%), Carbaryl (056801/63-25-2)—(1.25%).
100-1441	100	Bravo Top	Chlorothalonil (081901/1897-45-6)—(40%), Difenoconazole (128847/119446-68-3)—(4%).
228-423	228	DQD Selective Herbicide	2,4-D, dimethylamine salt (030019/2008-39-1)—(25.4%), Dicamba (029801/1918-00-9)—(2.64%), Quinclorac (128974/84087-01-4)—(7.91%).
228-594	228	Quincept Herbicide Ready to Use	2,4-D, dimethylamine salt (030019/2008-39-1)—(.331%), Dicamba (029801/1918-00-9)—(.034%), Quinclorac (128974/84087-01-4)—(.206%).
228-703	228	Quincept LT Herbicide Ready-to-Use	2,4-D (030001/94-75-7)—(.331%), Dicamba (029801/1918-00-9)—(.034%), Quinclorac (128974/84087-01-4)—(.137%).
228-704	228	Quincept LT Herbicide Premium Lawn Weed Killer Concentrate	2,4-D (030001/94-75-7)—(6.557%), Dicamba (029801/1918-00-9)—(.681%), Quinclorac (128974/84087-01-4)—(2.724%).
228-705	228	NUP-09066 Herbicide	2,4-D (030001/94-75-7)—(13.2%), Dicamba (029801/1918-00-9)—(1.38%), Quinclorac (128974/84087-01-4)—(5.5%).
228-706	228	Quincept LT MC	2,4-D (030001/94-75-7)—(13.2%), Dicamba (029801/1918-00-9)—(1.38%), Quinclorac (128974/84087-01-4)—(5.5%).
279-3372	279	FMC Mop Up	Boron sodium oxide (B8Na2O13), tetrahydrate (12280-03-4) (011103/12280-03-4)—(98%).
279-3384	279	Roach Kil Commercial	Boric acid (011001/10043-35-3)—(99%).
279-3385	279	DRAX Ant Kill Gel	Boric acid (011001/10043-35-3)—(5%).
279-3386	279	DRAX Ant Kil-PF	Boric acid (011001/10043-35-3)—(5%).
279-3387	279	Aerosol Boric Acid	Boric acid (011001/10043-35-3)—(20%).
279-3398	279	DRAX Roach Assault SWT	Boric acid (011001/10043-35-3)—(50%).
279-3399	279	DRAX Liquid Ant Killer II SWT	Boric acid (011001/10043-35-3)—(1%).
279-3400	279	DRAX Granular Bait with Boric Acid & Nylar	Boric acid (011001/10043-35-3)—(1%), Pyriproxyfen (129032/95737-68-1)—(.25%).
279-3402	279	DRAX Bait Station	Boric acid (011001/10043-35-3)—(5%).
279-3403	279	DRAX—PF Bait Station	Boric acid (011001/10043-35-3)—(5%).
279-3565	279	Edition BroadSpec Herbicide	Thifensulfuron (128845/79277-27-3)—(25%), Tribenuron-methyl (128887/101200-48-0)—(25%).
279-3576	279	Solida Herbicide	Rimsulfuron (129009/122931-48-0)—(25%).
352-938	352	Fexapan Plus Vaporgrip Technology	Dicamba, diglycolamine salt (128931/104040-79-1)—(42.8%).
499-535	499	LX417 Lambda-Cyhalothrin	Lambda-Cyhalothrin (128897/91465-08-6)—(9.7%).
4822-607	4822	Lauda	1-Decanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride (069165/32426-11-2)—(.072%), 1-Decanaminium, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-, chloride (069149/7173-51-5)—(.036%), 1-Octanaminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-octyl-, chloride (069166/5538-94-3).—(.036%), Alkyl* dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride *(50%C14, 40%C12, 10%C16) (069105/68424-85-1)—(.096%).
42750-253	42750	Captan 4L ST	Captan (081301/133-06-2)—(38.75%).
67979-38	67979	BT11 X MIR162 X MIR604 and BT11 X MIR604 Corn	Bacillus thuringiensis CryIA(b) delta-endotoxin and the genetic material necessary for its production (plasmid vector pZ01502) in corn, when used as a plant pesticide in all raw agricultural commodities of field corn, sweet corn and popcorn. (006461/)—(.001829%), Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa20 protein encoded by vector pNOV1300 in event MIR162 corn (SYN-IR162-4), % dw (006599/)—(.0088%), Modified Cry3A protein and the genetic material necessary for its production (via elements of pZM26) in Event MIR604 corn  (006509/)—(.002757%).
