Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 2/Tuesday, January 5, 2016/Notices

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Docket Numbers: ER16–650–000. containing the pesticides alachlor, I. General Information Applicants: Arizona Public Service atrazine, fludioxonil, glyphosate, POE A. Does this action apply to me? Company. isooctadecanol, pyrithiobac, quizalofop- Description: Tariff Cancellation: p-ethyl, thiamethoxam, and thiophanate This action is directed to the public Cancellation of Service Agreement No. methyl, and to amend three dodine in general, and may be of interest to a 340 to be effective 2/28/2016. product registrations to terminate use on wide range of stakeholders including Filed Date: 12/29/15. strawberries. The requests would not environmental, human health, and Accession Number: 20151229–5262. terminate the last atrazine, fludioxonil, agricultural advocates; the chemical Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/19/16. glyphosate, POE isooctadecanol, industry; pesticide users; and members Docket Numbers: ER16–651–000. pyrithiobac, quizalofop-p-ethyl, of the public interested in the sale, Applicants: Milo Wind Project, LLC. thiamethoxam, and thiophanate methyl distribution, or use of pesticides. Since Description: Market-Based Triennial products registered for use in the United others also may be interested, the Review Filing: Milo Wind Project States. One request, if granted, would Agency has not attempted to describe all Triennial Filing to be effective 2/28/ terminate the last alachlor products the specific entities that may be affected 2016. registered for use in the United States. by this action. Filed Date: 12/29/15. EPA intends to grant these requests at B. What should I consider as I prepare Accession Number: 20151229–5273. the close of the comment period for this my comments for EPA? Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/29/16. announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this The filings are accessible in the information to EPA through Commission’s eLibrary system by the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark clicking on the links or querying the the part or all of the information that docket number. the registrants withdraw their requests. If these requests are granted, any sale, you claim to be CBI. For CBI Any person desiring to intervene or information in a disk or CD–ROM that protest in any of the above proceedings distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted after the you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the must file in accordance with Rules 211 disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then and 214 of the Commission’s registrations have been cancelled and uses terminated only if such sale, identify electronically within the disk or Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and CD–ROM the specific information that 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order. is claimed as CBI. In addition to one time on the specified comment date. complete version of the comment that Protests may be considered, but DATES: Comments must be received on includes information claimed as CBI, a intervention is necessary to become a or before February 4, 2016. copy of the comment that does not party to the proceeding. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, contain the information claimed as CBI eFiling is encouraged. More detailed identified by docket identification (ID) must be submitted for inclusion in the information relating to filing number EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0741, by public docket. Information so marked requirements, interventions, protests, one of the following methods: will not be disclosed except in service, and qualifying facilities filings • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// accordance with procedures set forth in can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 40 CFR part 2. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 2. Tips for preparing your comments. instructions for submitting comments. other information, call (866) 208–3676 When preparing and submitting your Do not submit electronically any (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. comments, see the commenting tips at information you consider to be http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ Dated: December 29, 2015. Confidential Business Information (CBI) comments.html. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., or other information whose disclosure is Deputy Secretary. restricted by statute. II. Background on the Receipt of [FR Doc. 2015–33122 Filed 1–4–16; 8:45 am] • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Requests To Cancel and/or Amend BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ Registrations To Delete Uses DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. This notice announces receipt by EPA NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. of requests from ADAMA Agricultural ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION • Hand Delivery: To make special Solutions, Gowan Company, Syngenta AGENCY arrangements for hand delivery or Crop Protection, BASF Corporation, and delivery of boxed information, please Monsanto Company to cancel certain [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0741; FRL–9937–07] follow the instructions at http:// product registrations and from Agriphar Notice of Receipt of Requests To www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. S.A. to amend certain registrations to Voluntarily Cancel Pesticide Additional instructions on terminate uses on strawberry. Registrations and Amend commenting or visiting the docket, Alachlor is an herbicide registered for Registrations To Terminate Certain along with more information about on beans, corn, peanuts, sorghum, and Uses dockets generally, is available at soybeans. There are no non-agricultural http://www.epa.gov/dockets. use sites. Atrazine is an herbicide AGENCY: Environmental Protection registered for use on corn, sorghum, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Agency (EPA). sugarcane. In a letter dated October 13, Miguel Zavala, Pesticide Re-Evaluation ACTION: Notice. 2015, Monsanto requested that EPA Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide cancel all alachlor product registrations SUMMARY: In accordance with the Programs, Environmental Protection identified in Table 1 of Unit III. Several Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., of these alachlor products also contain Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone atrazine. Such action would terminate a notice of receipt of requests by the number: (703) 347–0504; email address: the last alachlor pesticide products registrants to voluntarily cancel their [email protected]. registered in the United States, but registrations of certain products SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: would not terminate the last atrazine

