Środowisko i energia · 22/09/2010

2-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol (Tris Nitro); Order to Amend Registrations to Terminate Certain Uses

This notice announces EPA's order for the amendment to terminate certain uses, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of the pesticide products listed in Table 1, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This order to terminate uses follows a June 23, 2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request from the Registrant listed in Table 2 to voluntarily amend 2- (hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol (tris nitro) product registrations to terminate or delete one or more uses. The request would delete use in or on metalworking fluids; latex paints; resin/ latex/polymer emulsions; specialty industrial products; livestock and poultry premises; paints, emulsions and thickener solutions; use as a preservative for packaged emulsions, solutions, or suspensions such as detergents and polishes containing water; and use in pulp and paper- mill process water systems. The request would not terminate the last 2- (hydroxymethyl)-2-nitro-1,3-propanediol (tris nitro) products registered for use in the United States and would result in retention of some registered uses for those products. In the June 23,