2014-00033. Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a June 12, 2013, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II., to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the June 12, 2013, notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.

DATES:

The cancellations are effective January 8, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John W. Pates, Jr., Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (7508P), 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. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014, is available at http://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is [phone], and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is [phone]. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/​dockets.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

This notice announces the cancellation, as requested by registrants, of products registered under FIFRA section 3. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit.

Table 1—Product Cancellations

EPA registration No.	Product name	Chemical name
000264-00668	Liberty ATZ Herbicide	Atrazine, Glufosinate.
000264-00784	Renounce 20WP Insecticide	Cyfluthrin.
000264-00985	GB34 Concentrate Biological Fungicide	Bacillus pumilus strain GB34.
000264-00986	GB34 Technical Biological Fungicide	Bacillus pumilus strain GB34.
000264-01007	Decis 0.2 EC	Deltamethrin.
000264-01008	Decis 0.2 EC Gel	Deltamethrin.
000264-01012	Decis 1.0 Gel Insecticide	Deltamethrin.
000264-01117	Yield Shield FS 200	Bacillus pumilus strain GB34.
000400-00469	Dimilin 25W Mushrooms	Diflubenzuron.
000400-00470	Dimilin 35W for Pasturegrass Mosquitoes	Diflubenzuron.
000400-00471	Micromite 25WS	Diflubenzuron.
000400-00511	Dimilin 80WGS	Diflubenzuron.
000432-00954	Finale Super Concentrate Weed, Grass and Brush Killer	Glufosinate.
000432-00955	Finale Ready-To-Use Weed and Grass Killer	Glufosinate.
000432-00956	Finale Concentrate Weed, Grass and Brush Killer	Glufosinate.
000655-00802	Prentox Larva-Lur Contains Propoxur	Propoxur.
009779-00262	MCPA Amine Herbicide	MCPA, dimethylamine salt.
009779-00265	MCPA LV Ester	MCPA, 2-ethylhexyl ester.
053883-00220	Oryzalin 2G	Oryzalin, Benfluralin.
AL-090001	Reflex Herbicide	Sodium salt of fomesafen.
AR-080004	Reflex Herbicide	Sodium salt of fomesafen.
AR-080005	Superwham! (Alternate Name Forwham! EZ)	Propanil.
AR-080006	Riceshot	Propanil.
AR-080007	Ricepro	Quinclorac, Propanil.
AR-080008	Duet	Propanil, Bensulfuron-methyl.
AR-080009	Superwham! (Alternate Name For Wham! EZ)	Propanil.
AR-080013	Ricebeaux	Propanil, Thiobencarb.
AR-120001	Ricebeaux Herbicide	Thiobencarb, Propanil.
AR-120002	Ricebeaux	Thiobencarb, Propanil.
AR-120003	Ricepro	Quinclorac, Propanil.
CO-060007	Gramoxone Inteon	Paraquat dichloride.
FL-090006	Knockout	Diquat dibromide.
GA-090005	Milestone VM	Triisopropanolamine salt of aminopyralid.
GA-100004	Endigo ZC	Thiamethoxam lambda-Cyhalothrin.
MO-120006	V-10142 AG Herbicide	Imazosulfuron.
ND-020009	Bravo 720	Chlorothalonil.
OR-010006	Cobra Herbicide	Lactofen.
OR-040015	Ethrel Brand Ethephon Plant Regulator	Ethephon.
OR-040031	Rovral 4 Flowable Fungicide	Iprodione.
OR-050017	Simazine 4L	Simazine.
OR-070002	Chateau Herbicide WDG	Flumioxazin.
OR-070019	Acramite-4SC	Bifenazate.
OR-070022	RTU-Vitavax-Thiram Seed Protectant Fungicide	Thiram, Carboxin.
OR-070028	Define SC Herbicide	Flufenacet.
OR-070030	Define SC Herbicide	Flufenacet.
OR-080020	DuPont Direx 4L Herbicide	Diuron.
OR-100004	Chateau Herbicide WDG	Flumioxazin.
OR-120009	Palisade 2EC	Trinexapac-ethyl.
WA-000021	Orthene 97 Pellets	Acephate.
WA-010038	Crossbow	2,4-D butoxyethyl ester acetic acid (3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyl) oxy)-,2-butoxyethel ester.
WA-020012	Echo 720	Chlorothalonil.
WA-060017	Orthene 97	Acephate.
WA-810064	Orthene 75 S Soluble Powder	Acephate.
WA-960024	Orthene 75 S Soluble Powder	Acephate.

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 Table 1 of this unit.

Table 2—Registrants of Cancelled Products

EPA Company number	Company name and address
264; OR-040015; OR-040031; OR-070022; OR-070028; OR-070030	Bayer CropScience, LP, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., P.O. Box 12014, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
400; OR-070019	Chemtura Corporation, 199 Benson Rd., Middlebury, CT 06749.
432	Bayer Environmental Science, A Division of Bayer CropScience, LP, 2 T.W. Alexander Dr., P.O. Box 12014, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
655	Prentis, LLC, Agent: Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110 136th St. NW., Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
9779; OR-080020	Winfield Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 64589, St. Paul, MN 55164-0589.
53883	Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa Red Bluff, Pasadena, TX 77507-1041.
AL-090001; AR-080004; CO-060007; FL-090006; GA-100004; ND-020009; OR-120009	Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, 410 Swing Rd., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300.
AR-080005; AR-080006; AR-080007; AR-080008; AR-080009; AR-080013; AR-120001; AR-120002; AR-120003	Riceco, LLC, 5100 Poplar Ave., Suite 2428, Memphis, TN 38137.
GA-090005; WA-010038	Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330 Zionsville Rd., 308/2E, Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
MO-120006; OR-100004; OR-010006; OR-070002	Valent U.S.A. Corporation, 1600 Riviera Ave., Suite 200, Walnut Creek, CA 94596.
OR-050017	Loveland Products, P.O. Box 1286, Greeley, CO 80632-1286.
WA-000021; WA-060017; WA-810064; WA-960024	Amvac Chemical Corporation, 4695 McArthur Ct., Suite 1200, Newport Beach, CA 92660-1706.
WA-020012	Sipcam Agro USA, Inc., 2520 Meridian Parkway, Suite 525, Durham, NC 27713.

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

During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments in response to the June 12, 2013, Federal Register notice announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II.

IV. Cancellation Order

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested cancellations of the registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are canceled. The effective date of the cancellations that are the subject of this notice is January 8, 2014. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1 of Unit II. in a manner inconsistent with any of the provisions for disposition of existing stocks set forth in Unit VI. will be 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 EPA Administrator may approve such a request. The notice of receipt for this action was published for comment in the Federal Register of June 12, 2013 (78 FR 35265) (FRL-9388-6). The comment period closed on December 9, 2013.

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 existing stocks provisions for the products subject to this order are as follows.

The registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until January 8, 2015, which is 1 year after the publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing products listed in Table 1, except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17, or proper disposal. Persons other than the registrants may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 of Unit II. until existing 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.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

Dated: December 20, 2013.

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,

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