74 FR 188 pgs. 50187-50194 - Organic Arsenicals; Product Cancellation Order and Amendments to Terminate Uses
Type: NOTICEVolume: 74Number: 188Pages: 50187 - 50194
Docket number: [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0191; FRL-8437-7]
FR document: FR Doc. E9-23319 Filed 9-29-09; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0191; FRL-8437-7]
Organic Arsenicals; Product Cancellation Order and Amendments to Terminate Uses
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the pesticide organic arsenicals, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a July 8, 2009 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the organic arsenical registrants to voluntarily cancel or amend to terminate uses of their organic arsenical product registrations.
DATES:
The cancellations are effective September 30, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tom Myers, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8589; fax number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: myers.tom@epa.gov .
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?
1. Docket . EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0191. 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 (703) 305-5805.
2. Electronic access . You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the " Federal Register " listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr .
II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
The organic arsenicals include the pesticides monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA), disodium methanearsonate (DSMA), calcium acid methanearsonate (CAMA), and cacodylic acid and its sodium salt. The requests terminate the following uses of MSMA: Residential; forestry; non-bearing fruit and nuts; citrus, bearing and non-bearing; bluegrass, fescue and ryegrass grown for seed; drainage ditch banks; railroad, pipeline, and utility rights of way; fence rows; storage yards; and similar non-crop areas. In addition, the requests terminate all uses of MSMA in Florida except for use on cotton grown in Calhoun, Columbia, Escambia, Gadsden, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Walton, and Washington counties. The requests would not terminate the last MSMA products registered for use in the United States. These requests for voluntary cancellation and amendment of MSMA containing products are the result of an agreement in principle signed by the EPA and the technical registrants of the organic arsenicals on January 16 and February 5, 2009. The registrants have requested voluntary cancellation of all products containing DSMA, CAMA, cacodylic acid and its sodium salt in accordance with the agreement. The requests would terminate the last DSMA, CAMA, and cacodylic acid and its sodium salt products registered for use in the United States. In the July 8, 2009 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations and amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrant(s) withdrew their request(s) within this period. The Agency received comments on the notice but none merited its further review of the requests. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the organic arsenical products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
This notice announces the cancellation and amendments to terminate uses, as requested by registrants, of end-use and manufacturing-use organic arsenical products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
| Registration Number | Product Name | Chemical Name |
|---|---|---|
| 239-2510 | Ortho Crabgrass Killer Formula II | CAMA |
| 239-2572 | Ortho Crabgrass Killer Spray | CAMA |
| 538-10 | Scotts Summer Crabgrass Control | DSMA |
| 538-169 | Scotts Spot Grass and Weed Control | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 538-178 | Scotts Post Emergent Crabgrass Control | MSMA |
| 769-635 | SMCP MSMA 70W Liquid MSMA Plus Surfactant | MSMA |
| 769-636 | SMCP MSMA 70 Liquid | MSMA |
| 769-637 | SMCP MSMA 6.66 | MSMA |
| 769-664 | X-CEL Veg Kil | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 769-705 | SMCP MSMA HC 8 Liquid High Concentrate | MSMA |
| 769-916 | Science Grass Weed Top-Killer | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 769-975 | Liquid Edger Herbicide | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 869-175 | Green Light Liquid Edger | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 869-243 | Green Light MSMA Crabgrass Killer 2 | MSMA |
| 2217-229 | Selective Crabgrass Killer Contains DSMA | DSMA |
| 2217-434 | Crabgrass Killer | DSMA |
| 2217-512 | Nutgrass Killer | MSMA |
| 2217-513 | Crabgrass Killer | MSMA |
| 2217-630 | Gordon's Crabgrass and Nutgrass Killer | MSMA |
| 2217-808 | EH 795 Residential Herbicide | MSMA |
| 2,4-D dimethylamine salt | ||
| Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-metyoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-3, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| 2217-815 | EH 1335 Herbicide | MSMA |
| 2,4-D dimethylamine salt | ||
| Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| 2217-830 | EH 1378 Herbicide | MSMA |
| 2-,4-D dimethylamine salt | ||
| Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| 5481-67 | Alco Ho No Mo Liquid | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 5481-227 | DSMA Liquid Plus Surfactant | DSMA |