67979-39	67979	BT11 X MIR604 X TC1507 X 5307 and BT11 X MIR162 X MIR604 X TC1507 X 5307 5% Refuge Seed Blend Corn	Bacillus Thuringiensis eCry3.1Ab protein and the genetic material necessary for its production (vector pSYN12274) in Event 5307 corn (SYN-05307-1) (016483/)—(.00261%), Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1F protein and the genetic material necessary for its production (plasmid insert PHI8999) in corn (006481/)—(.00122%), Bacillus thuringiensis CryIA(b) delta-endotoxin and the genetic material necessary for its production (plasmid vector pZ01502) in corn, when used as a plant pesticide in all raw agricultural commodities of field corn, sweet corn and popcorn. (006461/)—(.00495%), Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa20 protein encoded by vector pNOV1300 in event MIR162 corn (SYN-IR162-4), % dw (006599/)—(.00431%), Modified Cry3A protein and the genetic material necessary for its production (via elements of pZM26) in Event MIR604 corn (006509/)—(.0006%).
71771-12	71771	PHC-91398	Ea peptide 91398 (005200/)—(1%).
71840-14	71840	Tricho Plus Biofungicide	Trichoderma asperelloides strain JM41R (119000/)—(5.5%).
71840-15	71840	Trichoderma Asperelloides Strain JM41R Technical	Trichoderma asperelloides strain JM41R (119000/)—(100%).
89635-4	89635	KM1110 WDG	Metschnikowia fructicola NRRL Y-27328 (012244/)—(58.5%).
91234-369	91234	X1110.28	Chlorantraniliprole (090100/500008-45-7)—(47.85%).
93653-5	93653	ZS 2,4-D Technical	2,4-D (030001/94-75-7)—(98.5%).
AR-070008	279	Spartan 4F	Sulfentrazone (129081/122836-35-5)—(39.6%).
ID-180005	10163	Magister SC Miticide	Fenazaquin (044501/120928-09-8)—(18.79%).
KS-150002	352	Dupont Realm Q Herbicide	Mesotrione (122990/104206-82-8)—(31.25%), Rimsulfuron (129009/122931-48-0)—(7.5%).
LA-150005	352	Dupont Realm Q Herbicide	Mesotrione (122990/104206-82-8)—(31.25%), Rimsulfuron (129009/122931-48-0)—(7.5%).
MN-120004	279	AIM EC	Carfentrazone-ethyl (128712/128639-02-1)—(22.3%).
OR-100009	279	Dupont Coragen Insect Control	Chlorantraniliprole (090100/500008-45-7)—(18.4%).
OR-130012	19713	Drexel Captan 4 Flowable Seed Protectant	Captan (081301/133-06-2)—(37.99%).
OR-170004	279	Dupont Verimark Insect Control	Cyantraniliprole (090098/736994-63-1)—(18.66%).
OR-180011	33906	Quintec	Quinoxyfen (055459/878790-59-1)—(22.58%).
OR-220008	68506	UVASYS	Sodium metabisulfite (111409/7681-57-4)—(36.5%).
OR-960025	10163	Beacon Herbicide	Primisulfuron-methyl (128973/86209-51-0)—(75%).
TN-140002	352	Dupont Realm Q Herbicide	Mesotrione (122990/104206-82-8)—(31.25%), Rimsulfuron (129009/122931-48-0)—(7.5%).
TX-180006	70506	Comite II	Propargite (097601/2312-35-8)—(69.6%).
TX-180007	70506	Terrazole 4EC	Etridiazole (084701/2593-15-9)—(44.3%).
TX-220004	71512	Tiafenacil 339SC Herbicide	Tiafenacil (012311/1220411-29-9)—(30%).
VA-150005	279	F6482 45DF Herbicide	Metribuzin (101101/21087-64-9)—(27%), Sulfentrazone (129081/122836-35-5)—(18%).
WI-190002	10163	Sonalan HFP	Ethalfluralin (113101/55283-68-6)—(35.4%)

