2010-18898. Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

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 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 their requests. If these request are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registrations have been canceled 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 September 3, 2010.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1017, by one of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. Submit written withdrawal request by mail to: Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. Attention: Maia Tatinclaux.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket Facility’s normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket Facility telephone number is [phone].

Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1017. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov website is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.

Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maia Tatinclaux, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: [phone]; e-mail 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. If you have any questions regarding the information in this notice, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

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 e-mail. 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 submitting comments, remember to:

i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes.

iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/or data that you used.

v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced.

vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives.

vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats.

viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from registrants to cancel 76 pesticide products registered under FIFRA section 3 or 24(c). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number (or company number and 24(c) number) in Table 1 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.	Product Name	Active Ingredients
000004-00146	Crabgrass Preventer & Weed Killer	Siduron
000004-00179	Crabgrass Preventer & Weed Killer	Siduron
000004-00355	Bonide Home Orchard Spray	Malathion Captan Sulfur
000004-00375	Bonide Porch, Patio, Garden and Ornamental Spray	Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins
000004-00386	Bonide Pyrethrin Growers Spray	Pyrethrins
000239-02523	Flea-B-Gon Flea Killer Formula II	Tetramethrin Phenothrin
000239-02524	Ortho Home & Garden Insect Killer Formula II	Tetramethrin Phenothrin
000239-02525	Ortho Flying & Crawling Insect Killer Formula II	Tetramethrin Phenothrin
0002397-02535	Ortho Dog &Cat Flea Spray	Tetramethrin Phenothrin
000241-00295	Arsenal Herbicide 0.5 Granule	Imazapyr
000241-00308	Arsenal 5-G Herbicide	Imazapyr
000270-00356	Mycodex Premise Control Household Spray	Tetramethrin Phenothrin Pyriproxyfen
000464-00665	Dow Diesel Fuel Conditioner	4-(2-Nitrobutyl) morpholineMorpholine, 4,4'-(2-ethyl-2-nitro-1,3-propanediyl)bis-
000464-00678	Fuelsaver F-15-Fuel Additive	4-(2-Nitrobutyl) morpholineMorpholine, 4,4'-(2-ethyl-2-nitro-1,3-propanediyl)bis-
000499-00291	Whitmire Sumithrin ME	Phenothrin
000499-00321	Whitmire PT 120-3	Phenothrin
000499-00381	Whitmire PT 175	MGK 264 Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins
000499-00389	Whitmire PT 120 HO Sumithrin Contact Insecticide	Phenothrin
000506-00140	Tat Hornet and Wasp Killer	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
000524-00478	Bollgard BT Cotton	Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki delta endotoxin protein as produced by the Cry1A(c) gene and its controlling sequences
001020-00014	Oakite Biocide 20	Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl(dimethylimino)-1,2-ethanediyl(dimethylimino)-1,2-ethanediyldichloride)
001021-01393	Multicide® Concentrate 2128	Phenothrin
001021-01557	Multicide Intermediate 2471	Phenothrin
001021-01719	Pyrocide Insecticide II	Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins Silicon dioxide
001021-01843	Permethrin 10% Pour On	Permethrin
001021-01844	Permethrin 0.25% Granules	Permethrin
001021-01848	Permethrin 3.2 MUP	Permethrin
001021-01849	Permethrin 0.5%G Homeowner	Permethrin
001021-01850	Permethrin 0.5%GC	Permethrin
001270-00073	Zep Thermo-Fog Insecticide	MGK 264 Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins
002217-00854	EH1392 Herbicide	Propanoic acid, 2-(4-((5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl)oxy)phenoxy)-,butil ester,®
002517-00076	Sergeant's X-term Household Flea & Tick Killer with Nylar	Tetramethrin Phenothrin Pyriproxyfen
002724-00529	Speer Household Insect Killer	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00530	Speer Household Insect Spray	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00533	Speer Magic Guard Insect Killer	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00536	Speer Automatic Indoor Fogger	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00537	Better World House and Garden Insect Killer	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00538	Speer Pyrethroid Concentrate T-12/4 (Oil Dilutable)	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
0027247-00540	Purr-R-Fect Pet (Pressurized) Flea Spray for Cats	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00541	Purr-R-Fect Pet Flea Spray for Cats	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00542	Better World Brand Pressurized Plant Spray	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00543	Happy Dog (Pressurized) Flea & Tick Spray for Dogs	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00545	Speer Six-Month Mothproofer	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00547	Happy Dog Flea and Tick Spray for Dogs	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00549	Speer Fogger and Contact Insecticide	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00597	Farnam Flying Insect Killer	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00599	Repel-X II	Butoxypolypropylene glycol Tetramethrin Phenothrin
002724-00604	Farnam Flying Insect Killer	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00615	Mug-A-Bug VI Total Release Aerosol Fogger	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
002724-00663	Speer Flea Spray for Carpets and Furniture with Nylar	Phenothrin Tetramethrin Pyriproxyfen
004313-00087	Wasp & Hornet Killer ”Jet Stream“	Tetramethrin Phenothrin
004822-00172	Raid Household Flying Insect Killer Formula 3	Phenothrin Bioallethrin
004822-00465	P/P Flea & Tick Spray No. 2	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
005178-00004	Fish Brand E Mosquito Coils	Bioallethrin
006836-00123	Glybrom RW-95	2,4-Imidazolidinedione, 1-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-dimethyl-and 1-3-Dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin
006836-00250	Dantobrom P Granular	2,4-Imidazolidinedione,1-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-dimethyl-;1-3-Dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin and 1-3, Dichloro-5-ethyl-5-methylhydantoin
008848-00042	Black Jack Flea and Tick Killer for Carpets and Rugs	Phenothrin Tetramethrin
010308-00014	Vape Mat	d-Allethrin
010308-00015	Pynamin Forte 60 Mosquito Mat	d-Allethrin
010308-00016	Pynamin Forte 120 Mosquito and Fly Mat	d-Allethrin
010308-00017	Pynamin Forte Mosquito Coil	d-Allethrin
019713-00347	Macco Industrial Strength Pyrethrin	Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins Xylene range aromatic solvent
019713-00313	Pearsons Institutional Bug Killer	Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins
019713-00315	Pearson's Grain Spray	Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins
019713-00347	Macco Industrial Strength Pyrethrin	Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins Xylene range aromatic solvent
019713-00348	Macco Pyrethrin Fogging Spray	Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins Xylene range aromatic solvent
019713-00349	Macco Dairy Spray	Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins
047371-00138	Formulation RTU-451	Alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (50% c14, 40% C12, 10% C16)
047371-00177	Formulation RTU-PA 1210	Alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (50% c14, 40% C12, 10% C16) and 1-Decanaminium, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-chloride
053883-00031	Permethrin Technical	Permethrin
070127-00004	Beetleball Technical	Benzene,1-methoxy-4-(2-propenyl)-
070506-00199	TOTH 80 WP	Fentin hydroxide
070506-00203	Tebuconazole 3.6FL Liquid Flowable Fungicide	Tebuconazole
070506-204	Tebuconazole 45 WDG	Tebuconazole
075341-00005	Cop-R-Plastic Wood Preserving Compound	Copper naphthenate Sodium fluoride
075844-00003	Freedom Premise Spray	Deltamethrin

