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Triclosan; Product Cancellation Order
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- Publication Date:
- 07/30/2009
- Agency:
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Dates:
- The cancellations are effective July 30, 2009.
- Effective Date:
- 07/30/2009
- Document Type:
- Notice
- Document Citation:
- 74 FR 38012
- Page:
- 38012-38013 (2 pages)
- Agency/Docket Numbers:
- EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0513
- FRL-8428-2
- Document Number:
- E9-18196
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- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
- I. General Information
- A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
- B. How Can I Get Copies of this Document and Other Related Information?
- II. What Action is the Agency Taking?
- III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to Comments
- IV. Cancellation Order
- V. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
- VI. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks
- List of Subjects
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AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the pesticide triclosan pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a April 22,2009 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the triclosan registrant to voluntarily cancel all their triclosan technical grade product registrations. These are not the last triclosan products registered for use in the United States. In the April 22, 2009 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations to terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that would Start Printed Page 38013merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrant withdrew their requests within this period. The Agency did not receive any comments on the notice. Further, the registrant 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 triclosan 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 are effective July 30, 2009.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Garvie, Antimicrobials Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0034; fax number: (703) 305-5620; e-mail address: garvie.heather@epa.gov.
End Further Info End Preamble Start Supplemental InformationSUPPLEMENTARY 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-2007-0513. 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?
This notice announces the cancellation, as requested by registrants, of certain manufacturing-use triclosan products registered under section 3 of FIFRA. These registrations are listed in sequence by registration number in Table 1 of this unit.
EPA Registration Number | Product Name |
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70404-2 | Irgasan DP300R |
70404-5 | Irgaguard B1000 |
Table 2 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 Number | Company Name and Address |
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70404 | Ciba Corporation 4090 Premier Drive High Point, NC 27265 |
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 April 22, 2009 Federal Register notice (74 FR 18378; FRL-8410-6) announcing the Agency's receipt of the requests for voluntary cancellations of triclosan.
IV. Cancellation Order
Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f), EPA hereby approves the requested cancellations of triclosan registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. Accordingly, the Agency orders that the triclosan product registrations identified in Table 1 of Unit II. are hereby canceled. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1 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. Registrants may sell and distribute existing stocks for one year from the date of the cancellation request. The products may be sold, distributed, and used by people other than the registrant until existing stocks have been exhausted, provided that such sale, distribution, and use complies with the EPA-approved label and labeling of the product.
Start List of SubjectsList of Subjects
End List of Subjects Start SignatureDated: July 17, 2009.
Joan Harrigan Farrelly
Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-18196 Filed 7-29-09; 8:45 am]
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