(f) General provisions
(1) Voluntary cancellation
(A) A registrant may, at any time, request that a pesticide registration of the registrant be canceled or amended to terminate one or more pesticide uses.
(B) Before acting on a request under subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the receipt of the request and provide for a 30-day period in which the public may comment.
(C)
In the case of a pesticide that is registered for a minor agricultural use, if the Administrator determines that the cancellation or termination of uses would adversely affect the availability of the pesticide for use, the Administrator—
(i) shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the receipt of the request and make reasonable efforts to inform persons who so use the pesticide of the request; and
(ii) may not approve or reject the request until the termination of the 180-day period beginning on the date of publication of the notice in the Federal Register, except that the Administrator may waive the 180-day period upon the request of the registrant or if the Administrator determines that the continued use of the pesticide would pose an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
(D) Subject to paragraph (3)(B), after complying with this paragraph, the Administrator may approve or deny the request.
(2) Publication of notice
A notice of denial of registration, intent to cancel, suspension, or intent to suspend issued under this subchapter or a notice issued under subsection (c)(4) or (d)(5)(A) of section 136a–1 of this title shall be published in the Federal Register and shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the registrant’s or applicant’s address of record on file with the Administrator. If the mailed notice is returned to the Administrator as undeliverable at that address, if delivery is refused, or if the Administrator otherwise is unable to accomplish delivery of the notice to the registrant or applicant after making reasonable efforts to do so, the notice shall be deemed to have been received by the registrant or applicant on the date the notice was published in the Federal Register.
(3) Transfer of registration of pesticides registered for minor agricultural uses
In the case of a pesticide that is registered for a minor agricultural use:
(A) During the 180-day period referred to in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), the registrant of the pesticide may notify the Administrator of an agreement between the registrant and a person or persons (including persons who so use the pesticide) to transfer the registration of the pesticide, in lieu of canceling or amending the registration to terminate the use.
(B) An application for transfer of registration, in conformance with any regulations the Administrator may adopt with respect to the transfer of the pesticide registrations, must be submitted to the Administrator within 30 days of the date of notification provided pursuant to subparagraph (A). If such an application is submitted, the Administrator shall approve the transfer and shall not approve the request for voluntary cancellation or amendment to terminate use unless the Administrator determines that the continued use of the pesticide would cause an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
(C) If the Administrator approves the transfer and the registrant transfers the registration of the pesticide, the Administrator shall not cancel or amend the registration to delete the use or rescind the transfer of the registration, during the 180-day period beginning on the date of the approval of the transfer unless the Administrator determines that the continued use of the pesticide would cause an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment.
(D) The new registrant of the pesticide shall assume the outstanding data and other requirements for the pesticide that are pending at the time of the transfer.
(4) Utilization of data for voluntarily canceled pesticide
When an application is filed with the Administrator for the registration of a pesticide for a minor use and another registrant subsequently voluntarily cancels its registration for an identical or substantially similar pesticide for an identical or substantially similar use, the Administrator shall process, review, and evaluate the pending application as if the voluntary cancellation had not yet taken place except that the Administrator shall not take such action if the Administrator determines that such minor use may cause an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment. In order to rely on this subsection, the applicant must certify that it agrees to satisfy any outstanding data requirements necessary to support the reregistration of the pesticide in accordance with the data submission schedule established by the Administrator.
Codification
“Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5”, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), was in the original “subchapter II of Title 5”, and was editorially changed to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6 of act June 25, 1947, was classified to section 135d of this title prior to amendment of act June 25, 1947, by Pub. L. 92–516.
Amendments
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–170, § 106(a)(1), substituted “Existing stocks and information” for “Cancellation after five years” in heading.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104–170, § 106(a)(2), amended heading and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Administrator shall cancel the registration of any pesticide at the end of the five-year period which begins on the date of its registration (or at the end of any five year period thereafter) unless the registrant, or other interested person with the concurrence of the registrant, before the end of such period, requests in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Administrator that the registration be continued in effect. The Administrator may permit the continued sale and use of existing stocks of a pesticide whose registration is canceled under this subsection or subsection (b) of this section to such extent, under such conditions, and for such uses as the Administrator may specify if the Administrator determines that such sale or use is not inconsistent with the purposes of this subchapter and will not have unreasonable adverse effects on the environment. The Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register, at least 30 days prior to the expiration of such five-year period, notice that the registration will be canceled if the registrant or other interested person with the concurrence of the registrant does not request that the registration be continued in effect.”
