[Federal Register: October 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 195)]
[Notices]
[Page 57571-57572]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0340; FRL-8151-8]
Disulfoton; Order to Amend Registrations to Terminate Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation,
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of
certain products containing the pesticide disulfoton, pursuant to
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This termination order follows a December 15,
2004 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request (69 FR 75061) (FRL-
7689-8) from the disulfoton registrant to voluntarily terminate the
following uses of their 15% granular formulation of disulfoton (Di-
Syston 15G): beans, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cotton,
peanuts, peppers, radish grown for seed, and clover grown for seed. Di-
Syston 15G is not the last disulfoton product registered for use in the
United States. The registrant will retain use of Di-Syston 15G on
Fraser fir Christmas trees in North Carolina and coffee trees in Puerto
Rico, provided it is used with a closed system applicator. The
registrant will retain the registration of Di-Syston 8E, the liquid
emulsifiable concentrate, which must also be used with closed system
applicators. In the December 15, 2004 notice, EPA indicated that it
would issue an order implementing the amendments to terminate the
subject uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within
the 180 day comment period that would merit its further review of these
requests, or unless the registrant withdrew their request within this
period. The Agency received comments on the notice but none merited its
further review of the requests. The registrant did not withdraw their
request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation
order granting the requested Voluntary Termination of Certain Uses. Any
distribution, sale, or use of the Di-Syston 15G products subject to
this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms
of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
DATES: The use terminations are effective October 10, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Miederhoff, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8028; fax
number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: miederhoff.eric@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.
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-2004-0340. 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?
This notice announces an amendment to terminate uses, as requested
by registrants, of certain end-use disulfoton products registered under
section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by
registration number in Table 1 of this unit.
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Table 1.-- Disulfoton Product Reregistrations Affected by Amendment to
Terminate Uses
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EPA Registration Number Product Name
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264-723 Di-Syston 15G
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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 and/or Amended Disulfton Products
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EPA Company Number Company Name and Address
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264 Bayer CropSciences, 2 T.W.
Alexander Drive, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709
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III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to
Comments
During the public comment period, EPA received two comments on the
December 15, 2004 Notice. One comment requested cancellation of the use
of Di-Syston 15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees in North Carolina and
coffee trees in Puerto Rico. However, the comment did not contest any
specific aspect of the Agency's evaluation of these uses. A second
comment protested the cancellation of Di-Syston 15G usage on winter
wheat. However, the December 15, 2004 Notice did not list winter wheat
among the uses for voluntary termination. The 2002 disulfoton RED
stipulated that Di-Syston 15G wheat usage would be phased out by 2005.
The Agency will evaluate this comment and publish the results in a
separate Federal Register entry. For these reasons, the Agency does not
believe that the comments submitted during the comment period merit
further review or a denial of the requests for voluntary cancellation.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested
use terminations of disulfoton registrations identified in Table 1.
Accordingly, the Agency orders that the disulfoton product
registrations identified in Table 1 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 Table 1 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.
The Agency will allow the continued sale and/or use of existing
stocks of cancelled products until such stocks are exhausted, provided
that such use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved
labeling on, or that accompanied, the cancelled product.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: September 26, 2007.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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