| 5481-228 | MSMA 40 Plus Surfactant | MSMA |
| 5481-229 | MSMA 60 Plus Surfactant | MSMA |
| 5481-230 | MSMA 66 Concentrate | MSMA |
| 5481-231 | MSMA 80 Concentrate | MSMA |
| 5887-172 | Improved Crabgrass Killer | MSMA |
| 5905-67 | MSMA Arsonate Liquid | MSMA |
| 5905-GA-82-0011 | MSMA Arsonate Liquid | MSMA |
| 7401-23 | Ferti-Lome Crabgrass and Dallis Grass Killer | MSMA |
| 7401-246 | Hi-Yield Super Decimate+Surfactant | MSMA |
| 7401-366 | Ferti-Lome Improved Bermuda Grass Killer | MSMA |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 8660-48 | Crabgrass Killer | DSMA |
| 8660-63 | Clean-Up Herbicide | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 8660-120 | Vertagreen Crabgrass Weed Killer | MSMA |
| 8660-121 | Greenup Nutgrass Chickweed Killer | MSMA |
| 9779-86 | Riverside 612 Herbicide | MSMA |
| 9779-96 | Riverside 120 Herbicide | MSMA |
| 9779-128 | DSMA Herbicide | DSMA |
| 9779-155 | Riverside 145 Herbicide | MSMA |
| 9779-170 | Riverside MSMA 4 | MSMA |
| 9779-174 | Riverside DSMA Liquid Plus Surfactant | DSMA |
| 9779-317 | Prometryne+MSMA | MSMA |
| Prometryn | ||
| 10088-74 | Lawn and Turf Weed Control | MSMA |
| 19713-45 | Drexel DSMA Liquid | DSMA |
| 19713-113 | Drexel DSMA 81P | DSMA |
| 19713-117 | Drexel Kack Herbicide | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 19713-141 | Drexel Ezy-Pickin Cotton Defoliant | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 19713-153 | Kack Plus MSMA Herbicide | MSMA |
| Cacodylic acid | ||
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 19713-162 | MSMA 6 Tree Killer | MSMA |
| 19713-276 | IDA, INC. DSMA Slurry | DSMA |
| 19713-311 | Pearson's Easy- Edger and Cleaner | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 19713-530 | Drexel DSMA 81 Dry Powder | DSMA |
| 19713-532 | DSMA Slurry | DSMA |
| 19713-533 | Super Dal-E-Rad Calar | CAMA |
| 19713-534 | APC Holdings DSMA Liquid | DSMA |
| 19713-535 | APC Holdings DSMA Liquid 4 | DSMA |
| 28293-234 | Unicorn Liquid Edger | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 28293-361 | Unicorn Weed Edger | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 33955-510 | Acme Weed Killer Nonselective Herbicide for General Weed Control | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 33955-553 | Acme Ready-To Use Weed Grass Killer | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 42519-4 | Cacodylate 3.25 | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 42519-8 | Sodium Cacodylate Solution | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 42519-10 | Leaf-All | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 46515-1 | Liquid Fence Grass Edger | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 46515-12 | Super K-Gro Ready-to-Use Crabgrass Killer | CAMA |
| 59144-20 | Liquid Edger Ready-to-Use | Cacodylic acid |
| Cacodylic acid, sodium salt | ||
| 61483-19 | DSMA Liquid | DSMA |
| 61483-20 | Super Arsonate | MSMA |
| 61483-25 | Ansar 529 HC Herbicide | MSMA |
| 61483-40 | DSMA 4 | DSMA |
| 72155-1 | Herbicide 3D RTU | MSMA |
| 2,4-D dimethylamine salt | ||
| Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| 72155-3 | Lawn Herbicide TN Concentrate | MSMA |
| 2,4-D dimethylamine salt | ||
| Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| 72155-5 | Lawn Herbicide 3D Concentrate | MSMA |
| 2,4-D dimethylamine salt | ||
| Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| 72155-6 | Lawn Herbicide 3D-40 Concentrate | MSMA |
| 2,4-D dimethylamine salt | ||
| Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) |
| Registration Number | Product Name | Chemical name |
|---|---|---|
| 2217-709 | Quadmec Turf Herbicide | MSMA |
| 2,4-D dimethylamine salt | ||
| Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-ethylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| 2217-797 | EH 1143 Herbicide | MSMA |
| MCPA, dimethylamine salt | ||
| Benzoic acid, 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy-, compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| Propanoic acid 2-(4-chloro-2-ethylphenoxy)-, (R) compd with N-methylmetharamine (1:1) | ||
| 5905-66 | MSMA Plus | MSMA |
| 5905-162 | Helena Brand MSMA High Concentrate | MSMA |
| 5905-164 | MSMA Plus HC | MSMA |
| 9779-133 | Riverside 120 Herbicide | MSMA |
| 19713-40 | Drexar 530 | MSMA |
| 19713-41 | Drexel MSMA 6.6 | MSMA |
| 19713-42 | MSMA 6 Plus | MSMA |
| 19713-151 | Drexel MSMA 8 | MSMA |
| 19713-267 | IDA, Inc. MSMA 4 Plus | MSMA |
| 19713-269 | IDA, Inc. MSMA 6.6 | MSMA |
| 19713-278 | IDA, Inc. MSMA 6 Plus | MSMA |
| 19713-528 | Diumate | MSMA |
| Diuron | ||
| 19713-529 | Drexel MSMA 600 Herbicide | MSMA |
| 19713-531 | Drexel MSMA 660 | MSMA |
| 19713-550 | Drexel MSMA 120 | MSMA |
| 42519-1 | Target 6.6 | MSMA |
| 42519-3 | Target 5 Plus | MSMA |
| 42750-28 | Weed Hoe 120 | MSMA |
| 42750-29 | Weed Hoe 108 | MSMA |
| 61483-13 | Daconate | MSMA |
| 61483-14 | Daconate 6 | MSMA |
| 61483-15 | Bueno-6 | MSMA |
| 61483-17 | Daconate Super Brand | MSMA |
| 61483-18 | Bueno | MSMA |
| 62719-339 | MSMA 6.6 | MSMA |
| 62719-340 | MSMA Plus S | MSMA |
| 62719-343 | MSMA 51% | MSMA |
Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by EPA company number.
