Termilind Limited; Notice and Order of Revocation of Registrations

In March of 1996, EPA issued registrations for two end use napthalenaecetic acid (NAA) products, Alphaspra 200 (EPA Registration Number 67223-2) and Alphaspra 800 (EPA Registration Number 67223-1) to Termilind Limited (Termilind). On August 2, 1996, Amvac Chemical Corporation (Amvac) filed a petition to cancel the Termilind registrations based upon assertedly false certifications that Termilind would use Amvac-registered material to formulate its products. Amvac filed a second petition in October of 1996 asking EPA to deny Termilind's application for a technical NAA registration based upon an assertion that Termilind misappropriated data to support the application. EPA has determined that Termilind submitted misleading materials in support of its applications for end-use registrations, and that the registrations would not have been granted absent this misleading information. On August 6, 1997, EPA issued a Decision granting Amvac's petition in this regard and revoking the end-use registrations. In that same Decision, EPA denied Amvac's petition to deny Termilind's application for technical registration. The revocation Decision, and a subsequent determination concerning the sale and distribution of existing stocks of the revoked products, are published in this Notice.