Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption To Use Fomesafen; Solicitation of Public Comment

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-180927; FRL 4767-2]

Receipt of Application for Emergency Exemption To Use Fomesafen;

Solicitation of Public Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific exemption request from the New

York State Department of Environmental Conservation (hereafter referred

to as the ``Applicant'') for use of the pesticide fomesafen (EPA Reg.

No. 10182-83) to control broadleaf weeds on up to 27,950 acres of dry

and snap beans in New York. In accordance with 40 CFR 166.24, EPA is

soliciting public comment before making the decision whether or not to

grant the exemption.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 14, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Three copies of written comments, bearing the identification

notation ``OPP-180927,'' should be submitted by mail to: Public

Response and Human Resource Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C),

Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M

St., SW., Washington, D.C. 20460. In person, bring comments to: Rm.

1128, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.

Information submitted in any comment concerning this notice may be

claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as

``Confidential Business Information.'' Information so marked will not

be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR

part 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain Confidential

Business Information must be provided by the submitter for inclusion in

the public record. Information not marked confidential may be disclosed

publicly by EPA without prior notice. All written comments filed

pursuant to this notice will be available for public inspection in Rm.

1128, Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA,

from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Lawrence Fried, Registration

Division (7505W), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, D.C. 20460. Office

location and telephone number: 6th Floor, Crystal Station I, 2800

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 308-8328.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 18 of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p),

the Administrator may, at her discretion, exempt a State agency from

any registration provision of FIFRA if she determines that emergency

conditions exist which require such exemption.

The Applicant has requested the Administrator to issue a specific

exemption for the use of the herbicide, fomesafen, available as Reflex

2LC (EPA Reg. No. 10182-83) from Zeneca Ag Products, a subsidiary of

ICI Americas Corp., to control broadleaf weeds that cause serious bean

crop yield reductions. Information in accordance with 40 CFR part 166

was submitted as part of this request.

According to the Applicant, infestations of broadleaf weeds have

caused serious yield reductions in dry and snap bean fields in New York

State. Cultural practices and the use of registered alternative

herbicides have proven ineffective in controlling a variety of

broadleaf weed species. Bean crop yields have significantly declined

and the incidence of weed contamination in the final product has

increased steadily since the loss of the herbicide Premerge (dinoseb)

in 1987.

Under the proposed exemption a maximum of one application could be

applied, at a rate of 1.0 to 1.25 pints of Reflex 2LC per acre (0.25 to

0.313 lb. active ingredient per acre). A maximum of 4,374 gallons of

product or 8,748 pounds of active ingredient could be applied in 1994.

Applications would be made between June 1, 1994 and August 31, 1994.

This notice does not constitute a decision by EPA on the

application itself. The regulations governing section 18 require that

the Agency publish notice of receipt in the Federal Register and

solicit public comment on an application for a specific exemption if an

emergency exemption has been requested or granted for that use in any 3

previous years, and a complete application for registration of that use

has not been submitted to the Agency [40 CFR 166.24 (a)(6)]. Exemptions

for the use of fomesafen on snap and dry beans have been requested and

granted for the past 3 years, and an application for registration of

this use has not been submitted to the Agency.

Accordingly, interested persons may submit written views on this

subject to the Field Operations Division at the address above. The

Agency will review and consider all comments received during the

comment period in determining whether to issue the emergency exemption

requested by the New York State Department of Environmental

Conservation.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Crisis exemptions.

Dated: March 15, 1994.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-60051; FRL-4768-3]

Intent To Suspend Certain Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of issuance of notices of intent to suspend.

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SUMMARY: This notice, pursuant to section 6 (f)(2) of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136 et

seq., announces that EPA has issued Notice(s) of Intent to Suspend

pursuant to section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA. The notice(s) were issued

following issuance of Data Call-In Notice(s) by the Agency and the

failure of registrant(s) subject to the Data Call-In Notice(s) to take

appropriate steps to secure the data required to be submitted to the

Agency. This notice includes the text of a Notice of Intent to Suspend,

absent specific chemical, product, or factual information. Table A of

this notice further identifies the registrant(s) to whom the Notice(s)

of Intent to Suspend were issued, the date each Notice of Intent to

Suspend was issued, the active ingredient(s) involved, and the EPA

registration number(s) and name(s) of the registered product(s) which

are affected by the Notice(s) of Intent to Suspend. Moreover, Table B

of this notice identifies the basis upon which the Notice(s) of Intent

to Suspend were issued. Finally, matters pertaining to the timing of

requests for hearing are specified in the Notice(s) of Intent to

Suspend and are governed by the deadlines specified in section

3(c)(2)(B). As required by section 6(f)(2), the Notice(s) of Intent to

Suspend were sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each

affected registrant at its address of record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Banks-Waller, Office of