| EPA Company no. | Company Name and Address |
|---|---|
| 239 | The Scotts Co., d/b/a/ The Ortho Group P.O. Box 190 Marysville, OH 43040 |
| 538 | Scotts Co., The, 14111 Scottslawn Rd Marysville, OH 43041 |
| 769 | Value Gardens Supply, LLC d/b/a/ Value Garden Supply P.O. Box 585 Saint Joseph, MO 64502 |
| 869 | Valent GI Corp., c/o Valent USA Corp., Agent For: Green Light Co. 1600 Riviera Ave. Suite 200 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 |
| 2217 | PBI/Gordon Corp. P.O. Box 014090 Kansas City, MO 64101-0090 |
| 5481 | Amvac Chemical Corp., d/b/a/ Amvac, 4695 Macarthur Ct. Suite 1250 Newport Beach, CA 92660-1706 |
| 5887 | Value Gardens Supply, LLC d/b/a/ Value Garden Supply P.O. Box 585 Saint Joseph, MO 64502 |
| 5905 | Helena Chenical Co. 7664 Moore Rd. Memphis, TN 38120 |
| 7401 | Mandava Associates, LLC, Agent for: Voluntary Purchasing Groups, Inc. N. Dallas Pkwy., Suite 200 Plano, TX 75024 |
| 8660 | United Industries Corp., d/b/a Sylorr Plant Corp. P.O. Box 142642 St. Louis, MO 63114-0642 |
| 9779 | Winfield Solutions, LLC P.O. Box 64589 St. Paul, MN 55164-0589 |
| 10088 | Athea Laboratories Inc. P.O. Box 240014 Milwaukee, WI 53224 |
| 19713 | Drexel Chemical Co. P.O. Box 13327 Memphis, TN 38113-0327 |
| 28293 | Phaeton Corp., d/b/a/ Unicorn Laboratories P.O. Box 290 Madison, GA 30650 |
| 33955 | PBI/Gordon Corp. P.O. Box 014090 Kansas City, MO 64101-0090 |
| 42519 | Luxemborg-Pamol, Inc. 5100 Poplar Ave. Suite 2700 Memphis, TN 38137 |
| 42750 | Albaugh Inc. 1525 NE 36th Street Ankeny, IA 50021 |
| 46515 | Celex, Division of United Industries Corp. P.O. Box 142642 St. Louis, MO 63114-0642 |
| 59144 | RegWest Company, LLC, Agent for: Gro Tec, Inc. 30856 Rocky Rd. Greely, CO 80631-9375 |
| 61483 | KMG-Bernuth, Inc. 9555 W. Sam Houston Pkwy South, Suite 600 Houston, TX 77099 |
| 62719 | Dow Agrosciences LLC 9330 Zionsville Rd 308/2e Indianapolis, IN 46268-1054 |
| 72155 | Bayer Advanced, P.O. Box 12014 2 TW Alexander Dr. Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 |
III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to Comments
Comments were received on the dates for disposition of existing stocks of products containing the organic arsenicals. Based on these comments, some of the dates have been amended.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested cancellations and amendments to terminate uses of organic arsenical registrations identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the organic arsenical product registrations identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. are hereby canceled and amended to terminate the affected uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. in a manner inconsistent with any of the Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks set forth in Unit VI. will be considered a violation of FIFRA.
V. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be canceled or amended to terminate one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal Register . Thereafter, following the public comment period, the Administrator may approve such a request.
VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
Existing stocks are those stocks of registered pesticide products which are currently in the United States and which were packaged, labeled, and released for shipment prior to the effective date of the cancellation action. The cancellation order issued in this notice includes the following existing stocks provisions.
After December 31, 2009, registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for all uses, except cotton, sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way. Also, after December 31, 2009 registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing DSMA, CAMA, cacodylic acid and its sodium salt.
After December 31, 2010, persons other than registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for all uses, except cotton, sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way, and products containing DSMA, CAMA, and/or cacodylic acid and its sodium salt.
After December 31, 2010, existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for all uses, except cotton, sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way and products containing DSMA, CAMA, cacodylic acid and its sodium salt, already in the hands of users can be used legally until they are exhausted, provided that such use complies with the EPA-approved label and labeling of the affected product.
After December 31, 2012, registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for use on sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way.
After June 30, 2013, persons other than registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing existing stocks of products containing MSMA labeled for use on sod farms, golf courses, and highway rights-of-way. After December 31, 2013, use of products containing MSMA labeled for all uses, except cotton, is prohibited.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.
Dated: September 21, 2009.
Richard P. Keigwin, Jr.,
Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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