[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53434-53436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21713]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2018-0651; FRL-9999-71]


Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 and Table 1A of Unit II., pursuant to 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This 
cancellation order follows a March 5, 2019 Federal Register Notice

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of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit 
II. to voluntarily cancel these product registrations. In the March 5, 
2019 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 effective date of the cancellation listed in Table 1 of Unit 
II. is December 31, 2018, and the registrant may continue to sell and 
distribute existing stocks of this product until December 31, 2019. The 
effective date of the cancellations listed in Table 1A of Unit II. is 
October 7, 2019, and the registrant may continue to sell and distribute 
existing stocks of these products until October 7, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Information 
Technology and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; 
email address: green.christopher@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.

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-2018-0651, 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), West William Jefferson Clinton 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 (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP 
Docket is (703) 305-5805. 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 (7 U.S.C. 
136a). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration 
number in Table 1 and Table 1A of this unit.

                                         Table 1--Product Cancellations
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            Registration No.                Company No.          Product name             Active ingredients
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432-1477................................             432  Prostar 70 WDG Fungicide..  Flutolanil.
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    The registrant of the request in Table 1, requests to cancel the 
registration on December 31, 2018.

                                         Table 1A--Product Cancellations
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            Registration No.                Company No.          Product name             Active ingredients
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87290-16................................           87290  Willowood Fomesafen 2 SL..  Sodium salt of fomesafen.
ME050001................................           62719  Stinger...................  Clopyralid,
                                                                                       monoethanolamine salt.
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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 and Table 1A 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 
and Table 1A of this unit.

               Table 2--Registrants of Cancelled Products
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          EPA Company No.                 Company name and address
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432...............................  Bayer Environmental Science, A
                                     Division of Bayer CropScience, LP,
                                     5000 CentreGreen Way, Suite 400,
                                     Cary, NC 27513.
62719.............................  Dow AgroSciences, LLC, 9330
                                     Zionsville Rd., 308/2E,
                                     Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054.
87290.............................  Willowood, LLC, Wagner Regulatory
                                     Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 640,
                                     Hockessin, DE 19707-0640.
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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 March 5, 2019 Federal Register notice announcing the 
Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of the 
products listed in Table 1 and Table 1A of Unit II.

IV. Cancellation Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)), EPA hereby 
approves the requested cancellations of the registrations identified in 
Table 1 and Table 1A of Unit II.
    Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product 
registrations identified in Table 1 and Table 1A of Unit II. are 
canceled. The effective date of these cancellations is specified in the 
DATES section. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the 
products identified in Table 1 and Table 1A 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 (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)) 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 March 
5, 2019 (84 FR 7899) (FRL-9988-75). The comment period closed on 
September 3, 2019.

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 registrant of 432-1477, listed in Table 1, requested the 
cancellation to be effective on December 31, 2018, therefore, the 
registrant may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of these 
products until December 31, 2019, which is 1 year after the effective 
date of the cancellation. Thereafter, the registrant is prohibited from 
selling or distributing the product listed in Table 1, except for 
export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), or proper 
disposal.
    For all other voluntary cancellations listed in Table 1A, the 
registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of 
products listed in Table 1A of Unit II. until 1 year after the 
publication of the Cancellation Order in the Federal Register, the date 
is specified in the DATES section. Thereafter, the registrants are 
prohibited from selling or distributing products listed in Table 1A, 
except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o), 
or proper disposal.
    Persons other than the registrants may sell, distribute, or use 
existing stocks of the products listed in Table 1 and Table 1A 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.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: September 16, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and Resources Management Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-21713 Filed 10-4-19; 8:45 am]
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