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Prodiamine (Sandoz). September 7, 1995. Request to Voluntarily Cancel "Barricade 65WG in Water Soluble Packs." Federal Register.

Note from FAN:
There were several pesticide products included in this Notice. We include only the fluorinated Prodiamine (chemical formula below).

[Federal Register: September 7, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 173)] [Notices]
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>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPP-66216; FRL 4974-6]

Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations

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 registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by December 6, 1995, orders will be issued cancelling all of these registrations.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 #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305-5761; e-mail: hollins.james@epamail.epa.gov.

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 37 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

                      In Water       6-(trifluoromethyl)-1,3- 
                      Soluble Packs            benzenediamine (Note: N3 
                                               = N)                     

Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 90 days of publication of this notice, orders will be issued cancelling all of these registrations.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. Two of the registrations for which voluntary

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cancellation has been requested 000876-0280, Technical Chlordane; 000876-00288, Technical Heptachlor are registrations granted by EPA to Velsicol Chemical Corporation in 1978 for ``export-only''; these particular registrations have never authorized sale or use in the United States. EPA does not believe that ``export-only'' registrations are appropriate under FIFRA, and intends to grant Velsicol's request for voluntary cancellation of these registrations thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. After the registrations are cancelled, EPA will permit continued exports of chlordane and heptachlor only if such exports are consistent with all the requirements of section 17 of FIFRA, including the labeling and purchaser-acknowledgement provisions of section 17(a). 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

   EPA                                                                  
 Company                     Company Name and Address                   
   No.                                                                  

III. Loss of Active Ingredients

Unless the requests for cancellation are withdrawn, one pesticide active ingredient will no longer appear in any registered products. Those who are concerned about the potential loss of this active ingredient for pesticidal use are encouraged to work directly with the registrant to explore the possibility of their withdrawing the request for cancellation. The active ingredient is listed in the following Table 3, with the EPA Company and CAS Number.

Table 3. -- Active Ingredients Which Would Disappear as A Result of

                     Registrants' Requests to Cancel                    

53404-28-7. Dicamba, monoethanolamine salt 004822

IV. 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 December 6, 1995. 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.

V. 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

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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: August 24, 1995.

Frank Sanders,
Director, Program Management and Support Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95-22231 Filed 9-6-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-F