Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of July 12-16, 2010
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>Methyl Parathion: Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide
>Registrations Date of publication: July 16, 2010
>Citation: Volume 75, Number 136, Page 41482-41483
>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-17404.htm
>Purpose: This notice announces EPA’s order for the cancellations,
>voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of
>products containing methyl parathion, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of
>the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
>amended. This cancellation order follows an April 28, 2010 Federal
>Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in
>Table 2 of Unit II. to voluntarily cancel all these product
>registrations. These are the last products containing this pesticide
>registered for use in the United States. In the April 28, 2010 notice,
>EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the
>cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within
>the 30 day comment period that would merit its further review of these
>requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. 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. 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.
>Chemical(s): Methyl Parathion**
>Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
>identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0332. The cancellations are
>effective July 16, 2010.
>Contact: Kelly Ballard, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P),
>Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 305-8126; fax
>number: (703) 305-5290; e-mail address: ballard.kelly@epa.gov.
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>Methyl Parathion; Registration Review Proposed Decision; Notice of
>Availability Date of publication: July 16, 2010
>Citation: Volume 75, Number 136, Page 41484-41485
>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-17403.htm
>Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA’s proposed
>registration review decision for the pesticide methyl parathion and
>opens a public comment period on the proposed decision.
>Registration review is EPA’s periodic review of pesticide registrations
>to ensure that each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory
>standard for registration, that is, that the pesticide can perform its
>intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on human health
>or the environment. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that each
>pesticide’s registration is based on current scientific and other
>knowledge, including its effects on human health and the environment.
>Chemical(s): Methyl Parathion
>Comments: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
>number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0332. Comments must be received on or before
>September 14, 2010.
>Contact: Kelly Ballard, Chemical Review Manager, Pesticide
>Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone
>number: (703) 305-8126; fax number: (703) 305-5290; e-mail address:
>ballard.kelly@epa.gov.
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>Mailing address for all listed staff: Office of Pesticide Programs,
>Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
>Washington, DC 20460