[Federal Register: February 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 25)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0340; FRL-8350-1]
Disulfoton; Amendment to and Clarification of Order to Amend
Registration to Terminate Uses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's amendment to and clarification of
the order for the termination of uses, voluntarily requested by the
registrant and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the
pesticide disulfoton, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This
amendment and clarification follows an October 10, 2007 Federal
Register Notice of Order to Amend Registrations to Terminate Uses (72
FR 57571) of disulfoton (Di-Syston 15G) for multiple uses. The October
10, 2007 order and the December 15, 2004, Notice of Receipt of Request
(69 FR 75061) that preceded the order were unclear as to whether the
use of Di-Syston 15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees was terminated,
except for use in the State of North Carolina. In addition, the
registrant had withdrawn its request to terminate use of Di-Syston 15G
on Christmas trees outside of North Carolina during the time allowed
and EPA issued the order without having processed that withdrawal.
Accordingly, EPA hereby is amending the order to clarify that use of
disulfoton on Fraser fir Christmas trees is allowed nationwide.
DATES: This amendment is effective February 6, 2008.
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.
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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-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 the amendment and clarification of the
October 10, 2007 order to amend registrations to terminate uses of
certain end-use disulfoton products registered under section 3 of
FIFRA. The registration number is listed in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 1.--Disulfoton Product Affected
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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 name and address of record for
the registrant of the product in Table 1 of this unit.
Table 2.--Registrant of Amended Disulfoton Product
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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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On December 15, 2004, EPA published a Notice of Receipt of Request
to Voluntarily Terminate Certain Uses (69 FR 75061). That notice
contained the statement: ``The registrant will retain use of Di-Syston
15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees in North Carolina...'' On January 21,
2005, during the allowed timeframe set out in the December 15, 2004
notice, EPA received a withdrawal request from the registrant that
replaced an exclusion from termination for Christmas trees in North
Carolina with an exclusion from termination for Christmas trees
nationwide. EPA did not make note of this withdrawal in its October 10,
2007 order and instead reiterated the statement``The registrant will
retain use of Di-Syston 15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees in North
Carolina'' without mention of how Christmas trees outside of North
Carolina would be affected. Today's action is intended to clarify that
no use of Di-Syston 15G on Fraser fir Christmas trees has been
terminated.
III. Amended Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby amends the October 10,
2007 order to clarify that EPA did not terminate use on Fraser fir
Christmas trees outside of North Carolina of disulfoton registrations
identified in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders
that the use of disulfoton products whose registration is identified in
Table I of Unit II for use on Fraser fir Christmas trees is allowed
nationwide.
IV. 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.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: January 24, 2008.
Steven Bradbury,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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