Notice of Receipt of Request for Cancellation, Announcement of Cancellation Order, and FIFRA Section 6(g) Notification for Mevinphos

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This notice, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), announces EPA's receipt and acceptance of a request from Amvac Chemical Corporation to voluntarily cancel all registrations of pesticide products containing mevinphos (2-carbomethoxy-1-methylvinyl dimethyl phosphate, alpha and beta isomers) (trade name Phosdrin). EPA granted the request for voluntary cancellation effective on July 1, 1994, and issued a cancellation order to the registrant on the same date. The registrant in its request for voluntary cancellation requested to waive the 90-day public comment period. The Agency waived the 90-day comment period based on the registrant's request and because it had determined that the continued use of mevinphos poses an unreasonable risk of poisoning to agricultural workers and bystanders. As of July 1, 1994, sale, distribution, and use of canceled mevinphos products is permitted only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms of the cancellation order. Pursuant to FIFRA section 6(g), any producer or exporter, registrant, applicant for a registration, applicant or holder of an experimental use permit, commerci