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Metam Sodium, Metam Potassium and Chloropicrin; Notice of Receiptof Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain PesticideRegistrations

Released : Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:35 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
Notice.
Citation: "73 FR 49196"
Document Number: "EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0536; FRL-8377-5"
Page Number: "49196"
"Notices"
SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the FederalInsecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended,EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendments byregistrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations.Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticideproduct may at any time request that any of its pesticideregistrations be amended to delete one or more uses. FIFRA furtherprovides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish anotice of receipt of any request in the Federal Register.
DATES: The deletions are effective February 17, 2009, unless theAgency receives a written withdrawal request on or before February17, 2009. The Agency will consider a withdrawal request postmarkedno later than February 17, 2009.
Users of these products who desire continued use on crops orsites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on orbefore February 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal request, identified by docketidentification (ID) and chemical name for the pesticide ofinterest, as shown in the table below, by one of the followingmethods:
* Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory PublicDocket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 PennsylvaniaAve., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
* Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), EnvironmentalProtection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only accepted duringthe Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special arrangementsshould be made for deliveries of boxed information. The DocketFacility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For metam sodium, metam potassium and MITC,(EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0125) contact Heather Garvie, AntimicrobialsDivision (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, EnvironmentalProtection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0034; e-mail address:garvie.heather@epa.gov.
For chloropicrin, (EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0350) contact Andrea Carone,Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office ofPesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephonenumber: (703) 308-0122; e-mail address: carone.andrea@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public in general. Although thisaction may be of particular interest to persons who produce or usepesticides, the Agency has not attempted to describe all thespecific entities that may be affected by this action. If you haveany questions regarding the information in this notice, consult theperson listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other RelatedInformation?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action underdocket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0125 for metam sodium, metampotassium and MITC; and EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0350 for chloropicrin.Publicly available docket materials are available either in theelectronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if onlyavailable in hard copy, at the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (SouthBldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of operationof this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facilitytelephone number is (703) 305-5805.
2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Registerdocument electronically through the EPA Internet under the "FederalRegister " listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications fromregistrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations.These registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit byregistration number, product name, active ingredient, and specificuses deleted:






Users of these products who desire continued use on crops orsites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant beforeFebruary 17, 2009 to discuss withdrawal of the application foramendment. This 180-day period will also permit interested membersof the public to intercede with registrants prior to the Agency'sapproval of the deletion.
Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of recordfor all registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit,in sequence by EPA company number.






III. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of apesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticideregistrations be amended to delete one or more uses. The FIFRAfurther provides that, before acting on the request, EPA mustpublish a notice of receipt of any such request in the FederalRegister. Thereafter, the Administrator may approve such a request.
IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request
Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use deletionmust submit the withdrawal in writing to Heather Garvie (for metamsodium, metam potassium and MITC) or Andrea Carone (forchloropicrin) using the methods in ADDRESSES. The Agency willconsider written withdrawal requests postmarked no later thanFebruary 17, 2009.
V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
The Agency has authorized the registrants to sell or distributeproduct under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18months after approval of the revision, unless other restrictionshave been imposed, as in special review actions.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: August 13, 2008.
Debra Edwards,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E8-19305 Filed 8-19-08; 8:45 am]
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