E9-23319. Organic Arsenicals; Product Cancellation Order and Amendments to Terminate Uses  

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    AGENCY:

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

    ACTION:

    Notice.

    SUMMARY:

    This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the pesticide organic arsenicals, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a July 8, 2009 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the organic arsenical registrants to voluntarily cancel or amend to terminate uses of their organic arsenical product registrations.

    DATES:

    The cancellations are effective September 30, 2009.

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    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Tom Myers, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8589; fax number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: myers.tom@epa.gov.

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    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. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0191. 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 Office of Pesticide Programs (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 (703) 305-5805.

    2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the “Federal Register” listings at http://www.epa.gov/​fedrgstr.

    II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

    The organic arsenicals include the pesticides monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA), disodium methanearsonate (DSMA), calcium acid methanearsonate (CAMA), and cacodylic acid and its sodium salt. The requests terminate the following uses of MSMA: Residential; forestry; non-bearing fruit and nuts; citrus, bearing and non-bearing; bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass grown for seed; drainage ditch banks; railroad, pipeline, and utility rights of way; fence rows; storage yards; and similar non-crop areas. In addition, the requests terminate all uses of MSMA in Florida except for use on cotton grown in Calhoun, Columbia, Escambia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Walton, and Washington counties. The requests would not terminate the last MSMA products registered for use in the United States. These requests for voluntary cancellation and amendment of MSMA containing products are the result of an agreement in principle signed by the EPA and the technical registrants of the Start Printed Page 50188organic arsenicals on January 16 and February 5, 2009. The registrants have requested voluntary cancellation of all products containing DSMA, CAMA, cacodylic acid and its sodium salt in accordance with the agreement. The requests would terminate the last DSMA, CAMA, and cacodylic acid and its sodium salt products registered for use in the United States. In the July 8, 2009 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrant(s) withdrew their request(s) within this period. The Agency received comments on the notice but none merited its further review of the requests. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the organic arsenical products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.

    This notice announces the cancellation and amendments to terminate uses, as requested by registrants, of end-use and manufacturing-use organic arsenical products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.