Compliance Monitoring (7204), Laboratory Data Integrity Assurance

Division, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460, (703) 308-8251.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Text of a Notice of Intent To Suspend

The text of a Notice of Intent to Suspend, absent specific

chemical, product, or factual information, follows:

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances

Washington, DC 20460

Certified Mail

Return Receipt Requested

SUBJECT: Suspension of Registration of Pesticide Product(s)

Containing ________________ for Failure to Comply with the

3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In Notice for ______________ Dated

________________.

Dear Sir/Madam:

This letter gives you notice that the pesticide product

registration(s) listed in Attachment I will be suspended 30 days from

your receipt of this letter unless you take steps within that time to

prevent this Notice from automatically becoming a final and effective

order of suspension. The Agency's authority for suspending the

registration(s) of your product(s) is section 3(c)(2)(B) of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Upon becoming a

final and effective order of suspension, any violation of the order

will be an unlawful act under section 12(a)(2)(J) of FIFRA.

You are receiving this Notice of Intent to Suspend because you have

failed to comply with the terms of the 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In Notice.

The specific basis for issuance of this Notice is stated in the

Explanatory Appendix (Attachment III) to this Notice. Affected

product(s) and the requirement(s) which you failed to satisfy are

listed and described in the following three attachments:

Attachment I Suspension Report - Product List

Attachment II Suspension Report - Requirement List

Attachment III Suspension Report - Explanatory Appendix

The suspension of the registration of each product listed in

Attachment I will become final unless at least one of the following

actions is completed.

1. You may avoid suspension under this Notice if you or another

person adversely affected by this Notice properly request a hearing

within 30 days of your receipt of this Notice. If you request a

hearing, it will be conducted in accordance with the requirements of

section 6(d) of FIFRA and the Agency's procedural regulations in 40 CFR

part 164.

Section 3(c)(2)(B), however, provides that the only allowable

issues which may be addressed at the hearing are whether you have

failed to take the actions which are the bases of this Notice and

whether the Agency's decision regarding the disposition of existing

stocks is consistent with FIFRA. Therefore, no substantive allegation

or legal argument concerning other issues, including but not limited to

the Agency's original decision to require the submission of data or

other information, the need for or utility of any of the required data

or other information or deadlines imposed, and the risks and benefits

associated with continued registration of the affected product, may be

considered in the proceeding. The Administrative Law Judge shall by

order dismiss any objections which have no bearing on the allowable

issues which may be considered in the proceeding.

Section 3(c)(2)(B)(iv) of FIFRA provides that any hearing must be

held and a determination issued within 75 days after receipt of a

hearing request. This 75-day period may not be extended unless all

parties in the proceeding stipulate to such an extension. If a hearing

is properly requested, the Agency will issue a final order at the

conclusion of the hearing governing the suspension of your product(s).

A request for a hearing pursuant to this Notice must (1) include

specific objections which pertain to the allowable issues which may be

heard at the hearing, (2) identify the registration(s) for which a

hearing is requested, and (3) set forth all necessary supporting facts

pertaining to any of the objections which you have identified in your

request for a hearing. If a hearing is requested by any person other

than the registrant, that person must also state specifically why he

asserts that he would be adversely affected by the suspension action

described in this Notice. Three copies of the request must be submitted

to: Hearing Clerk, A-110, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M

St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, and an additional copy should be sent

to the signatory listed below. The request must be received by the

Hearing Clerk by the 30th day from your receipt of this Notice in order

to be legally effective. The 30-day time limit is established by FIFRA

and cannot be extended for any reason. Failure to meet the 30-day time

limit will result in automatic suspension of your registration(s) by

operation of law and, under such circumstances, the suspension of the

registration for your affected product(s) will be final and effective

at the close of business 30 days after your receipt of this Notice and

will not be subject to further administrative review.

