Fenamiphos and Metolachlor; Registered Uses Cancellation Order

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[Federal Register: March 22, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 56)]
[Notices]
[Page 13329-13331]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-66292A; FRL-6823-8]

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the use cancellations as requested by
the companies that hold the registrations of pesticide end-use and
manufacturing-use products containing the active ingredient (a.i.)
fenamiphos and metolachlor and accepted by EPA, pursuant to section
6(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA). This order follows up a September 20, 2001, notice of receipt
of requests for voluntary cancellation of uses. EPA indicated that it
would issue an order confirming the voluntary use cancellations unless
the Agency received any substantive comment within the comment period
that would merit its further review of these requests. Any
distribution, sale, or use of fenamiphos and metolachlor products
labeled for the canceled uses are only permitted in accordance with the
terms of the existing stocks provisions of this cancellation order.

DATES: The cancellations are effective March 22, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Tawanda Spears, telephone
number: (703) 308-8050; e-mail address: spears.tawanda@epa.gov
(Fenamiphos) and Anne Overstreet, telephone number: (703) 308-8068; e-
mail address: overstreet.anne@epa.gov (Metolachlor), Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public in general. You may be
potentially affected by this action if you manufacture, sell,
distribute, or use fenamiphos and/or metolachlor products. The
Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does not apply
because this action is not a rule, for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3).
Since other entities may also 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 Additional Information, Including Copies of this
Document and Other Related Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain electronic copies of this
document, and certain other related documents that might be available
electronically, from the EPA Internet Home Page at http://www.epa.gov/.
To access this

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document, on the Home Page select ``Laws and Regulations,''
``Regulations and Proposed Rules,'' and then look up the entry for this
document under the ``Federal Register--Environmental Documents.'' You
can also go directly to the Federal Register listings at http://
www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
2. In person. The Agency has established an official record for
this action under docket control number OPP-66292A. The official record
consists of the documents specifically referenced in this action, any
public comments received during an applicable comment period, and other
information related to this action, including any information claimed
as Confidential Business Information (CBI). This official record
includes the documents that are physically located in the docket, as
well as the documents that are referenced in those documents. The
public version of the official record does not include any information
claimed as CBI. The public version of the official record, which
includes printed, paper versions of any electronic comments submitted
during an applicable comment period, is available for inspection in the
Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119,
Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA, from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
PIRIB telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

II. Receipt of Requests to Cancel and Amend Registrations to Delete
Uses

A. Background

EPA is publishing a single notice in response to registrants'
requests to delete some uses for fenamiphos and metolachlor from their
labels. (See the table in this unit for specific information regarding
the cancellation requests.)
Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) documents summarize the
findings of EPA's reregistration process for individual chemical cases,
and reflect the Agency's decisions on risk assessment and risk
management for uses of individual pesticides. The metolachlor RED was
issued in April of 1995. However, since the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act
(FQPA) of 1996, the Agency is required to reconsider metolachlor
tolerances consistent with the provisions of the Act. This tolerance
reassessment decision is scheduled to be completed in 2002. In defining
the scope of this review, Syngenta, the metolachlor registrant, has
elected to voluntarily drop certain uses from their manufacturing-use
product label.
For fenamiphos, an organophosphate, a RED has not been issued.
Although the Agency has not yet completed its cumulative risk
assessment for a RED, the Agency is issuing an interim reregistration
eligibility decision (IRED) to inform the public of the Agency's
completion of assessment of risks associated with the active ingredient
fenamiphos alone, any unreasonable adverse effect from the exposure to
fenamiphos, and mitigation measures necessary to eliminate such
unreasonable adverse effects to the environment. When the Agency
completes assessing the cumulative effects of pesticides sharing a
common effect of toxicity with fenamiphos, the Agency will issue a
final decision on the reregistration eligibility of pesticides
containing fenamiphos. As part of this process, Bayer has elected to
delete certain uses from its product labels rather than develop the
data necessary to support reregistration.
In the Federal Register notice published on September 20, 2001 (66
FR 48459) (FRL-6800-3), EPA published a notice of the Agency's receipt
of requests for voluntary cancellation of uses from registrants that
hold the pesticide registrations containing fenamiphos and metolachlor.

B. Requests for Voluntary Cancellation of Registered Uses

Pursuant to section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, the following companies
have submitted a request to amend their end-use and manufacturing-use
product registrations of pesticide products containing fenamiphos and
metolachlor, respectively, to delete the listed uses from the listed
product(s) bearing such use. The registrations, for which amendments to
delete uses were requested, are identified in the following table.

Table 1.--Voluntary Cancellation of Registered Uses
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Chemical PC Code Company/Address Nature of Action Products Affected Comments
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Fenamiphos 100601 Bayer Corp., 8400 Cotton and pineapple 3EC1 Cancel 3EC and 15G on
Hawthorne Rd., P.O. use deletion [3125-283]........... cotton and 15G on
Box 4913, Kansas 15G2................. pineapple
City, MO, 64120-0013 [3125-236]...........
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Metolachlor 108801 Syngenta Crop Stone fruits and 100-587
Protection, Inc., almond use deletion
P.O. Box 18300,
Greensboro, NC 27419-
8300
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1 Nemacur 3 (emulsifiable concentrate - 3 lb a.i./gal)
2 15G: Nemacur 15% (granular formulation - 15% a.i./gal)

In the Federal Register notice, EPA requested public comment on the
voluntary cancellation and use deletion requests, and provided a 30-day
comment period. The registrants requested that the Administrator waive
the 180-day comment period provided under FIFRA section 6(f)(1)(C). No
public comments were submitted to the docket in response to EPA's
request for comments.

III. Cancellation Order

Pursuant to section 6(f) of FIFRA, EPA is approving the requested
use deletions and the requested registration cancellations. The Agency
orders that the registrations of the uses identified in the table are
hereby canceled. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of
the products identified in the table (i.e., products bearing labeling
for the canceled uses) in a manner inconsistent with the terms of this
Order or the Existing Stock Provisions in Unit IV. of this Federal
Register notice will be considered a violation of section 12(a)(2)(K)
of FIFRA and/or section 12(a)(1)(A) of FIFRA.

IV. Existing Stocks Provisions

For purposes of this Order, the term ``existing stocks'' is
defined, pursuant to EPA's existing stocks policy (56 FR 29362, June
26, 1991), as those stocks of

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a registered pesticide product which are currently in the United States
and which have been packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior
to the effective date of the amendment or cancellation. The existing
stocks provisions of this Cancellation Order are as follows:
1. Distribution or sale of manufacturing-use products by
registrants. Distribution or sale by the registrant of the existing
stocks of any product identified in Table 1 will not be lawful under
FIFRA after 12 months from the effective date of the cancellation
order, except for the purposes of shipping such stocks for export
consistent with the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA, or proper
disposal.
2. Distribution or sale of manufacturing-use products byothers.
Distribution or sale by persons other than the registrant of the
existing stocks of any product identified in Table 1 will not be lawful
under FIFRA after 24 months from the effective date of the cancellation
order, except for the purposes of shipping such stocks for export
consistent with the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA, or proper
disposal.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

Dated: March 11, 2002.
Jack E. Housenger,
Acting Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 02-6855 Filed 3-21-02; 8:45 am]
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Fenamiphos and Metolachlor; Registered Uses Cancellation Order

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