Pesticide Tolerance; Exemptions, Petitions, Revocations, etc.: Registration Maintenance Fee; Cancellation Order

Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fee; Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations

DATES:

These cancellations are effective October 15, 2025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Executive Summary

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.

B. What is EPA's authority for taking this action?

FIFRA section 6(f)(1) (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 cancelled 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.

FIFRA section 4(i)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a-1(i)(5)) requires that all pesticide registrants pay an annual registration maintenance fee, due by January 15 of each year, to keep their registrations in effect. This requirement applies to all registrations granted under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a) as well as those granted under FIFRA section 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)) to meet special local needs. Registrations for which the fee is not paid are subject to cancellation by order and without a hearing. Under FIFRA, the EPA Administrator may reduce or waive maintenance fees for minor agricultural use pesticides when it is determined that the fee would be likely to cause significant impact on the availability of the pesticide for the use.

C. What action is the Agency taking?

This cancellation order follows a notice of receipt and opportunity for public comment on the requests from the registrants listed to voluntarily cancel their product registrations. See 90 FR 37491, August 5, 2025 (FRL-12871-01-OCSPP). In that document, EPA also provided a notice of intent to cancel certain other product registrations for non-payment of the 2025 pesticide registration maintenance fees. Since registrations for which the fee is not paid are subject to cancellation by order and without a hearing, EPA did not seek public comment for the cancellation of the products listed.

In that document, 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 the requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency received no comments, only a small number of withdrawals/changes by the end of the comment period from companies in Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues this 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.

II. Cancellation Order

Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(f) (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)), EPA hereby approves the requested cancellations and orders that the product registrations identified in Table 1 of this unit are cancelled. The effective date of the cancellations that are the subject of this order is October 15, 2025. Any distribution, sale, or use of existing stocks of the products identified in Table 1 of this unit in a manner inconsistent with any of the provisions for disposition of existing stocks set forth in Unit IV. will be a violation of FIFRA.

Table 1 of this unit lists the product cancellations, as requested by registrants, in sequence by registration number (or company number and FIFRA section 24(c) number).

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. This number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit.

Table 3 of this unit lists all the FIFRA sections 3 and 24(c) registrations that were canceled for non-payment of the 2025 maintenance fee. These registrations are canceled by this order effective October 15, 2025 and without a hearing.

Table 4 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products in Table 3, in sequence by EPA company number. This number corresponds to the first part of the EPA registration numbers of the products listed in this unit.

III. Summary of Public Comments Received and Agency Response to Comments

As indicated in Unit I.C., EPA did receive comments in response to the notice of receipt that published in the Federal Register of August 5, 2025, including comments from registrants to withdraw their requests to cancel their registrations. Accordingly, EPA has removed those products from Table 3 and the company name and address from Table 4.

IV. 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 existing stocks provisions for the products subject to this order are as follows.

Registrants may continue to sell and distribute existing stocks of these products until January 15, 2026. Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited from selling or distributing the pesticides identified in Tables 1 and 3 of Unit II., except for export consistent with FIFRA section 17 or for proper disposal. Persons other than registrants will generally be allowed to sell, distribute, or use existing stocks until such stocks 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.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.