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pesticide products registered in the Glyphosate is a non-selective pyrithiobac pesticide products United States. herbicide registered for use on many registered in the United States. Dodine is a fungicide registered for food and non-food crops as well as in Thiophanate methyl is a systemic use on almonds, apples, bananas, non-crop and residential areas. benzimidazole fungicide registered for cherries, nectarines, peaches, peanuts Quizalofop-p-ethyl is a systemic use on row, field and orchard crops, and pecans. There are no non- herbicide registered for use to control greenhouses, nurseries, and for agricultural use sites. In a letter dated annual and perennial weeds in various commercial seed and bulb dip June 22, 2015, Ceres International LLC food/feed and non-food/feed crops. In a treatment. In a letter dated May 19, requested on behalf of Agriphar S.A. letter dated September 23, 2015, 2015, Gowan Company requested that that EPA amend certain registrations Monsanto Company requested that EPA EPA cancel certain thiophanate methyl identified in Table 2 of Unit III to delete cancel one pesticide product product registrations identified in Table the use of dodine on strawberry. This registration containing both glyphosate 1 of Unit III. This action will not request would delete the strawberry use and quizalofop-p-ethyl identified in terminate the last thiophanate methyl site from all dodine product labels Table 1 of Unit III. This action will not pesticide products registered in the registered for use in the United States, terminate the last glyphosate or United States. quizalofop-p-ethyl pesticide products but would not terminate the last dodine III. What action is the Agency taking? pesticide products registered in the registered in the United States. POE isooctadecanol is registered for United States. insect control including mosquitos as a This notice announces receipt by EPA Fludioxonil is a broad spectrum larvicide and pupicide in flooded areas, of requests from registrants to cancel contact fungicide and antimicrobial that swamps, sewage, irrigation and drainage certain product registrations of alachlor, is used on a variety of crops, berries, systems, and other aquatic sites. In atrazine, fludioxonil, glyphosate, POE fruit trees, grasses, herbs, ornamentals, letters dated October 16, 2015, BASF isooctadecanol, pyrithiobac, quizalofop- and residential turf, as a preservative for Corporation requested that EPA cancel p-ethyl, thiamethoxam, and thiophanate mold remediation and other non-food certain POE isooctadecanol product methyl, and terminate uses on uses. Thiamethoxam is a broad registrations identified in Table 1 of strawberries for certain dodine spectrum nitroguanidine insecticide Unit III. This action will not terminate registrations. The affected products and that is registered for use on several the last POE isooctadecanol pesticide the registrants making the requests are agricultural and non-agricultural products registered in the United States. identified in Tables 1–3 of this unit. commodities. In a letter dated Pyrithiobac is a selective pre- and Unless a request is withdrawn by the November 19, 2015, Syngenta requested post-emergent herbicide used to control registrant or if the Agency determines that EPA cancel one pesticide product a variety of broadleaf weeds in cotton that there are substantive comments that registration containing both fludioxonil fields. In a letter dated October 1, 2015, warrant further review of this request, and thiamethoxam identified in Table 1 ADAMA Agricultural Solutions EPA intends to issue an order canceling of Unit III. This action will not requested that EPA cancel one the affected registrations and amending terminate the last fludioxonil or pyrithiobac product registration to terminate certain uses the affected thiamethoxam pesticide products identified in Table 1 of Unit III. This registrations for which the Agency registered in the United States. action will not terminate the last received use termination requests.

TABLE 1—ALACHLOR, ATRAZINE, FLUDIOXONIL, GLYPHOSATE, POE ISOOCTADECANOL, PYRITHIOBAC, QUIZALOFOP-p- ETHYL, THIAMETHOXAM, AND THIOPHANATE METHYL PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH REQUESTS FOR CANCELLATION

Registration No. Product name Active ingredient

100–1249 a ...... Adage Maxim 4FS Twin-Pak ...... Fludioxonil and Thiamethoxam. 524–314 ...... Lasso Herbicide ...... Alachlor. 524–316 ...... Lasso 94% Stabilized Technical ...... Alachlor. 524–329 ...... Lariat Herbicide ...... Alachlor and Atrazine. 524–344 ...... Micro-Tech Herbicide ...... Alachlor. 524–418 ...... Bullet Herbicide ...... Alachlor and Atrazine. 524–523 a ...... MON 78746 Herbicide ...... Glyphosate-isopropylammonium and Quizalofop-p-ethyl. 7969–333 ...... Agnique MMF Mosquito Larvicide & Pupicide POE Isooctadecanol. 7969–334 ...... Agnique MMF–GR Mosquito, Larvicide, & POE Isooctadecanol. Pupicide. 7969–340 ...... Cando Poly Mosquito Film ...... POE Isooctadecanol. 10163–291 a ...... Thiophanate Methyl Technical 98.4 ...... Thiophanate Methyl. 10163–292 a ...... Thiophanate Methyl Technical ...... Thiophanate Methyl. 83558–11 ...... Pyrithiobac-sodium Technical ...... Pyrithiobac-Sodium. a There are no existing stocks of these product registrations and no requests for existing stocks provisions. Therefore, no existing stocks provision will be provided for these product registrations.

