[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27882-27884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09393]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223; FRL-10923-01-OCSPP]


Chlorpyrifos; Notice of Intent To Cancel Certain Pesticide 
Registrations and Amend Registrations To Terminate Certain Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and 
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests 
by registrants to voluntarily cancel their registrations of certain 
products containing the pesticide chlorpyrifos, or to amend their 
chlorpyrifos registrations to terminate one or more uses. EPA intends 
to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this 
announcement, unless the Agency receives substantive comments within 
the comment period that would merit its further review, or the 
registrant withdraws their request. If these requests are granted, any 
sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be 
permitted after the registrations have been cancelled or the uses 
terminated only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with 
the terms as described in the final order.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 2, 2023, whichever 
occurs later.

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified under docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0223, is available online at 
https://www.regulations.gov. Additional instructions on visiting the 
docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is 
available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. For the latest status 
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Biggio, Pesticide Re-
Evaluation Division (7508M), Office of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-0700; email address: 
[email protected].

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. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
https://www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of 
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk 
or CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM 
as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting 
your comments, see the commenting tips at https://www.epa.gov/dockets/where-send-comments-epa-dockets.

II. What action is the Agency taking?

    This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests from 
registrants to cancel certain pesticide product registrations or 
terminate certain uses of product registrations. These affected 
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Tables 1 
and 2 of this Unit. Table 3 of this Unit includes the names and 
addresses of record for the registrants of the products listed in 
Tables 1 and 2 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 Tables 1 and 2 of this Unit.
    Unless the Agency determines that there are substantive comments 
that warrant further review of the requests or the registrants withdraw 
their requests, EPA intends to issue a final order in the Federal 
Register cancelling registrations and terminating uses as requested.

           Table 1--Chlorpyrifos Registrations With Pending Requests for Termination of Specific Uses
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       Registration No.          Company No.         Product name                 Uses to be terminated
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11678-58.....................           11678  Pyrinex Chlorpyrifos      Food processing plants.
                                                Insecticide.
66222-19.....................           66222  Chlorpyrifos 4E AG......  Food processing and food manufacturing
                                                                          sites.
66222-233....................           66222  Vulcan..................  Food processing and food manufacturing
                                                                          sites.

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85724-10.....................           85724  Akofos 48 EC............  Food uses: Alfalfa, apple (including
                                                                          apple tree trunk), asparagus,
                                                                          cherries, citrus fruits (calamondin,
                                                                          chironja, citrus citron, citrus
                                                                          hybrids, grapefruit, kumquat, lemons,
                                                                          limes, mandarin (tangerine), oranges,
                                                                          pummelo, Satsuma mandarin, tangelo,
                                                                          tangor, and other citrus fruit, small
                                                                          transplanted grapefruit, orange, and
                                                                          other citrus trees), corn, cotton,
                                                                          cranberries, figs, grapes, legume
                                                                          vegetables (legume vegetables
                                                                          including adzuki bean, asparagus bean,
                                                                          bean, blackeyed pea, broad bean (dry
                                                                          and succulent), catjang, chickpea,
                                                                          Chinese longbean, cowpea, crowder pea,
                                                                          dwarf pea, edible pod pea, English
                                                                          pea, fava bean, field bean, field pea,
                                                                          garbanzo bean, garden pea, grain
                                                                          lupin, green pea, guar, hyacinth bean,
                                                                          jackbean, kidney bean, lablab bean,
                                                                          lentil, lima bean, moth bean, mung
                                                                          bean, navy bean, pea, pigeon pea,
                                                                          pinto bean, rice bean, runner bean,
                                                                          snap bean, snow pea, English pea,
                                                                          southern pea, sugar snap pea, sweet
                                                                          lupin, sword bean, tepary bean, urd
                                                                          bean, wax bean, white lupin, white
                                                                          sweet lupin, yardlong bean), mint
                                                                          (peppermint and spearmint),
                                                                          nectarines, peaches, almonds, onions,
                                                                          peanuts, pears, sorghum grain (milo),
                                                                          soybeans, strawberries, sugar beets,
                                                                          sunflowers, sweet potatoes, tree
                                                                          fruits (apples, pears, plums, prunes,
                                                                          peaches, nectarines), tree nuts
                                                                          (almonds, filberts, pecans, walnuts),
                                                                          vegetables (rutabaga, broccoli,
                                                                          Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower,
                                                                          Chinese cabbage, collards, kale,
                                                                          kohlrabi, turnips, radishes), wheat,
                                                                          and food processing plants.
                                                                         Nonfood uses: Tobacco.
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               Table 2--Chlorpyrifos Product Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation
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   EPA registration No.                 Product name                      Company            Active ingredients
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228-620...................  Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 2.32% G      NuFarm Americas, Inc.....  Chlorpyrifos.
                             Insecticide.
228-621...................  Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 1.0% MCB     NuFarm Americas, Inc.....  Chlorpyrifos.
                             Insecticide.
228-624...................  Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 4            NuFarm Americas, Inc.....  Chlorpyrifos.
                             Insecticide.
228-625...................  Nufarm Chlorpyrifos SPC 2            NuFarm Americas, Inc.....  Chlorpyrifos.
                             Insecticide.
53883-394.................  CSI 16-150 Chlorpyrifos 42.........  Control Solutions, Inc...  Chlorpyrifos.
53883-407.................  CSI 16-149 Chlorpyrifos 20.........  Control Solutions, Inc...  Chlorpyrifos.
84229-25..................  Chlorpyrifos 4E AG.................  Tide International USA,    Chlorpyrifos.
                                                                  Inc.
84229-26..................  Chlorpyrifos 15G...................  Tide International USA,    Chlorpyrifos.
                                                                  Inc.
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Table 3--Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation or Termination of
                                  Uses
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     EPA company No.                  Company name and address
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228......................  NuFarm, 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy., Ste. 101,
                            Morrisville, NC 27560.
11678....................  ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Ste. 100,
                            Raleigh, NC 27604.
53883....................  Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa Red
                            Bluffs Rd., Pasadena, TX 77507.
66222....................  ADAMA US, 3120 Highwoods Boulevard, Ste. 100,
                            Raleigh, NC 27604.
84229....................  Tide International USA, Inc., Agent Name:
                            Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc., 4110
                            136th Street Ct. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.
85724....................  AAKO B.V., c/o Ceres International, LLC, 1087
                            Heartsease Dr., West Chester, PA 19382.
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III. What is the Agency's authority for taking these actions?

