2019-15682. 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 August 23, 2019.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0014, 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\
352-761	352	Dupont DPX-QFU31 (MP) Herbicide	Dicamba, sodium salt & Rimsulfuron.
6836-177	6836	Lonza Formulation P-39	Pine oil & Alkyl* dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride *(58%C14, 28%C16, 14%C12).
8660-161	8660	0.2% Barricade Crabgrass Control with Fertilizer	Prodiamine.
8660-162	8660	0.3% Barricade Crabgrass Control with Fertilizer	Prodiamine.
8660-163	8660	0.4% Barricade Crabgrass Control with Fertilizer	Prodiamine.
8660-164	8660	Sta-Green Crabgrass Preventer	Prodiamine.
8660-200	8660	Koos Crabgrass Preventer with 0.223 Barricade Preemergence Herbicide	Prodiamine.
8660-216	8660	Par EX Slow Release Fertilizer with .345 Barricade Herbicide	Prodiamine.
8660-249	8660	Par EX Fertilizer Plus Crabgrass Preventer with 0.475% Barricade Preem	Prodiamine.
9779-297	9779	Prometryne 4L Herbicide	Prometryn.
12455-107	12455	Tomcat Ant Killer	Indoxacarb.
12455-118	12455	Tomcat Ant Gel	Indoxacarb.
45728-29	45728	SDDC	Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate.
59820-4	59820	Acarosan Moist Powder	Benylate.
64898-5	64898	Razorooter	Dichlobenil.
87290-44	87290	Willowood Azoxystrobin 2.08SC	Azoxystrobin.
87290-56	87290	Willowood Azoxyprop Xtra	Propiconazole & Azoxystrobin.
87290-60	87290	Willowood Tebustrobin SC	Tebuconazole & Azoxystrobin.
87290-63	87290	Willowood Pyrac 2SC	Pyraclostrobin.
87290-64	87290	Willowood Pyrac 2EC	Pyraclostrobin.
89966-2	89966	Azoxystrobin Technical	Azoxystrobin.
93051-1	93051	RightLine Pyrac 2 MEC	Pyraclostrobin.
93051-2	93051	RightLine Pyraprop MEC	Pyraclostrobin & Propiconazole.
93051-3	93051	RightLine CHILL LC	Pyraclostrobin.
93088-1	93088	Pyraclostrobin Technical	Pyraclostrobin.
AL-120005	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
DE-170001	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
IA-170003	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
ID-130006	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
LA-120006	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
MA-160001	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
MI-130001	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
MN-120003	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
MO-120004	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
MO-160005	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
MS-120009	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
NC-130002	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
ND-130002	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
NJ-130002	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
NY-170005	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
PA-130001	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
SD-130003	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
SD-150006	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
SD-170003	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
TX-130001	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
UT-180006	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
VT-120001	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
WI-130004	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.
WY-140003	69969	Avipel Liquid Corn Seed Treatment	Anthraquinone.

Table 1A—Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredients
1021-2753	1021	VBC Dinotefuran Technical	Dinotefuran.

The registrant of the registration in Table 1A, requests the cancellation to be effective on May 1, 2019.

Table 2—Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Amendment

Registration No.	Company No.	Product name	Active ingredient	Uses to be terminated
100-1453	100	Stadium Fungicide	Difenoconazole; Fludioxonil & Azoxystrobin	Ornamental uses and associated label language.
42182-1	42182	Microban Additive B	Triclosan	Treatment of apparel, blankets, cloths, curtains, fabrics, linens and similar textiles.
42182-7	42182	Microban Additive B MUP	Triclosan	Disallow formulation into products used to make/treat agricultural plastic films/mulches; products used to treat HVAC (heating/air conditioning) coils & products used to treat textiles.
89046-11	89046	Bioprotec Caterpillar Insecticide Concentrate	Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki, strain EVB-113-19	Forestry use.
89046-12	89046	Bioprotec Plus	Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki, strain EVB-113-19	Forestry use.
89046-14	89046	Bioprotek	Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki, strain EVB-113-19	Forestry use.
90736-2	90736	Tebuconazole Tech	Tebuconazole	Residential use.
91232-3	91232	FD Tebuconazole 3.6F	Tebuconazole	Residential use.
92760-4	92760	Ultra-Fresh NM	Triclosan	Apparel use.
92760-6	92760	Ultra-Fresh NM-100	Triclosan	Apparel use.

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

Table 3—Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation and/or Amendments

EPA Company No.	Company name and address
100	Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
352	E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268.
1021	Mclaughlin Gormley King Company, D/B/A MGK, 8810 Tenth Ave. North, Minneapolis, MN 55427-4319.
6836	Lonza Inc., Agent Name: Exponent, Inc., 1150 Conn. Ave. NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20036.
8660	United Industries Corp., D/B/A Sylorr Plant Corp., P.O. Box 142642, St. Louis, MO 63114-0642.
9779	Winfield Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 64589, St. Paul, MN 55164-0589.
12455	Bell Laboratories, Inc., 3699 Kinsman Blvd., Madison, WI 53704.
42182	Microban Products Company, Agent Name: Scientific & Regulatory Consultants, Inc., 201 W Van Buren Street, Columbia City, IN 46725.
45728	Taminco US, LLC, A Subsidiary of Eastman Chemical Company, 200 S Wilcox Dr., Kingsport, TN 37660-5147.
59820	Allergopharma Joachim, Hermann-Korner-Str. 52, 21465 Reinbek, Germany.
64898	Sewer Sciences, Inc., 1020 Hiawatha Boulevard West, Syracuse, NY 13204-1131.
69969	Arkion Life Sciences, LLC, Agent Name: Landis International, Inc., 3815 Madison Highway, P.O. Box 5126, Valdosta, GA 31603-5126.
87290	Willowood, LLC, Agent Name: Wagner Regulatory Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640, Hockessin, DE 19707-0640.
89046	AEF Global, Inc., Agent Name: SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop, Woodbridge, VA 22192.
89966	Greenfields Marketing, Ltd., Agent Name: Wagner Regulatory Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640, Hockessin, DE 19707.
90736	Jiangsu Fengdeng Crop Science Co., Ltd., Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th St. Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
91232	Fengdeng USA, Inc., 123 Cornell Road, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.
92760	Thomson Research Associates, Inc., Agent Name: Scientific & Regulatory Consultants, Inc., 201 West Van Buren Street, Columbia City, IN 46725.
93051	RightLine, LLC, Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
93088	Willowood USA, LLC, Agent Name: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th Street 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, or

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 2 of Unit II.

A. For Product: 1021-2753 Listed in Table 1A of Unit II

The registrant has requested to the agency via letter, the effective date of the voluntary cancellation of product 1021-2753 to be, May 01, 2019; therefore, the registrant will be permitted to sell and distribute existing stocks for 1 year, which will be until May 01, 2020.

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 the products identified in Tables 1 and 1A, 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: July 10, 2019.

Delores Barber,

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