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Propiconazole; Notice of Receipt of Request(s) to Amend to Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations
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[Federal Register: March 8, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 45)]
[Notices]
[Page 11622-11624]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0497; FRL-7764-3]
Propiconazole; Notice of Receipt of Request(s) to Amend to
Terminate Uses of 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
amend their registrations to terminate uses of certain products
containing the pesticide propiconazole. The requests would terminate
propiconazole use in or on apparel, furnishings (except shower
curtains), and carpet fiber. The requests would not terminate the last
propiconazole products registered for use in the U.S. 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 within this period. Upon
acceptance of these requests, any sale, distribution, or use of
products listed in this notice will be permitted 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 April 7, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0497, by one of the following methods:
? http://www.regulations.gov/. 
Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
? Mail: Public Information and Records Integrity Branch
(PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
? Hand Delivery: Public Information and Records Integrity
Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119, Crystal Mall #2, 1801
S. Bell St., Arlington, VA, Attention: Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0497. The docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
docket facility is (703) 305-5805. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2005-0497. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public 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 captured automatically and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the public 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. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/docket.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
regulation.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other information whose disclosure
is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically at
http://www.regulations.gov/ or in hard copy at the Public
Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB) (7502C), Office of
Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. 119,
Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. The docket facility is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the docket facility is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacey Grigsby, Antimicrobials
Division (7510C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-6440; fax number: (703)308-6467; e-
mail address: grigsby.stacey@epa.gov. or Christina Scheltema, Special
Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-2201; fax
number: (703)308-8005; e-mail address: scheltema.christina@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
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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
http://www.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 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 Amend Registrations to
Delete Uses
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. and Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. to amend
product registrations to terminate certain antimicrobial uses of
propiconazole as a material preservative. In letters dated January 27
and January 30, 2006, respectively, Janssen and Syngenta requested the
voluntary termination of certain uses of pesticide product
registrations identified in this notice. Specifically, these
registrants have requested that EPA terminate use of propiconazole on
apparel (including aprons, bibs, dresses, footwear, gloves, gowns,
hosiery, intimate apparel, linings, shirts, sports apparel, and
uniforms); furnishings (except shower curtains) (including blankets,
cloths, curtains, draperies, furniture coverings, linens, mattress and
pillow ticking, mattress pads, and napkins); and carpet fiber. The
registrants are no longer supporting these uses and wish to have them
removed from all product labels. The registrants will be retaining use
of propiconazole in carpet backing, shower curtains, and all other uses
associated with the product registrations listed in Table 1 of Unit III.
III. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from registrants
to amend product registrations to terminate certain uses of
propiconazole product registrations listed above. The affected products
and the registrants making the requests are identified in Tables 1 and
2 of this unit.
Under section 6(f)(1)(A) of FIFRA, registrants may request, at any
time, that their pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to
terminate one or more pesticide uses. 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, section
6(f)(1)(C) of FIFRA 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 Administrator determines that continued use of the pesticide
would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
The propiconazole registrants have requested that EPA waive the
180-day comment period. EPA will provide a 30-day comment period on the
proposed requests.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 30 days of
publication of this notice, or if the Agency determines that there are
substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, an
order will be issued amending the affected product registrations.
Table 1.--Propiconazole Product Registrations with Pending Requests for
Amendment
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Registration No. Product name Company
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43813-16 WOCOSEN 250 EC Janssen
Pharmaceutica
Inc.
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43813-19 WOCOSEN 100 SL Janssen
Pharmaceutica
Inc.
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43813-37 WOCOSEN 500 SL Janssen
Pharmaceutica
Inc.
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43813-41 WOCOSEN 150 EC Janssen
Pharmaceutica
Inc.
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43813-43 WOCOSEN 450 EC Janssen
Pharmaceutica
Inc.
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100-1233 PROPI-Shield Syngenta Crop
Protection Inc.
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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.
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Table 2.--Registrants Requesting Amendments
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EPA Company No. Company name and address
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43813 Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. Plant and Material Protection Division1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road
Titusville, NJ 08560-0200
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100 Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. PO Box 18300 Greensboro, NC 27419-8300
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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.
V. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request and Considerations for
Reregistration of Propiconazole
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for cancellation must
submit such withdrawal in writing to the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked before April 7, 2006. This
written withdrawal of the request for cancellation will apply only to
the applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request listed in this notice. If
the products 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
which are currently in the United States and which were packaged,
labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the
cancellation action. If the request for use termination is granted as
discussed above, the Agency intends to issue a cancellation order that
will allow the registrant to continue to sell and distribute existing
stocks of products bearing old labeling for 18 months after the date of
the use termination order. Persons other than the registrant may
continue to sell and/or use existing stocks of cancelled products until
such stocks are exhausted, provided that such use is consistent with
the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied,
the cancelled product. The order will specifically prohibit any use of
existing stocks that is not consistent with such previously approved
labeling. If, as the Agency currently intends, the final cancellation
order contains the existing stocks provision just described, the order
will be sent only to the affected registrants of the cancelled
products. If the Agency determines that the final cancellation order
should contain existing stocks provisions different than the ones just
described, the Agency will publish the cancellation order in the
Federal Register.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests, Propiconazole.
February 28, 2006.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E6-3228 Filed 3-7-06; 8:45 am]
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