Table 2—Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Amendment

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredient	Uses to be terminated
1021-1682	1021	Multicide Intermediate 2738	Cyphenothrin (129013/39515-40-7)—(13.34%), MGK 264 (057001/113-48-4)—(12.77%), Prallethrin (128722/23031-36-9)—(1%)	Human Article use.
1021-1770	1021	Evergreen Crop Protection EC 60-6	Piperonyl butoxide (067501/51-03-6)—(60%), Pyrethrins (069001/8003-34-7)—(6%)	Residential space spray use.
39967-128	39967	N-2050-PG Antimicrobial	Dodecylguanidine hydrochloride (044303/13590-97-1)—(35%)	Sewage disposal lagoon use.
42750-230	42750	Captan Technical	Captan (081301/133-06-2)—(95.9%)	Seed treatment use.
85678-13	85678	Captan 4L	Captan (081301/133-06-2)—(37.7%)	Seed treatment use.
98985-6	98985	Ike's Pest Killer	Bifenthrin (128825/82657-04-3)—(7.9%)	Pet Kennels and Indoor use for Hornets and Yellow Jackets

Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 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 and Table 2 of this unit.

Table 3—Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments

EPA company No.	Company name and address
4	Bonide Products, LLC, 6301 Sutliff Road, Oriskany, NY 13424.
100	Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box: 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
228	NuFarm Americas, Inc., Agent Name: NuFarm Americas, Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101, Morrisville, NC 27560.
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, P.O. Box: 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528.
1021	McLaughlin Gormley King Company D/B/A MGK, 7325 Aspen Lane N, Minneapolis, MN 55428.
4822	S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1525 Howe Street, Racine, WI 53403.
10163	Gowan Company, LLC, 370 S Main St., Yuma, AZ 85366.
19713	Drexel Chemical Company, P.O. Box: 13327, Memphis, TN 38113-0327.
33906	Nissan Chemical Corporation, Agent Name: Lewis & Harrison, LLC, 2461 South Clark Street, Suite 710, Arlington, VA 22202.
39967	Lanxess Corporation, 111 RIDC Park West Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1112.
42750	Albaugh, LLC, 1525 NE 36th Street, Ankeny, IA 50021.
67979	Syngenta Seeds, LLC—Field Crops—NAFTA, 9 Davis Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
68506	Tessara (PTY) Ltd., Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th St. Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
70506	MacDermid Agricultural Solutions, Inc., Agent Name: UPL NA, Inc., 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402, King Of Prussia, PA 19406.
71512	ISK Biosciences Corporation, 7470 Auburn Road, Suite A, Concord, OH 44077.
71771	Plant Health Care, Inc., Agent Name: Ramboll, 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22203.
71840	BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box: 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
85678	RedEagle International, LLC, Agent Name: Wagner Regulatory Associates, Inc., 7217 Lancaster Pike, Suite A, P.O. Box: 640, Hockessin, DE 19707.
89635	Koppert Biological Systems, Inc., 1502 Old US 23, Howell, MI 48843.
91234	Atticus, LLC, Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332-9122.
93653	ZSChem USA, Inc., Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
98985	Ike's, LLC, Agent Name: Wagner Regulatory Associates, 7217 Lancaster Pike, Suite A, 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 or use termination should submit the withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . If the products(s) 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 and/or 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/or for amendments to terminate uses, EPA proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II.

For: 352-938

For 352-98, Corteva, the registrant of the product subject to this cancellation order, did not request that EPA allow the continued sale, distribution, or use of existing stocks of this product. Additionally, Corteva confirmed that they ceased selling this product in 2021. Thus, all sale, distribution, and use of existing stocks of this product is prohibited, except for the sale or distribution of this product for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) and for proper disposal.

For all other 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.

Once EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested amendments to terminate uses, 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/or 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/or terminated uses.

Authority:7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

Dated: April 30, 2024.

Charles Smith,

Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.