90 FR 148 pgs. 37486-37488 - Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations and/or Amendments To Terminate Uses (From May 7, 2024 Notice)
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 148Pages: 37486 - 37488
Pages: 37486, 37487, 37488Docket number: [EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0093; FRL-12417-01-OCSPP]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-14823 Filed 8-4-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0093; FRL-12417-01-OCSPP]
Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations and/or Amendments To Terminate Uses (From May 7, 2024 Notice)
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a May 07, 2024, Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II, to voluntarily cancel and/or amend to terminate uses of these product registrations. In the May 07, 2024, notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
DATES:
The cancellations and/or amendments are effective August 5, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Green, Registration Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-2707; email address: green.christopher@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
[top] 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
B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0093, is available at https://www.regulations.gov or at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), West, William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744 and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (202) 566-1744. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information about the docket available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces the cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses, as requested by registrants, of products registered under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a). These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit.
| Registration No. | Company No. | Product name | Active ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44446-67 | 44446 | Concept Hospital Disinfectant Deodorant | 4-tert-Amylphenol (064101/80-46-6)-(.05%), Ethanol (001501/64-17-5)-(53%), o-Phenylphenol (NO INERT USE) (064103/90-43-7)-(.2%). |
| 85588-13 | 85588 | AgSurf MSM Herbicide | Metsulfuron (122010/74223-64-6)-(60%). |
| Registration No. | Company No. | Product name | Active ingredient | Uses to be terminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53883-197 | 53883 | Lambda 0.5% Concentrate | lambda-Cyhalothrin (128897/91465-08-6)-(.5%) | Lawn & turf use in residential settings. |
Table 3 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Tables 1 and 2 of this unit, in sequence by EPA company number. This number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed above.
| EPA Company No. | Company name and address |
|---|---|
| 44446 | QuestSpecialty Corporation, P.O. Box: 624, Brenham, TX 77834. |
| 53883 | Control Solutions, Inc., 5903 Genoa Red Bluff Road, Pasadena, TX 77507. |
| 85588 | AgSurf Corporation, 9805 Statesville Road, Suite 6309, Charlotte, NC 28269. |
III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to Comments
During the public comment period provided, EPA received no comments in response to the May 07, 2024, Federal Register notice announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses of products listed in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)), EPA hereby approves the requested cancellations and/or amendments to terminate uses of registrations identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency hereby orders that the product registrations identified in Tables 1 and 2 of Unit II, are canceled and/or amended to terminate the affected uses. The effective date of the cancellations that are subject of this notice is August 5, 2025. 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 a violation of FIFRA.
V. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action?
Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)(1)) 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 EPA Administrator may approve such a request. The notice of receipt for this action was published for comment in the Federal Register of May 07, 2024 (89 FR 38129) (FRL-11876-01-OCSPP). The comment period closed on November 04, 2024.
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 action. The existing stocks provision for the products subject to this order is as follows.
For: 85588-13:
[top] For 85588-13, AgSurf Corporation, the registrant of the product subject to this cancellation notice, requested an existing stocks provision allowing the continued sale and distribution of the affected product until 18 months after the cancellation is published in the Federal Register . Thereafter, the registrant is prohibited from selling or distributing this product, except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.
For all other voluntary cancellations, the registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of products listed in Table 1 until August 5, 2026, which is 1 year after publication of this cancellation order in the Federal Register . Thereafter, the registrants are prohibited from selling or distributing products listed in Table 1 of Unit II, except for export in accordance with FIFRA section 17 (7 U.S.C. 136o) or for proper disposal.
Now that EPA has approved product labels reflecting the requested amendments to terminate uses, registrants are permitted to sell or distribute products listed in Table 2 of Unit II, under the previously approved labeling until February 5, 2027, a period of 18 months after publication of the cancellation order in this Federal Register , unless other restrictions have been imposed. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing the products whose labels include the terminated uses identified in Table 2 of Unit II, 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 canceled products and/or products whose labels include the terminated uses until supplies are exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms of the previously approved labeling on, or that accompanied, the canceled products and/or terminated uses.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: July 31, 2025.
Charles Smith,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 2025-14823 Filed 8-4-25; 8:45 am]
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