The Agency's Rules of Practice at 40 CFR 164.7 forbid anyone who

may take part in deciding this case, at any stage of the proceeding,

from discussing the merits of the proceeding ex parte with any party or

with any person who has been connected with the preparation or

presentation of the proceeding as an advocate or in any investigative

or expert capacity, or with any of their representatives. Accordingly,

the following EPA offices, and the staffs thereof, are designated as

judicial staff to perform the judicial function of EPA in any

administrative hearings on this Notice of Intent to Suspend: The Office

of the Administrative Law Judges, the Office of the Judicial Officer,

the Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, and the members of the

staff in the immediate offices of the Administrator and Deputy

Administrator. None of the persons designated as the judicial staff

shall have any ex parte communication with trial staff or any other

interested person not employed by EPA on the merits of any of the

issues involved in this proceeding, without fully complying with the

applicable regulations.

2. You may also avoid suspension if, within 30 days of your receipt

of this Notice, the Agency determines that you have taken appropriate

steps to comply with the section 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In Notice. In

order to avoid suspension under this option, you must satisfactorily

comply with Attachment II, Requirement List, for each product by

submitting all required supporting data/information described in

Attachment II and in the Explanatory Appendix (Attachment III) to the

following address (preferably by certified mail):

Office of Compliance Monitoring (7204), Laboratory Data Integrity

Assurance Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St.,

SW., Washington, DC 20460.

For you to avoid automatic suspension under this Notice, the Agency

must also determine within the applicable 30-day period that you have

satisfied the requirement(s) that are the bases of this Notice and so

notify you in writing. You should submit the necessary data/information

as quickly as possible for there to be any chance the Agency will be

able to make the necessary determination in time to avoid suspension of

your product(s).

The suspension of the registration(s) of your company's product(s)

pursuant to this Notice will be rescinded when the Agency determines

you have complied fully with the requirements which were the bases of

this Notice. Such compliance may only be achieved by submission of the

data/information described in the attachments to the signatory below.

Your product will remain suspended, however, until the Agency

determines you are in compliance with the requirements which are the

bases of this Notice and so informs you in writing.

After the suspension becomes final and effective, the registrant

subject to this Notice, including all supplemental registrants of

product(s) listed in Attachment I, may not legally distribute, sell,

use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or

receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any

person, the product(s) listed in Attachment I.

Persons other than the registrant subject to this Notice, as

defined in the preceding sentence, may continue to distribute, sell,

use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or

receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any

person, the product(s) listed in Attachment I.

Nothing in this Notice authorizes any person to distribute, sell,

use, offer for sale, hold for sale, ship, deliver for shipment, or

receive and (having so received) deliver or offer to deliver, to any

person, the product(s) listed in Attachment I in any manner which would

have been unlawful prior to the suspension.

If the registration(s) of your product(s) listed in Attachment I

are currently suspended as a result of failure to comply with another

section 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-In Notice or Section 4 Data Requirement

Notice, this Notice, when it becomes a final and effective order of

suspension, will be in addition to any existing suspension, i.e., all

requirements which are the bases of the suspension must be satisfied

before the registration will be reinstated.

You are reminded that it is your responsibility as the basic

registrant to notify all supplementary registered distributors of your

basic registered product that this suspension action also applies to

their supplementary registered product(s) and that you may be held

liable for violations committed by your distributors.

If you have any questions about the requirements and procedures set

forth in this suspension notice or in the subject 3(c)(2)(B) Data Call-

In Notice, please contact Dawn Banks-Waller at (703) 308-8251.

Sincerely yours,

Director, Office of Compliance Monitoring

Attachments:

Attachment I - Product List

Attachment II - Requirement List

Attachment III - Explanatory Appendix

II. Registrant(s) Receiving and Affected by Notice(s) of Intent To

Suspend; Date of Issuance; Active Ingredient and Product(s)

Affected

A letter of notification has been sent for the following

product(s):

Table A.--Product List

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EPA Registration

Registrant Affected Number Active Ingredient Name of Product Date Issued

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Makhteshim Chemical Works 01167800018 Folpet Folpan Folpet Technical 2/4/94

Ltd.