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–170, § 233, inserted “When a public health use is affected, the Secretary of Health and Human Services should provide available benefits and use information, or an analysis thereof, in accordance with the procedures followed and subject to the same conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture in the case of agricultural pesticides.” before “The proposed action shall become final”.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 104–170, § 102(a), amended second sentence generally. Prior to amendment, second sentence read as follows: “No order of suspension may be issued unless the Administrator has issued or at the same time issues notice of the Administrator’s intention to cancel the registration or change the classification of the pesticide.”
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 104–170, § 102(b), inserted after first sentence “The Administrator may issue an emergency order under this paragraph before issuing a notice of intention to cancel the registration or change the classification of the pesticide under subsection (b) of this section and the Administrator shall proceed to issue the notice under subsection (b) of this section within 90 days of issuing an emergency order. If the Administrator does not issue a notice under subsection (b) of this section within 90 days of issuing an emergency order, the emergency order shall expire.” and substituted “In the case of an emergency order” for “In that case”.
Subsec. (f)(1)(C)(ii). Pub. L. 104–170, § 210(g)(1), substituted “180-day” for “90-day” in two places.
Subsec. (f)(3)(A). Pub. L. 104–170, § 210(g)(2), substituted “180-day” for “90-day”.
Subsec. (f)(4). Pub. L. 104–170, § 210(h), added par. (4).
1991—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(1), substituted “the Administrator” for “he” before “may specify” and before “determines”.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(3)(C), substituted “the registrant” for “he” before “shall”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(1), (2), substituted “the Administrator’s” for “his” in introductory provisions and par. (1), and “the Administrator” for “he” before “shall publish” in last sentence.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(1), (2), substituted “the Administrator” for “he” before “may” and “the Administrator’s” for “his” before “intention”.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(1), (3)(D), substituted “the Administrator” for “he” before “may” and “the Administrator” for “him” after “permit”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(b)(2), (3)(E), in penultimate sentence substituted “the Administrator’s” for “his” and “the Administrator” for “him” before “and issue”.
Subsec. (f)(3)(B). Pub. L. 102–237, § 1006(a)(5), substituted “adverse effect” for “adverse affect”.
1990—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1494(1), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “A registrant at any time may request that any of its pesticide registrations be canceled or be amended to delete one or more uses. Before acting on such request, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the receipt of the request. Thereafter, the Administrator may approve such a request.”
Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 101–624, § 1494(2), added par. (3).
1988—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100–532, § 801(e)(1), substituted “effect. The Administrator” for “effect: Provided, That the Administrator”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–532, § 801(e)(2)–(4), in par. (1) directed that undesignated paragraph beginning “Except as provided” be run into sentence ending “of the pesticide.” and substituted “before the Administrator” for “before the Agency”, in par. (2) substituted “submitted to the Administrator” for “submitted to the Agency” and “and the Administrator” for “and the Agency”, and in par. (3) substituted “(A)” for “(i)”, “and the Administrator” for “and the Agency”, and “(B)” for “(ii)”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100–532, § 801(e)(5), (6), in par. (1), substituted “met. The Administrator” for “met: Provided, That the Administrator”, and in par. (2), substituted “section. The only” for “section: Provided, That the only”.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100–532, § 201, added subsec. (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (h).
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 100–532, § 801(q)(2)(B), made a technical amendment to the reference to section 136a–1 of this title to reflect the renumbering of the corresponding section of the original act.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 100–532, § 404, added subsec. (g).
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 100–532, § 201, redesignated former subsec. (f) as (h).
1984—Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 98–620 struck out provisions requiring petitions to review orders on the issue of suspension to be advanced on the docket of the court of appeals.
1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–396, § 11, required the Administrator, in taking any final action under subsec. (b), to consider restricting a pesticide’s use or uses as an alternative to cancellation and to fully explain the reasons for the restrictions.
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 95–251 substituted “administrative law judge” for “hearing examiner”.
Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 95–396, § 12, added subsec. (e) and redesignated former subsec. (e) as (f).
1975—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–140 established criteria which Administrator must use in determining the issuance of a suspension of registration notice and the time periods relating to such notice, set forth required procedures to be followed by Administrator prior to publication of such notice, required procedures when the Secretary elects to comment or fails to comment on suspension notice, waiver or modification of time periods in specified required procedures, required procedures for waiver of notice and consent by Secretary for suspension of registration, and established criteria for Secretary taking any final action.
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–532 effective on expiration of 60 days after Oct. 25, 1988, see section 901 of Pub. L. 100–532, set out as a note under section 136 of this title.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–620 not applicable to cases pending on Nov. 8, 1984, see section 403 of Pub. L. 98–620, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1657 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Effective Date
For effective date of section, see section 4 of Pub. L. 92–516, set out as a note under section 136 of this title.