

[Federal Register: December 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 239)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0202; FRL-8103-4]

 
Lindane; Cancellation Order

AGENCY:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  This notice announces EPA's issuance of final orders 
cancelling the registrations of all pesticide products containing the 
pesticide lindane. The cancellation orders followed the August 23, 2006 
Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests (71 FR 49445) (FRL-8089-
1) from the lindane registrants to voluntarily cancel their lindane 
product registrations and announcing the commencement of a public 
comment period as required by section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). In the August 23, 
2006 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing 
the cancellations 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 did not 
receive any comments that required further review of the cancellation 
requests. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. 
Accordingly, EPA sent final cancellation orders to the registrants 
granting the requested cancellations. Any distribution, sale, or use of 
the lindane products subject to these cancellation orders is permitted 
only in accordance with the terms of the existing stocks provisions in 
the cancellation orders and described in Unit VI.

DATES:  Cancellation of manufacturing-use product registrations was 
effective on October 4, 2006, and the last date of use will be July 1, 
2007. Cancellation of end-use product registrations will be effective 
on July 1, 2007, and the last date of use will be October 1, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mark T. Howard, Special Review and 
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8172; fax 
number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: howard.markt@epa.gov.

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.

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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-2002-0202. 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 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?

    This notice announces the cancellation of registrations of all 
lindane products. These registrations are listed in sequence by 
registration number in Table 1 of this unit, along with the effective 
date of the cancellation and last date of use.

                                     Table 1.--Lindane Product Cancellations
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                                                                           Effective Date of
        Registration No.             Product name           Company          Cancellation      Last Date of Use
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400-490                           Gustafson Flowable  Chemtura USA Corp.  July 1, 2007        October 1, 2009
                                   Lindane 40%
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400-532                           Sorghum Guard       Chemtura USA Corp.  July 1, 2007        October 1, 2009
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400-538                           Gustafson Lindane   Chemtura USA Corp.  July 1, 2007        October 1, 2009
                                   30C Flowable
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400-539                           Gustafson Captan    Chemtura USA Corp.  July 1, 2007        October 1, 2009
                                   Lindane 12.5-25
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400-540                           Gustafson Vitavax-  Chemtura USA Corp.  July 1, 2007        October 1, 2009
                                   Thiram-Lindane
                                   Flowable
                                   Fungicide
                                   Insecticide
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554-140                           DB-Green L          AGSCO Inc.          July 1, 2007        October 1, 2009
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554-144                           Lindane ST-40       AGSCO Inc           July 1, 2007        October 1, 2009
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19713-61                          Lindane Technical   Drexel Chemical     October 4, 2006     July 1, 2007
                                                       Co.
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19713-191                         Lindane Technical   Drexel Chemical     October 4, 2006     July 1, 2007
                                                       Co.
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19713-387                         Lindane Flowable    Drexel Chemical     July 1, 2007        October 1, 2009
                                                       Co.
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19713-401                         Lindane 30%         Drexel Chemical     July 1, 2007        October 1, 2009
                                                       Co.
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82378-1                           Lindane Technical   JLM International   October 4, 2006     July 1, 2007
                                                       Inc.
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    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.

           Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled Lindane Products
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              EPA Company No.                 Company Name and Address
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400                                         Chemtura USA Corporation
                                            199 Benson Road
                                            Middlebury, Connecticut
                                             06749
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540                                         AGSCO Inc.
                                            PO Box 13458
                                            Grand Forks, North Dakota
                                             58208-3458
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19713                                       Drexel Chemical Co.
                                            1700 Channel Avenue, PO Box
                                             13327
                                            Memphis, Tennessee 38113-
                                             0327
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82378                                       JLM International Inc.
                                            8675 Hidden River Parkway
                                            Tampa, Florida 33637
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to 
Comments

    The Agency received one comment from a children's advocacy group in 
favor of the cancellation.

 IV. Summary of Cancellation Orders

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(A), EPA granted the cancellation 
requests for the registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. 
Accordingly, the Agency ordered the cancellation of the manufacturing-
use product registrations effective October 4, 2006. EPA ordered the 
cancellation of end-use product registrations effective July 1, 2007. 
Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products 
identified in Table 1 in Unit II. in a manner inconsistent with any of 
the Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks set forth in Unit VI. 
and in the cancellation orders sent to the registrants will be 
considered a violation of FIFRA. Copies of the cancellation orders are 
in the docket.

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.

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VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    Cancellation of manufacturing-use product registrations was 
effective on October 4, 2006. Cancellation of end-use product 
registrations will be effective on July 1, 2007. 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. It 
would be a violation of FIFRA to distribute or sell any stocks 
currently in the United States which have been produced, packaged, 
labeled, or released for shipment after the effective dates of 
cancellation listed in this document.
    Existing stocks of the canceled products may be legally distributed 
or sold until the last date on which the product can be used, as 
specified in the cancellation orders, provided that use of existing 
stocks is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling 
on, or that accompanies, the modified product. For manufacturing-use 
products, the Agency has established in the canellation orders July 1, 
2007, as the last day on which exisiting stocks of these products can 
be used. For end-use products, the Agency expects that existing stocks 
will be exhausted by October 1, 2009, and, as such, has established in 
the cancellation orders October 1, 2009, as the last day on which 
existing stocks of these products can be used.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Lindane, Pesticides and pests.


    Dated: December 4, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-21101 Filed 12-12-06; 8:45 am]

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