Makhteshim-Agan of North 06622200007 Folpet Farmrite Phaltan 50-W 2/4/94

America Inc.

O.M. Scott & Sons Company 00053800066 Benomyl Scotts Proturf 28-0-7 3/8/94

Fertilizer Plus

Fungicide

00053800132 Benomyl Scotts Proturf Dsb 3/8/94

Fungicide

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III. Basis for Issuance of Notice of Intent; Requirement List

The following registrant(s) failed to submit the following required

data or information:

Table B.--Requirement List

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Guideline

Active Ingredient Registrant Affected Requirement Name Reference Original

Number Due-Date

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Benomyl O.M. Scott & Sons Company 90-Day Response 11/18/92

Folpet Makhteshim Chemical Works Nature of Residue - Plants 171-4(a) 11/24/93

Ltd

Residue Analytical Method - 171-4(c) 11/24/93

Plants

Storage Stability 11/24/93

Crop Field Trials 171-4(k) 11/24/93

Makhteshim-Agan Of North Nature of Residue - Plants 171-4(a) 11/24/93

America Inc

Residue Analytical Method - 171-4(c) 11/24/93

Plants

Storage Stability 171-4(e) 11/24/93

Crop Field Trials 171-4(k) 11/24/93

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IV. Attachment III Suspension Report--Explanatory Appendix

A discussion of the basis for the Notice of Intent to Suspend

follows:

A. Benomyl

On June 16, 1992, EPA issued a Data Call-In Notice (DCI) under

authority of FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) which required registrants of

products containing benomyl used as an active ingredient to develop and

submit data. These data were determined to be necessary to maintain the

continued registration of affected products. Failure to comply with the

requirements of a Data Call-In Notice is a basis for suspension under

section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA.

The Benomyl Data Call-In Notice dated June 16, 1992, required each

affected registrant to submit materials relating to the election of the

options to address each of the data requirements. That submission was

required to be received by the Agency within 90 days of the

registrant's receipt of the Notice. Because the Agency has not received

a response from you as a benomyl registrant to undertake the required

testing or any other appropriate response, the Agency is initiating

through this Notice of Intent to Suspend the actions which FIFRA

requires it to take under these circumstances.

B. Folpet

On June 25, 1987, EPA issued a Registration Standard which included

a Data Call-In Notice (DCI) under authority of FIFRA section

(3)(c)(2)(B) which required registrants of products containing folpet

used as an active ingredient to develop and submit data. These data

were determined to be necessary to maintain the continued registration

of affected products. Failure to comply with the data requirements of a

Registration Standard is a basis for suspension under section

(3)(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA.

In a letter dated August 18, 1992, EPA notified the registrant of

the Agency's determination that the submitted data pertaining to plant

metabolism, analytical methods, storage stability and the magnitude of

folpet residues in or on avocado fruit were inadequate and must be

repeated. The letter imposed protocol and study due dates. The protocol

was required to be submitted within 45 days and the studies were

required to be submitted within 15 months of receipt of the August 18

letter.

In a September 21, 1992 letter, the registrant requested a time

extension on the basis that the studies could not be done within the 15

month time- frame unless the nature of residue for folpet on avocados

was defined to be folpet and phthalimide. On November 16, 1992, the

Agency responded that the 15 months that it provided for the registrant

to complete the studies was an adequate amount of time since the

analytical methods for folpet and phthalimide have been available for

many years. In the November 16 letter, the Agency also stated that the

crop field trial samples should be retained for further analysis should

new metabolites of concern other than folpet and phthalimide be

identified. Therefore, the letter denied the extension request and

maintained the November 24, 1993 due date.

The Agency was not notified during the 15 months provided to

generate these studies (other than the initial time extension request

in September 1992) that the data would not be submitted on time. To

date, the registrant has failed to satisfy these data requirements in a

timely or adequate manner. Because you have failed to satisfy the

residue chemistry requirements for avocados listed in Attachment II,

the Agency is issuing this Notice of Intent to Suspend.

