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[Federal Register: February 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 22)]
[Notices]
[Page 5271-5273]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-66263; FRL 6054-4]
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DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by August 2, 1999, orders will be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, telephone number, and e-mail address: Rm. 216, Crystal Mall
No. 2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (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
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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 34 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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010182-00390........... Flexstar Herbicide 5-(2-Chloro-4-
(trifluoromethyl)phenox
y)-N-(methylsulfonyl)-2-
nitrobenzamide, sodium
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Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 180 days of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 180-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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010182.. Zeneca Ag Products, Box 15458, Wilmington, DE 19850.
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III. Procedures for Withdrawal of Requests
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 August 2, 1999. 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 June 26, 1991, (56 FR 29362) (FRL 3846-
4). 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: January 25, 1999.
Richard D. Schmitt,
Acting Director, Information Resources and Services Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-2552 Filed 2-2-99; 8:45 am]
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