[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41152-41153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20105]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-64031; FRL-5385-9]
Iprodione on Cowpeas; Proposed Voluntary Cancellation of
Registration
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Request to Cancel and Proposed
Cancellation Order.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that EPA has received a request from
Rhone-Poulenc AG Company to cancel the use of iprodione on cowpeas.
Under section 6(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)), EPA must announce the receipt of
such requests and allow public comment before approving them. The
registrant has requested that the comment period for this cancellation
request be waived. However, the Agency will provide the public an
opportunity to comment on the request and proposed cancellation order.
The agency accepted Rhone-Poulenc AG Company's proposed program to
relabel existing stocks and stocks of iprodione that were in the
channels of trade when other amendments to the iprodione registrations
(i.e., amendments that are not subject to this Notice) were approved.
Relabeling was completed by May 31, 1996.
DATES: Public comment on the use deletion will be accepted until
September 6, 1996.
ADDRESSES: By mail, submit comments to Public Response and Program
Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person,
deliver comments to room 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington, VA.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending
electronic mail (e-mail) to: opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be
accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 file format or ASCII file format.
All comments and data in electronic form must be identified by docket
number [OPP-64031]. No ``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI)
should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on this notice
may be filed online at many Federal Depository libraries. Additional
information on electronic submissions can be found below in this
document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail, Vivian Prunier, Review
Manager, Special Review Branch, Special Review and Reregistration
Division (7508W), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office
location and telephone number: Third floor, Westfield Building, 2800
Crystal Drive, Arlington VA (703) 308-8034, e-mail:
prunier.vivian@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Request for Voluntary Cancellation of Use
Under section 6(f) of the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)(7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)), a registrant may at any
time request that any of its pesticide registrations be canceled or be
amended to delete one or more uses. Section 6(f) of FIFRA requires the
Administrator to publish a notice of receipt of the request and allow
public comment before approving such request. The Administrator may
waive the comment period prior to issuing an order if the registrant
requests a waiver or if the continued use of the pesticide would pose
an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
On March 14, 1996, Rhone-Poulenc AG Company requested amendments to
the registrations of its iprodione products (ROVRAL Fungicide (EPA Reg.
No. 264-453), ROVRAL 4 Flowable Fungicide (EPA Reg. No. 264-482) and
ROVRAL WG Fungicide (EPA Reg. No. 264-524). Among other requested
changes, Rhone-Poulenc AG Company requested voluntary cancellation of
the use of iprodione on cowpeas. The other amendments were accepted in
March 1996 and included reductions in the number of iprodione
applications to grapes or stone fruits and a feeding restriction for
peanut hay. Because these amendments do not result in the deletion of
any uses of iprodione, they are not subject to this Notice. EPA has
determined that iprodione residues in or on cowpeas contribute slightly
to human dietary risk because iprodione residues from cattle feed are
carried over into cows' milk. Iprodione residues in or on peanut hay
account for the vast majority of iprodione residues in milk. This
source of dietary exposure has been eliminated because the March 1996
amendment request included amending the registration for the use of
iprodione on peanuts to add a feeding
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restriction for peanut hay. When iprodione-treated peanut hay and
iprodione-treated cowpeas are both eliminated from dairy cattle diets,
the anticipated residue level of iprodione in milk, expressed as a
nation-wide average, falls from 0.0073 ppm to 0.0003 ppm. These residue
levels correspond to dietary risks of 3.4 x 10-6 and 1.4 x
10-7, respectively. Therefore, the action taken in March 1996
significantly decreases dietary exposure to iprodione through
consumption of milk.
II. Opportunity for Public Comment
On May 23, 1996, Rhone-Poulenc AG Company requested EPA to waive
the comment period on the proposed deletion of the cowpea use. The
Administrator has determined that a 30-day comment period is
appropriate for the proposed action. Accordingly, persons wishing to
comment may do so by September 6, 1996. Any comments received in
response to this notice will be considered in EPA's final cancellation
order. If no comments are received, the cancellation will go into
effect on October 7, 1996, without publication of a Final Order. EPA
believes the use deletion proposed by Rhone-Poulenc AG Company will
help reduce the risk of unreasonable adverse effects from continued use
of products containing iprodione. It is EPA's intention to approve
Rhone-Poulenc AG Company's request for deletion of the use on cowpeas
unless during the comment period convincing information is received
that demonstrates that approval of Rhone-Poulenc AG Company's request
is inappropriate.
III. Public Comment Procedures
EPA invites interested persons to submit written comments,
information, or data in response to this notice. Comments must be
submitted by September 6, 1996. Comments must bear a notation
indicating the docket number. Three copies of the comments should be
submitted to either location listed under ADDRESSES at the beginning of
this notice.
Information submitted as a comment concerning this notice may be
claimed confidential by marking any or all that information as CBI. EPA
will not disclose information so marked, except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. A second copy of such comments,
with the CBI deleted, also must by submitted for inclusion in the
public record. EPA may publicly disclose without prior notice
information not marked confidential.
Documents considered and relied upon by EPA pertaining to this
notice, and all written comments filed pursuant to this notice will be
available for public inspection in room 1132, Crystal Mall #2, 1921
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except for legal holidays.
A record has been established for this notice under docket number
[OPP-64031] (including comments and data submitted electronically as
described below). A public version of this record, including printed,
paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any
information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The public
record is located in room 1132 of the Public Response and Program
Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2,
1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov.
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form of encryption.
The official record for this notice, as well as the public version,
as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will
transfer all comments received electronically into printed, paper form
as they are received and will place the paper copies in the official
record, which will also include all comments submitted directly in
writing. The official rulemaking record is the paper record maintained
at the Virginia address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this
notice.
IV. Existing Stocks
Before submitting the March 14, 1996 amendment applications, Rhone-
Poulenc AG Company agreed to relabel all existing stocks of iprodione
products that were packaged and labeled, but had not been released for
shipment, as of the date of approval of the label amendments. In a
letter dated April 15, 1996, EPA accepted a Rhone-Poulenc AG Company
proposal for relabeling iprodione products that were already in the
channels of trade. EPA specified that all stocks of iprodione products
held in warehouses were to be relabeled by May 31, 1996. Stocks held by
distributors in specified states were also to be relabeled. EPA
required that all iprodione products in channels of trade were to bear
the new labels after May 31, 1996. Any iprodione product that does not
bear the new labels after May 31, 1996 will be considered misbranded
under section 2(q) of FIFRA. Under section 12(a)(1) of FIFRA, sale of
misbranded products violates the Act. On June 11, 1996, Rhone-Poulenc
AG Company notified EPA that the relabeling program had been completed
as specified.
V. Proposed Use Deletion/Cancellation Order
The following Use Deletion/Cancellation Order and Approval of
Rhone-Poulenc AG Company's request for the deletion of the use of
iprodione on cowpeas will take effect on October 7, 1996 unless EPA
publishes a notice in the Federal Register before that date modifying
the proposed order. I approve Rhone-Poulenc AG Company's request for
deletion of cowpeas from iprodione products 264-453, 264-482 and 264-
524, effective October 7 1996.
List of Subjects
Environmental Protection, Agricultural Commodities, Pesticides and
pests.
Dated: July 30, 1996.
Daniel M. Barolo,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs
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