Subject: EPA Pesticide Program Update 11/28/2001 Diazionon Cancellation
Order Published


EPA Pesticide Program Update
from EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs 11/26/01
http;//www.epa.gov/pesticides
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DIAZINON CANCELLATION ORDER PUBLISHED


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EPA has published a cancellation order for regis-
trations for all indoor uses, certain agricultural
uses, and certain outdoor non-agricultural uses
for end-use diazinon products belonging to certain
registrants.  This order follows up on the September
13 publication in the Federal Register of the Notice
of Receipt of Cancellation Requests and Amendments
and is effective November 15, 2001. Retail sale of
existing stocks of products labeled for indoor uses
listed in this notice, except mushroom houses, will
not be lawful after December 31, 2002; registrants
may no longer sell such products as of November 15,
2001. Registrants may sell existing stocks labeled
for canceled agricultural uses or outdoor non-
agricultural uses until 1 year after the effective
date of the final cancellation order; retail sales
of these products may continue. Purchasers may
continue to use the canceled products in accordance
 with existing labels.

An earlier request for cancellation of diazinon
technical products was published on January 10, 2001,
and the cancellation order terminating those regis-
trations became effective when it was published in
the Federal Register on May 2, 2001. EPA also has
published notices of voluntary cancellation for end
use products of other registrants (May 30 and
August 1), with cancellation orders published July
19 and September 20, respectively.

EPA received a request from one registrant, Prentiss
Incorporated, revoking its voluntary cancellation
requests for two products: Prentox Liquid Household
Spray and Prentox Diazinon 4E. Therefore, these
products are not included in this cancellation order.
The Federal Register notice, published November 15,
2001, is available on EPA's Web site(www.epa.gov/
fedrgstr).  Information on the December agreement
between EPA and the registrants is available at
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/diazinon.htm.






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