    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 cancelled or amended to terminate one or 
more registered 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.
    Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(B)) requires that 
before acting on a request for voluntary cancellation, EPA must provide 
a 30-day public comment period on the request for voluntary 
cancellation or use termination. In addition, FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C) 
(7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(C)) requires that EPA provide a 180-day comment 
period on a request for voluntary cancellation or termination of any 
minor agricultural use before granting the request, unless:
    1. The registrant requests a waiver of the comment period, or
    2. The EPA Administrator determines that continued use of the 
pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
    The registrants in Table 3 of Unit II have requested that EPA waive 
the 180-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day 
comment period on the proposed requests.

IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request

    Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation or 
withdraw a request for a use termination should submit such withdrawal 
in writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 
If the products have been subject to a previous cancellation action, 
the effective date of cancellation and all other provisions of any 
earlier cancellation action are controlling.

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V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

    Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products 
that are currently in the United States and that were packaged, 
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the 
cancellation action.
    If the requests for voluntary cancellation and amendments to 
terminate uses are granted, the Agency intends to publish a final 
cancellation order in the Federal Register. In any order issued in 
response to these requests for cancellation of product registrations 
and for amendments to terminate uses, EPA proposes to include the 
following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the 
products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II.
    All chlorpyrifos tolerances expired in the Federal Register on 
February 28, 2022 (87 FR 11222) (FRL-5993-05-OCSPP) and in the Federal 
Register on August 31, 2022 (86 FR 48315) (FRL-5993-04-OCSPP). 
Therefore, any food or animal feed treated with chlorpyrifos after 
February 28, 2022, is considered adulterated and cannot be delivered 
into interstate commerce. Consequently, EPA plans to prohibit existing 
stocks of chlorpyrifos products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit 2 
for food uses. Use of the products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit 
II are permitted on non-food use sites, as long as such use is 
consistent with the label. EPA proposes prohibiting all sale and 
distribution of existing stocks of the chlorpyrifos products identified 
in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II, except for export consistent with FIFRA 
section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal in accordance with 
state regulations. In addition, EPA is working with Control Solutions, 
Inc. to develop plans for the return of existing stocks of their 
chlorpyrifos products. EPA will include in the final cancellation order 
terms allowing for distribution consistent with that return program.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Pesticide and pests, Cancellation.

    Dated: April 28, 2023.
Mary Elissa Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide 
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2023-09393 Filed 5-2-23; 8:45 am]
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