99-15551. Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32868-32869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15551]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-34188; FRL 6084-6]


Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in 
Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 
notice of receipt of request for amendment by registrants to delete 
uses in certain pesticide registrations.

DATES: The Agency will approve these use deletions and the deletions 
will become effective on or soon after the date of publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Dennis McNeilly, Office of 
Pesticide Programs (7505C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., 
SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office location for commercial courier 
delivery, telephone number and e-mail address: Rm. 216, Crystal Mall 
No. 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, [phone]; e-
mail: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide 
product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations 
be amended to delete one or more uses. The Act further provides that, 
before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of 
any such request in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the Administrator 
may approve such a request.

II. Intent to Delete Uses

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from 
registrants to delete uses in three (3) chlorpyrifos

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pesticide registrations listed in Table 1 below. These registrations 
are listed by registration number, product names, active ingredients 
and the specific uses deleted. Although the food use site being deleted 
has been a registered site for chlorpyrifos products, a tolerance has 
not been established for this commodity under the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Therefore, under FIFRA section 2(b), this 
uses represent an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment, as it 
would result in human dietary risk from residues resulting from use of 
a pesticide in or on food inconsistent with the standard under section 
408 of FFDCA. As such, the Agency is hereby waiving the 180-day comment 
period normally given for the deletion of a minor use, in accordance 
with FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(c). The Agency has determined that, while 
these actions require publication for the purpose of announcement, a 
comment period is not warranted.


     Table 1----Registrations with Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
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      EPA Reg No.                Product Name                Active Ingredient            Delete From Label
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              51036-291  Chlorpyrifos 4# AG            Chlorpyrifos                  Use on popcorn
 
              51036-300  Chlorpyrifos 15G              Chlorpyrifos                  Use on popcorn
 
              067760-14  Nufos 15G                     Chlorpyrifos                  Use on popcorn
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    The following Table 2 includes the names and addresses of record 
for all registrants of the products in Table 1, in sequence by EPA 
company number.

 Table 2----Registrants Requesting Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain
                         Pesticide Registrations
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 Company
   No.                       Company Name and Address
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   51036  MICROFLO Company, P.O. Box 772099, Memphis, TN 38117
 
  067760  Cheminova, Inc., Oak Hill Park, 1700 Route 23, Suite 210,
           Wayne, New Jersey 07470
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III. Existing Stocks Provisions

    The Agency has authorized the registrants to sell or distribute 
product under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18 
months after the effective date of use deletions.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Product 
registrations.

    Dated: June 7, 1999.

Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Information Resources Services Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 99-15551 Filed 6-17-99; 8:45 am]
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