Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-66189; FRL 4757-4]

Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain

Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a

notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel

certain pesticide registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by May 24, 1994, orders will be

issued cancelling all of these registrations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: James A. Hollins, Office of

Pesticide Programs (7502C), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St.,

SW, Washington, DC 20460. Office location for commercial courier

delivery and telephone number: Room 216, Crystal Mall No. 2, 1921

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 305-5761.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, provides that a pesticide

registrant may, at any time, request that any of its pesticide

registrations be cancelled. The Act further provides that EPA must

publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal Register

before acting on the request.

II. Intent to Cancel

This notice announces receipt by the Agency of requests to cancel

some 21 pesticide products registered under section 3 or 24(c) of

FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration

number (or company number and 24(c) number) in the following Table 1.

Table 1. -- Registrations With Pending Requests for Cancellation

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Registration No. Product Name Chemical Name

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000016-00058....... Dragon 5% Malathion O,O-Dimethyl

000100-00677....... Duet Herbicide 3-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-1-

methoxy-1-methylurea

2-Chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-

methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-

4-methylphenyl)acetamid

000100 MS-92-0007.. Curacron 8E O-(4-Bromo-2-chlorophenyl)

Insecticide-Miticide O-ethyl S-

propylphosphorothioate

000279-01053....... Niagara Malathion 5 EC O,O-Dimethyl

phosphorodithioate of

diethylmercaptosuccinate

000279-02821....... Dimethoate 267 O,O-Dimethyl S-

Systemic Insecticide ((methylcarbamoyl)methyl)p

hosphorodithioate

000279-02945....... Diazinon 4 EC O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-

6-methyl-4-

pyrimidinyl)phosphorothioa

te

000279-02989....... Diazinon 14 Granular O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-

Code 3386 6-methyl-4-

pyrimidinyl)phosphorothioa

te

000279-03037....... Diazinon 50 WP O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-

6-methyl-4-

pyrimidinyl)phosphorothioa

te

000352 FL-78-0051.. Du Pont Benlate Methyl 1-(butylcarbamoyl)-2-

Fungicide Wettable benzimidazolecarbamate

Powder

000352 FL-80-0026.. Du Pont Benlate Methyl 1-(butylcarbamoyl)-2-

Fungicide Wettable benzimidazolecarbamate

Powder

000352 FL-84-0029.. Du Pont Benlate Methyl 1-(butylcarbamoyl)-2-

Fungicide Wettable benzimidazolecarbamate

Powder

000655 NJ-89-0004.. Rotenox 5 EC Rotenone

Cube Resins other than

rotenone

Xylene range aromatic

solvent

005481-00161....... Phosdrin 10.3 2-Carbomethoxy-1-

methylvinyl dimethyl

phosphate, alpha isomer

and related

005905-00228....... Helena Phosdrin 4-E 2-Carbomethoxy-1-

methylvinyl dimethyl

phosphate, alpha isomer

and related

005905-00298....... Helena Phosdrin 2-E 2-Carbomethoxy-1-

methylvinyl dimethyl

phosphate, alpha isomer

and related

008848-00007....... Leader Brand New Super N-Octyl bicycloheptene

25 dicarboximide

O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-

6-methyl-4-

pyrimidinyl)phosphorothioa

te

Aliphatic petroleum

hydrocarbons

(Butylcarbityl)(6-

propylpiperonyl) ether 80%

and related compounds 20%

Pyrethrins

010650-20001....... Mon-O-Clor Sodium hypochlorite

011715-00146....... Better World Gypsy (Butylcarbityl)(6-

Moth Larvae & propylpiperonyl) ether 80%

Japanese Beetle Spray and related compounds 20%

(1-Cyclohexene-1,2-

dicarboximido)methyl 2,2-

dimethyl-3-(2-

methylpropenyl)cycloprop

4-Chloro-alpha-(1-

methylethyl)benzeneacetic

acid,cyano(3-

phenoxyphenyl)methyl

034704-00343....... Clean Crop Phosdrin 2-Carbomethoxy-1-

4.0 Miscible methylvinyl dimethyl

phosphate, alpha isomer

and related

062719-00094....... Balan E.C. N-Butyl-N-ethyl-,,-

trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-p-

toluidin

062719-00114....... Balan L.C. Herbicide N-Butyl-N-ethyl-,,-

trifluoro-2,6-dinitro-p-

toluidin

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Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 90 days of

publication of this notice, orders will be issued cancelling all of

these registrations. Users of these pesticides or anyone else desiring

the retention of a registration should contact the applicable

registrant directly during this 90-day period. The following Table 2

includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the

products in Table 1, in sequence by EPA Company Number.

Table 2. -- Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation

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EPA

Company Company Name and Address

No.

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000016.. Dragon Corp., Box 7311, Roanoke, VA 24019.

000100.. Ciba-Geigy Corp., Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419.

000279.. FMC Corp., ACG Speciality Products, 1735 Market Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103.

000352.. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co, Inc., Barley Mill Plaza,

Walker's Mill, Wilmington, DE 19880.

000655.. Prentiss Inc., C. B. 2000, Floral Park, NY 11002.

005481.. Amvac Chemical Corp., 4100 E. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

90023.

005905.. Helena Chemical Co, 6075 Poplar Ave., Suite 500, Memphis, TN

38119.

008848.. Safeguard Chemical Corp., 806 E. 144 St., Bronx, NY 10454.

010650.. Monarch Chemicals, Inc., 37 Meadow St., Box 176, Utica, NY

13503.

011715.. Speer Products Inc., Box 18993, Memphis, TN 38181.

034704.. Platte Chemical Co., Inc., c/o William M. Mahlburg, Box 667,

Greeley, CO 80632.

062719.. DowElanco, 9330 Zionsville Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46268.

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III. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request

Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must

submit such withdrawal in writing to James A. Hollins, at the address

given above, postmarked before May 24, 1994. This written withdrawal of

the request for cancellation will apply only to the applicable 6(f)(1)

request listed in this notice. If the product(s) have been subject to a

previous cancellation action, the effective date of cancellation and

all other provisions of any earlier cancellation action are

controlling. The withdrawal request must also include a commitment to

pay any reregistration fees due, and to fulfill any applicable

unsatisfied data requirements.

IV. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks

The effective date of cancellation will be the date of the

cancellation order. The orders effecting these requested cancellations

will generally permit a registrant to sell or distribute existing

stocks for 1-year after the date the cancellation request was received.

This policy is in accordance with the Agency's statement of policy as

prescribed in Federal Register No. 123, Vol. 56, dated June 26, 1991.

Exceptions to this general rule will be made if a product poses a risk

concern, or is in noncompliance with reregistration requirements, or is

subject to a data call-in. In all cases, product-specific disposition

dates will be given in the cancellation orders.

Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products

which are currently in the United States and which have been packaged,

labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the

cancellation action. Unless the provisions of an earlier order apply,

existing stocks already in the hands of dealers or users can be

distributed, sold or used legally until they are exhausted, provided

that such further sale and use comply with the EPA-approved label and

labeling of the affected product(s). Exceptions to these general rules

will be made in specific cases when more stringent restrictions on

sale, distribution, or use of the products or their ingredients have

already been imposed, as in Special Review actions, or where the Agency

has identified significant potential risk concerns associated with a

particular chemical.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Product

registrations.

Dated: January 8, 1994.

Douglas D. Campt,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 94-3831 Filed 2-22-94; 8:45 am]

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