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

Table 2.—Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation

EPA Company No.	Company Name and Address
4	Bonide Products, Inc. Agent Registrations By Design, Inc. P.O. Box 1019 Salem, VA 24153-3805
239	The Scotts Company 14111 Scott Lawn Road Marysville, OH 43041
241	BASF Corporation 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528
270	Farnam Companies, Inc. D/B/A Central Life Sciences 301 West Osborn Road Phoenix, AZ 85013
464	The Dow Chemical Co. 1500 East Lake Cook Road Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
499	Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc. Agent Name: BASF CORP. 3568 Tree Court Industrial Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63122-6682
506	Walco Linck Company 30856 Rocky Road Greeley, CO 80631-9375
524	Monsanto Company 1300 I Street, NW Suite 450 East Washington, DC 20005
1020	Chemetall US, Inc. 675 Central Avenue New Providence, NJ 07974-0007
1021	McLaughlin Gormley King Co. 8810 Tenth Ave North Minneapolis, MN 55427-4319
1270	ZEP Inc. 1310 Seaboard Industrial Blvd., NW Atlanta, GA 30318
2217	PBI/Gordon Corp. 1217 West 12th Street P.O. Box 014090 Kansas City, MO 64101-0090
2517	Sergeant's Pet Care Products, Inc. 2625 South 158th Plaza Omaha, NE 68130-1703
2724	Wellmark International 1501 E. Woodfield Road Suite 200 West Schaumburg, IL 60173
4313	Carroll Company 2900 W. Kingsley Rd Garland, TX 75041
4822	S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. 1525 Howe St. Racine, WI 53403
5178	Blood Protection Co. Ltd. P.O. Box 65436 Tucson, AZ 85728
6836	Lonza Inc. 90 Boroline Road Allendale, NJ 07401
8848	Safeguard Chemical Corp. 411 Wales Avenue Bronx, NY 10454
10308	Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd. 1600 Riviera Avenue, Suite 200 Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8025
19713	Drexel Chemical Company, 1700 Channel Avenue P.O. Box 13327 Memphis, TN 38113-0327
47371	H&S Chemicals Division 90 Boroline Road Allendale, NJ 07401
53883	Control Solutions, Inc. 427 Hide Away Circle Cub Run, KY 42729
70127	Novozymes Biologicals, Inc. 1150 Conn., Avenue, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036
70506	United Phosphorus, Inc. 630 Freedom Business Center, Suite 402 King of Prussia, PA 19406
75341	Osmose Utility Services Inc. 980 Ellicott Street Buffalo, NY 14209
75844	Andrew M Martin Co. NV. Inc. Agent Technology Sciences Group Inc. 4061 N. 156th Drive Phoenix, AZ 85338

III. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?

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 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 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) 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 (U.S.) and that were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action.

A. Disposition of Existing Stocks For All Table 1 Products Except EPA Reg. No. 524-478

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. (except EPA Reg. No. 524-478), 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, formulating or distributing the pesticides identified in Table 1 of Unit II., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 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.

B. Disposition of Existing Stocks For EPA Reg. No. 524-478

In accordance with a “phase-out” agreement negotiated with Monsanto Company in conjunction with an amendment request for EPA Reg. No. 524-478, all sale, distribution, and planting of Bollgard® Cotton (EPA Reg. No. 524-478) is prohibited after July 1, 2010. The terms of the negotiated U.S. phase-out strategy include:

1. Production of Bollgard® Cotton (EPA Reg. No. 524-478) by Monsanto Company after September 30, 2009, is prohibited.

2. All sales of Bollgard® Cotton after September 30, 2009, are prohibited.

3. Planting of Bollgard® Cotton seed after midnight of July 1, 2010, is prohibited.

4. All Bollgard® Cotton seed not planted on or before July 1, 2010, must be returned either to the retailer or to Monsanto Company. As a consequence of the U.S. phase-out strategy for Bollgard® Cotton, sale, distribution, and/or planting of Bollgard® Cotton is prohibited. All existing stocks must be returned to Monsanto Company or to an authorized retailer. These prohibitions will be reflected in the pending final order cancelling the registration for Bollgard® Cotton.

List of Subjects

• Environmental protection
• Pesticides and pests

Dated: July 22, 2010

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.