    Table 1.—Organic Arsenical Product Cancellations

    Registration NumberProduct NameChemical Name
    239-2510Ortho Crabgrass Killer Formula IICAMA
    239-2572Ortho Crabgrass Killer SprayCAMA
    538-10Scotts Summer Crabgrass ControlDSMA
    538-169Scotts Spot Grass and Weed ControlCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    538-178Scotts Post Emergent Crabgrass ControlMSMA
    769-635SMCP MSMA 70W Liquid MSMA Plus SurfactantMSMA
    769-636SMCP MSMA 70 LiquidMSMA
    769-637SMCP MSMA 6.66MSMA
    769-664X-CEL Veg KilCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    769-705SMCP MSMA HC 8 Liquid High ConcentrateMSMA
    769-916Science Grass & Weed Top-KillerCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    769-975Liquid Edger HerbicideCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    869-175Green Light Liquid EdgerCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    869-243Green Light MSMA Crabgrass Killer 2MSMA
    2217-229Selective Crabgrass Killer Contains DSMADSMA
    2217-434Crabgrass KillerDSMA
    2217-512Nutgrass KillerMSMA
    2217-513Crabgrass KillerMSMA
    2217-630Gordon's Crabgrass and Nutgrass KillerMSMA
    2217-808EH 795 Residential HerbicideMSMA
    2,4-D dimethylamine salt
    Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-metyoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
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    Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-3, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    2217-815EH 1335 HerbicideMSMA
    2,4-D dimethylamine salt
    Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    2217-830EH 1378 HerbicideMSMA
    2-,4-D dimethylamine salt
    Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    5481-67Alco Ho No Mo LiquidCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    5481-227DSMA Liquid Plus SurfactantDSMA
    5481-228MSMA 40 Plus SurfactantMSMA
    5481-229MSMA 60 Plus SurfactantMSMA
    5481-230MSMA 66 ConcentrateMSMA
    5481-231MSMA 80 ConcentrateMSMA
    5887-172Improved Crabgrass KillerMSMA
    5905-67MSMA Arsonate LiquidMSMA
    5905-GA-82-0011MSMA Arsonate LiquidMSMA
    7401-23Ferti-Lome Crabgrass and Dallis Grass KillerMSMA
    7401-246Hi-Yield Super Decimate+SurfactantMSMA
    7401-366Ferti-Lome Improved Bermuda Grass KillerMSMA
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    8660-48Crabgrass KillerDSMA
    8660-63Clean-Up HerbicideCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    8660-120Vertagreen Crabgrass & Weed KillerMSMA
    8660-121Greenup Nutgrass & Chickweed KillerMSMA
    9779-86Riverside 612 HerbicideMSMA
    9779-96Riverside 120 HerbicideMSMA
    9779-128DSMA HerbicideDSMA
    9779-155Riverside 145 HerbicideMSMA
    9779-170Riverside MSMA 4MSMA
    9779-174Riverside DSMA Liquid Plus SurfactantDSMA
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    9779-317Prometryne+MSMAMSMA
    Prometryn
    10088-74Lawn and Turf Weed ControlMSMA
    19713-45Drexel DSMA LiquidDSMA
    19713-113Drexel DSMA 81PDSMA
    19713-117Drexel Kack HerbicideCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    19713-141Drexel Ezy-Pickin Cotton DefoliantCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    19713-153Kack Plus MSMA HerbicideMSMA
    Cacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    19713-162MSMA 6 Tree KillerMSMA
    19713-276IDA, INC. DSMA SlurryDSMA
    19713-311Pearson's Easy- Edger and CleanerCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    19713-530Drexel DSMA 81 Dry PowderDSMA
    19713-532DSMA SlurryDSMA
    19713-533Super Dal-E-Rad CalarCAMA
    19713-534APC Holdings DSMA LiquidDSMA
    19713-535APC Holdings DSMA Liquid 4DSMA
    28293-234Unicorn Liquid EdgerCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    28293-361Unicorn Weed EdgerCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    33955-510Acme Weed Killer Nonselective Herbicide for General Weed ControlCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    33955-553Acme Ready-To Use Weed & Grass KillerCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    42519-4Cacodylate 3.25Cacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    42519-8Sodium Cacodylate SolutionCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    42519-10Leaf-AllCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    46515-1Liquid Fence & Grass EdgerCacodylic acid
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    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    46515-12Super K-Gro Ready-to-Use Crabgrass KillerCAMA
    59144-20Liquid Edger Ready-to-UseCacodylic acid
    Cacodylic acid, sodium salt
    61483-19DSMA LiquidDSMA
    61483-20Super ArsonateMSMA
    61483-25Ansar 529 HC HerbicideMSMA
    61483-40DSMA 4DSMA
    72155-1Herbicide 3D RTUMSMA
    2,4-D dimethylamine salt
    Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    72155-3Lawn Herbicide TN ConcentrateMSMA
    2,4-D dimethylamine salt
    Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    72155-5Lawn Herbicide 3D ConcentrateMSMA
    2,4-D dimethylamine salt
    Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    72155-6Lawn Herbicide 3D-40 ConcentrateMSMA
    2,4-D dimethylamine salt
    Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)

    Table 2.—Organic Arsenical Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Amendment

    Registration NumberProduct NameChemical name
    2217-709Quadmec Turf HerbicideMSMA
    2,4-D dimethylamine salt
    Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-ethylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
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    2217-797EH 1143 HerbicideMSMA
    MCPA, dimethylamine salt
    Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-ethylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1)
    5905-66MSMA PlusMSMA
    5905-162Helena Brand MSMA High ConcentrateMSMA
    5905-164MSMA Plus HCMSMA
    9779-133Riverside 120 HerbicideMSMA
    19713-40Drexar 530MSMA
    19713-41Drexel MSMA 6.6MSMA
    19713-42MSMA 6 PlusMSMA
    19713-151Drexel MSMA 8MSMA
    19713-267IDA, Inc. MSMA 4 PlusMSMA
    19713-269IDA, Inc. MSMA 6.6MSMA
    19713-278IDA, Inc. MSMA 6 PlusMSMA
    19713-528DiumateMSMA
    Diuron
    19713-529Drexel MSMA 600 HerbicideMSMA
    19713-531Drexel MSMA 660MSMA
    19713-550Drexel MSMA 120MSMA
    42519-1Target 6.6MSMA
    42519-3Target 5 PlusMSMA
    42750-28Weed Hoe 120MSMA
    42750-29Weed Hoe 108MSMA
    61483-13DaconateMSMA
    61483-14Daconate 6MSMA
    61483-15Bueno-6MSMA
    61483-17Daconate Super BrandMSMA
    61483-18BuenoMSMA
    62719-339MSMA 6.6MSMA
    62719-340MSMA Plus SMSMA
    62719-343MSMA 51%MSMA