TABLE 2—DODINE PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENT TO TERMINATE ONE OR MORE USES

Registration No. Product name Active ingredient Use to be deleted

55260–4 ...... Dodine Technical ...... Dodine ...... Strawberries. 55260–6 ...... Syllit Flow Fungicide ...... Dodine. 55260–11 ...... Syllit 65WG ...... Dodine.

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Table 3 of this unit includes the Table 1 and Table 2 of this unit, in part of the EPA registration numbers of names and addresses of record for the sequence by EPA company number. the products listed in Table 1 and Table registrants of the products listed in This number corresponds to the first 2 of this unit.

TABLE 3—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION AND/OR AMENDMENTS

EPA Company No. Company name and address

100 ...... Syngenta Crop Protections, LLC, 410 Swing Road, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419–8300. 524 ...... Monsanto Company, 1300 I Street NW., Suite 450 East, Washington, DC 20005–7211. 7969 ...... BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, P.O. Box 13528, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709–3528. 10163 ...... Gowan Company, P.O. Box 5569, Yuma, AZ 85366–5569. 55260 ...... Agriphar S.A., 15401 Weston Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513. 83558 ...... ADAMA Celsius Property B.V. Amsterdam (NL), 3120 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27604.

IV. What is the Agency’s authority for VI. Provisions for Disposition of with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) taking this action? Existing Stocks or for proper disposal. Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. Existing stocks are those stocks of Persons other than the registrant will 136d(f)(1)) provides that a registrant of registered pesticide products that are generally be allowed to sell, distribute, a pesticide product may at any time currently in the United States and that or use existing stocks of the affected request that any of its pesticide were packaged, labeled, and released for canceled products until such stocks are registrations be canceled or amended to shipment prior to the effective date of exhausted, provided that such sale, terminate one or more uses. FIFRA the action. If the requests for voluntary distribution, or use is consistent with further provides that, before acting on cancellation and amendments to delete the terms of the previously approved the request, EPA must publish a notice uses are granted, the Agency intends to labeling on, or that accompanied, the of receipt of any such request in the publish the cancellation order in the canceled products. Federal Register. Federal Register. Section 6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. C. For All Products Identified in Table In any order issued in response to 136d(f)(1)(B)) requires that before acting 2 of Unit III these requests for cancellation of on a request for voluntary cancellation, product registrations and for EPA must provide a 30-day public Once EPA has approved product amendments to delete uses, EPA comment period on the request for labels reflecting the requested proposes to include the following voluntary cancellation or use amendments to terminate uses, provisions for the treatment of any termination. In addition, FIFRA section registrants will be permitted to sell or existing stocks of the products listed in 6(f)(1)(C) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)(C)) distribute products under the previously Tables 1 and 2 of Unit III. requires that EPA provide a 180-day approved labeling for a period of 18 comment period on a request for A. For Products 524–523, 10163–291, months after the date of Federal voluntary cancellation or termination of 10163–292, and 100–1249 in Table 1 of Register publication of the cancellation any minor agricultural use before Unit III order, unless other restrictions have granting the request, unless: been imposed. Thereafter, registrants The registrants reported to the Agency 1. The registrants request a waiver of will be prohibited from selling or via written correspondence that there the comment period, or distributing the products whose labels 2. The EPA Administrator determines are no existing stocks of these products. Therefore, no existing stocks provision include the terminated uses identified that continued use of the pesticide in Table 2 of Unit III, except for export would pose an unreasonable adverse was requested by or is needed for these registrants. The registrants will be consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for effect on the environment. proper disposal. The alachlor, atrazine, dodine, prohibited from selling or distributing fludioxonil, glyphosate, pyrithiobac, these products upon cancellation of Persons other than the registrant may POE isooctadecanol, quizalofop-p-ethyl, these products, except for export sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of thiamethoxam, and thiophanate methyl consistent with FIFRA section 17 (7 the products whose labels include the registrants have requested that EPA U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal. terminated uses until supplies are waive the 180-day comment period. B. For All Other Products Identified in exhausted, provided that such sale, Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day Table 1 of Unit III distribution, or use is consistent with comment period on the proposed the terms of the previously approved requests. Because the Agency has identified no labeling on, or that accompanied, the significant potential risk concerns products with the terminated uses. V. Procedures for Withdrawal of associated with these pesticide Requests products, upon cancellation, EPA Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. Registrants who choose to withdraw a anticipates allowing the registrants to Dated: December 23, 2015. request for product cancellation or use sell and distribute existing stocks these Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., deletion should submit the withdrawal products for 1 year after the effective Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, in writing to the person listed under FOR date of the cancellation; i.e., one year Office of Pesticide Programs. FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If the after the date of publication of the [FR Doc. 2015–33179 Filed 1–4–16; 8:45 am] product(s) have been subject to a cancellation order in the Federal previous cancellation action, the Register. Thereafter, registrants will be BILLING CODE 6560–50–P effective date of cancellation and all prohibited from selling or distributing other provisions of any earlier the products identified in Table 1 of cancellation action are controlling. Unit III, except for export consistent

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