[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71021-71022]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29597]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0507; FRL-9327-1]

Formetanate HCl; Amendment to the Use Deletion Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's amendment to the order for the
deletion of uses, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted
by the Agency, of products containing formetanate HCl, pursuant to
section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), as amended. This amendment follows a September 14, 2011
Federal Register Use Deletion Order which approved the voluntary
request by Gowan Company to delete certain uses from Formetanate HCl
product registrations. These are not the last products containing this
pesticide registered for use in the United States. The September 14,
2011 cancellation order allowed the formetanate HCl registrants to sell
and distribute existing stocks of products under the previously
approved labeling until November 30, 2011. The sole technical
registrant for Formetanate HCl, Gowan Company has requested to extend
their sale and distribution deadline by 60 days. The Agency will extend
the deadline for the registrant to sell and distribute existing stocks
until January 31, 2012. This amendment does not affect the deadline of
December 31, 2013 for persons other than the registrant to sell,
distribute, or use existing stocks of products (including those of
(24c) Special Local Needs registrations) whose labels include the
deleted uses.

DATES: The amendment is effective November 16, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Parker, Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
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 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. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0507. Publicly available
docket materials are available either in the electronic docket at
http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the
Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington,
VA. The hours of operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket
Facility telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

II. What action is the agency taking?

    This notice announces the amendment of the final use deletion order
of Formetanate HCl products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These
registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1
of this unit.

               Table 1--Formetanate HCl Products Affected
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         EPA registration No.                     Product name
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10163-264.............................  Formetanate Hydrochloride
                                         Technical.
10163-265.............................  Carzol SP Miticide/Insecticide
                                         in Water Soluble Packaging.
WA010033..............................  Carzol SP Insecticide in Water
                                         Soluble Packaging.
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    Table 2 of this unit includes the name and address of record for
the registrant of the products in Table 1 of this unit. This number
corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the
products listed above.

                 Table 2--Registrant of Amended Products
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            EPA company No.                 Company name and  address
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10163.................................  Gowan Company, P.O. Box 5569,
                                         Yuma, AZ 85366-5569.
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    On September 14, 2011, EPA published a Use Deletion Order (76 FR
56753) (FRL-8888-2). The order prohibited, among other things,
Formetanate HCl registrants to sell and distribute existing stocks of
products under the previously approved labeling after November 30,
2011. In a letter dated September 22, 2011, the Formetanate HCl
registrant, Gowan

Company requested a 60 day extension of the deadline for sales and
distribution.

III. Amended Order

    Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby amends the September 14,
2011 order to allow the formetanate HCl registrants to sell and
distribute existing stocks of products under the previously approved
labeling until January 31, 2012. Thereafter, registrants will be
prohibited from selling or distributing the products identified in
Table 1 of Unit II., whose labels include the deleted uses, except for
export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal. Persons
other than the registrant may sell, distribute, or use existing stocks
of products (including those of (24c) Special Local Needs
registrations) whose labels include the deleted uses until December 31,
2013, provided that such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with
the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied
the deleted uses.

IV. What is the agency's authority for taking this action?

    Section 6(a)(1) of FIFRA provides that the Administrator may permit
the continued sale and use of existing stocks of a pesticide whose
registration is cancelled under this section, or section 3 or 4, to
such extent, under such conditions, and for such uses as the
Administrator determines that such sale or use is not inconsistent with
the purposes of this Act.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: November 2, 2011.
Peter Caulkins,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-29597 Filed 11-15-11; 8:45 am]
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