Rotenone; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Pesticide Registrations

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Federal RegisterJul 28, 2010
75 Fed. Reg. 44256 (Jul. 28, 2010)

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

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 the registrants to voluntarily cancel their rotenone registrations. The requests would not terminate the last rotenone products registered for use in the United States. 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 of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the registration has been cancelled 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 August 27, 2010.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0494, by one of the following methods:

  • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
  • Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
  • Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0494. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at http://www.regulations.gov , including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-mail. The regulations.gov website is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.

Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index available at http://www.regulations.gov . Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. 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 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Veronica Dutch, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8585; e-mail address: dutch.veronica@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. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or e-mail. 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 submitting comments, remember to:

i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes.

iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/or data that you used.

v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced.

vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives.

vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats.

viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified.

II. Background on the Receipt of Requests to Cancel

This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants to cancel rotenone product registrations. Rotenone is an insecticide/miticide/piscicide used to control flying and crawling insects and invasive fish. In letters received by the Agency, the registrants requested EPA to cancel affected pesticide product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit III. Specifically, the registrants have requested voluntary cancellation of products containing rotenone. The registrants' requests will not terminate the last rotenone product registered in the United States.

III. What Action is the Agency Taking?

This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants to cancel 16 rotenone product registrations. The affected products and the registrants making the requests are identified in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit, respectively.

Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant or if the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, EPA intends to issue an order canceling the affected registrations.

Table 1.—Rotenone Product Registrations with Pending Requests for Cancellation

Registration Number Product Name Chemical Name(s)
000004-00017 Rotenone 1.0% Dust Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
000004-00224 Rotenone 5% Insect Control Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
000004-00315 Bonide Liquid Rotenone/Pyrethrins Spray Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
000004-00404 Bonide Garden Rotenone Dust Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
000004-00423 Bonide Rotenone Garden Dust or Spray Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
000270-00275 Equi-Dust Cube Resins other than rotenone Pyrethrins Rotenone
000769-00414 Powdered Cube Piperonyl butoxide Pyrethrins Rotenone
000769-00857 Science Red Arrow Insect Spray Piperonyl butoxide Cube Resins other than rotenone Pyrethrins Rotenone
000869-00186 Green Light Rotenone Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
002217-00145 Garden Protector Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
008660-00050 1% Rotenone Garden Dust Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
028293-00042 Unicorn Ear Mite Control Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
030573-00002 Pyrellin E.C. Cube Resins other than rotenone Pyrethrins Rotenone
033955-00270 Acme 1% Rotenone Garden Guard Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone
034911-00021 Hi-Yield Rotenone 100 Insecticide Dust Rotenone
047000-00026 Pet Dust Cube Resins other than rotenone Rotenone

Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for the registrants of the products listed in Table 1 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 Table 1 of this unit.

Table 2.—Registrants Requesting Voluntary Cancellation

Company Number Company Name and Address
4 Bonide Products, Inc. P.O. Box 1019 Salem, VA 24153-3805
270 Farnam Companies, Inc. 301 West Osborn Road Phoenix, AZ 85013
769 Value Gardens Supply, LLC P.O. Box 585 Saint Joseph, MO 64502
869 Green Light Company 1600 Riviera Avenue, Suite 200 Walnut Creek, CA 94596
2217 PBI/Gordon Corp. 1217 West 12th St. P.O. Box 014090 Kansas City, MO 64101-0090
8660 United Industries Corporation P.O. Box 142642 St. Louis, MO 63114-0642
28293 Phaeton Corporation P.O. Box 1019 Salem, VA 24153
30573 Wright Webb Corporation P.O. Box 1572 Fort Myers, FL 33902
33955 PBI/Gordon Corp 1217 West 12th. St. P.O. Box 014090 Kansas City, MO 64101-0090
34911 Hi-Yield Chemical Company 6860 N. Dallas Pkwy., Suite 200 Plano, TX 75024
47000 Chem-Tech, LTD. 4515 Fleur Dr. #303 Des Moines, IA 50321

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.

Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA 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) 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 registrants request 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 rotenone registrants have requested that EPA waive the 180-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the proposed requests.

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests

Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for product cancellation or use deletion should submit the withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the products(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.

VI. 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 action. If the requests for voluntary cancellation are granted, the Agency intends to publish the cancellation order in the Federal Register.

In any order issued in response to these requests for cancellation of product registrations, EPA proposes to include the following provisions for the treatment of any existing stocks of the products listed in Table 1 of Unit III.

Because the Agency has potential risk concerns associated with these pesticide products, upon cancellation of the products identified in Table 1 of Unit III., EPA anticipates allowing registrants to sell and distribute existing stocks of these products until May 2011. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides identified in Table 1 of Unit III., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal. Persons other than registrants will generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks until May 2011.

List of Subjects

  • Environmental protection
  • Pesticides and pests

Dated: June 10, 2010.

Richard P. Keigwin,

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 2010-18377 Filed 7-27-10; 8:45 am]

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