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EBDCs: Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel, Amend, or Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations

Federal Register: June 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 104) Pages 31447-31450

SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from the registrants BASF, Cerexagri, Dow AgroSciences, and Griffin LLC to amend to terminate certain uses of 17 mancozeb product registrations, 3 maneb product registrations, and 1 metiram registration. Cerexegri, Dow AgroSciences, and Griffin LLC have requested that EPA terminate the uses of mancozeb on residential lawns/turf, foliar application to cotton, and pineapple propagation (seed piece treatment).

Unless a request is withdrawn by the registrant within 60 days of publication of this notice, or if the Agency determines that there are substantive comments that warrant further review of this request, an order will be issued amending the affected registrations.

Carbofuran (Furadan):
Notice of Availability of Risk Assessment

Federal Register: June 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 121) Pages 36586-36588

SUMMARY: EPA is making available the environmental fate and effects risk assessment for carbofuran. A human health risk assessment is expected to be issued for public comment later in the summer 2005. Carbofuran is an Nmethyl carbamate insecticide and nematicide used to control foliar and soil pests on food and non-food crops.