V. Conclusions

EPA has issued Notice(s) of Intent to Suspend on the dates

indicated. Any further information regarding the Notice(s) may be

obtained from the contact person noted above.

Dated: March 22, 1994.

Connie S. Musgrove,

Acting Director, Office of Compliance Monitoring.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-66191; FRL 4765-5]

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 June 28, 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

Street 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 24 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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000230-00059....... CDB Blend 1 Oz. Trichloro-s-triazinetrione

000230-00078....... Olin 40% CDB Clearon Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

dihydrate

000279-01431....... Methyl Parathion 5.0 O,O-Dimethyl O-p-

Miscible nitrophenyl

phosphorothioate

000279-02669....... Methyl Parathion 25 WP O,O-Dimethyl O-p-

nitrophenyl

phosphorothioate

001258-00893....... Olin Technical Trichloro-s-triazinetrione

Trichloroisocyanurate

001258-01105....... CDB Clearon Tablets - Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

1 dihydrate

001258-01106....... CDB Clearon Tablets - Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

2 dihydrate

001258-01107....... CDB Clearon Tablets - Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

3 dihydrate

001258-01137....... CDB - 63 (2 Gram) Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

Tablets dihydrate

001258-01138....... CDB - 63 (5 Gram) Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

Tablets dihydrate

001258-01139....... CDB - 63 (10 Gram) Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

Tablets dihydrate

001258-01176....... CDB Clearon Teeny Tiny Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

Tablets dihydrate

004170-00044....... RA/25 O,O-Diethyl O-(3,5,6-

trichloro-2-pyridyl)

phosphorothioate

(Butylcarbityl)(6-

propylpiperonyl) ether 80%

and related compounds 20%

Pyrethrins

004170-00050....... WB-366 Residual O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-

Insecticide Spray 6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl)

phosphorothioate

(Butylcarbityl)(6-

propylpiperonyl) ether 80%

and related compounds 20%

Pyrethrins

004170-00060....... WB/365 General Purpose (Butylcarbityl)(6-

Insecticide propylpiperonyl) ether 80%

and related compounds 20%

Pyrethrins

006199-00004....... PDIC (Potassium Potassium dichloro-s-

Dichloro Iso triazinetrione

Cyanurate) Granular

59% Av

007501-00093....... Gustafson Captan Methoxychlor (2,2-bis(p-

Methoxychlor 75-5 methoxyphenyl)-1,1,1-

Seed Protectant trichloroethane)

cis-N-Trichloromethylthio-4-

cyclohexene-1,2-

dicarboximide

009157-00006....... Pool Chlorinating Trichloro-s-triazinetrione

Concentrated Tablets

009157-00017....... Sun Spot-Out Trichloro-s-triazinetrione

009157-00031....... Sun Granular Sodium dichloroisocyanurate

Stabilized Spa dihydrate

Chlorinating

Concentrate

009779-00211....... Diazinon 4SP O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-

6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl)

phosphorothioate

010182-00013....... Granular P.D.I.C. Potassium dichloro-s-

(Potassium triazinetrione

Dichloroisocyanurate)

014775-00018....... Diazinon AG 50 O,O-Diethyl O-(2-isopropyl-

Insecticide 6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl)

phosphorothioate

034704-00713....... Webfoot Moss Killer Ferrous sulfate

and Lawn Food 6-0-0 heptahydrate

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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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000230.. Olin Corp., CDB Products, 120 Long Ridge Rd., Stamford, CT

06904.

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

Philadelphia, PA 19103.

001258.. Olin Corp., Box 586, Cheshire, CT 06410.

004170.. Betco Corp., Box 3127, Toledo, OH 43607.

006199.. Zeneca Inc., 1800 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19897.

007501.. Gustafson, Inc., Box 660065, Dallas, TX 75266.

009157.. Olin Corp., Box 586, Cheshire, CT 06410.

009779.. Riverside/Terra Corp., 600 Fourth St., Sioux City, IA 51101.

010182.. Zeneca Inc., 1800 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19897.

014775.. Asgrow Florida Co., 4144 Hwy 39 N, Plant City, FL 33565.

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

Greeley, CO 80632.

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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 June 28, 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: March 17, 1994.

Douglas D. Campt,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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