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    Table 3.—Registrants of Cancelled and Amended Organic Arsenical Products

    EPA Company no.Company Name and Address
    239The Scotts Co., d/b/a/ The Ortho Group P.O. Box 190 Marysville, OH 43040
    538Scotts Co., The, 14111 Scottslawn Rd Marysville, OH 43041
    769Value Gardens Supply, LLC d/b/a/ Value Garden Supply P.O. Box 585 Saint Joseph, MO 64502
    869Valent GI Corp., c/o Valent USA Corp., Agent For: Green Light Co. 1600 Riviera Ave. Suite 200 Walnut Creek, CA 94596
    2217PBI/Gordon Corp. P.O. Box 014090 Kansas City, MO 64101-0090
    5481Amvac Chemical Corp., d/b/a/ Amvac, 4695 Macarthur Ct. Suite 1250 Newport Beach, CA 92660-1706
    5887Value Gardens Supply, LLC d/b/a/ Value Garden Supply P.O. Box 585 Saint Joseph, MO 64502
    5905Helena Chenical Co. 7664 Moore Rd. Memphis, TN 38120
    7401Mandava Associates, LLC, Agent for: Voluntary Purchasing Groups, Inc. N. Dallas Pkwy., Suite 200 Plano, TX 75024
    8660United Industries Corp., d/b/a Sylorr Plant Corp. P.O. Box 142642 St. Louis, MO 63114-0642
    9779Winfield Solutions, LLC P.O. Box 64589 St. Paul, MN 55164-0589
    10088Athea Laboratories Inc. P.O. Box 240014 Milwaukee, WI 53224
    19713Drexel Chemical Co. P.O. Box 13327 Memphis, TN 38113-0327
    28293Phaeton Corp., d/b/a/ Unicorn Laboratories P.O. Box 290 Madison, GA 30650
    33955PBI/Gordon Corp. P.O. Box 014090 Kansas City, MO 64101-0090
    42519Luxemborg-Pamol, Inc. 5100 Poplar Ave. Suite 2700 Memphis, TN 38137
    42750Albaugh Inc. 1525 NE 36th Street Ankeny, IA 50021
    46515Celex, Division of United Industries Corp. P.O. Box 142642 St. Louis, MO 63114-0642
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    59144RegWest Company, LLC, Agent for: Gro Tec, Inc. 30856 Rocky Rd. Greely, CO 80631-9375
    61483KMG-Bernuth, Inc. 9555 W. Sam Houston Pkwy South, Suite 600 Houston, TX 77099
    62719Dow Agrosciences LLC 9330 Zionsville Rd 308/2e Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054
    72155Bayer Advanced, P.O. Box 12014 2 TW Alexander Dr. Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

    III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to Comments

    Comments were received on the dates for disposition of existing stocks of products containing the organic arsenicals. Based on these comments, some of the dates have been amended.

    IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses of organic arsenical registrations identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the organic arsenical product registrations identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. are hereby canceled and amended to terminate the affected uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. in a manner inconsistent with any of the Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks set forth in Unit VI. will be considered a violation of FIFRA.

    V. 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 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. Thereafter, following the public comment period, the Administrator may approve such a request.

    VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products which are currently in the United States and which were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action. The cancellation order issued in this notice includes the following existing stocks provisions.

    After December 31, 2009, registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for all uses, except cotton, sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way. Also, after December 31, 2009 registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing DSMA, CAMA, cacodylic acid and its sodium salt.

    After December 31, 2010, persons other than registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for all uses, except cotton, sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way, and products containing DSMA, CAMA, and/or cacodylic acid and its sodium salt.

    After December 31, 2010, existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for all uses, except cotton, sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way and products containing DSMA, CAMA, cacodylic acid and its sodium salt, already in the hands of users can be used legally until they are exhausted, provided that such use complies with the EPA-approved label and labeling of the affected product.

    After December 31, 2012, registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for use on sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way.

    After June 30, 2013, persons other than registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for use on sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way. After December 31, 2013, use of products containing MSMA labeled for all uses, except cotton, is prohibited.

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    • Environmental protection
    • Pesticides and pests
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    Dated: September 21, 2009.

    Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,

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

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