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PROTECTIOH
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In the /4atczr of
,)
Noticc
of
Hearing
on
the
FIFFW
9ocket No.
502
Applications
t3
Use Sodium
il
uoroace~ate Covpound 10aO)
)
To
Control Predators
i
,
Initial Oecisicn
-
This
is
a proceeding under Seciion
5(d)
of rhe Federal Iasec:icide,
.
,
Fungicide and Rodenti ci de Act, as amended
(7
U.
S.
C.
136
(d)
,
to
recons7 cer
-
rne Administr~tor's rder
(P4
72-2, Harch
9,
1972,
37
F?,
5713,
"arch
18,
1972)
suspending and cancelling
ihe
registrations of sodium
fl
uaroacezare (Cs~pound
1086)
for
the control of pr2dacors
.
The cr-oceodi
na
4
was triggered by
appi
icacions
i~r
egi stration or erner2eccy sxempcicn dncer
Secs.
3
and18
of
the
Act,
fi led
by
the iish and
'riildl
if.
Ser.~ice
f
ih2
U.S.
Oepartinent
of
Interior,
and
ihe
States
of
Xoneana,
South
Oakora and
-1
2yornming.
i
ne
Administrator's Setowinaxion
to
hold
i
nearing
sn
cheapplications and the issues to be csnsiderzd (Atxacbnenc
A)
srs
setior~hn ;he Xotice of Hearing,
da~ei
ecember
:,
i9E:
(16
F?,
lo.
232,
December
7,
1981
,
at
59,622,
et
s2q.
)
.
The issues
to
be
addressed aer.expanded
to
include smear posts
as
a delivery mechanism
by
notice,
dace:!
March 3,
1982 (47
FR
Eio.
47,
Piarch
10,
1982,at10,258).
 
This ~race~dins
s
jeing concucwd under
32
Zules
9f
?mctic2
8
-
joverning hearin~s nder
~n2
2cer:i
,
Inszczicide,
F~n~ic:
e
3r,d
?>acen?'c:
22
??*
Act
(40
CF2
Part
io~)
nd
in
?articular Sujparz
D
;?,ereof.
In
acc~rdanc2with hragraph
164.131
(a)
,
tne
Adni ni srrator rcvi evded
fne
appi
f
caci onsfor registra~ion 7 Compound
1080
and detnined
thsi
r?consideration of
3
the suspension and cancellation order kas warranted.The
cited
secticn provides in par::"The Administrator shall de12rnine thac such reconsiderationis [warranted When he finds chat:(i
)
the appl icanc haspresmted sunstancia1 new evib2ncc 1,qhich
aay
~at~t-i
:
iy
effect zhe ?rior cancellation or 3us;ension or&r
and
whichwas not avai
lable
to
th?
Adzi ni sfrator,at the
tire
he
nadehis final cancellatioj.
or
suspensian detminacion and
(2)
such evidencs could not, chrough the zxercise
of
duediligence, have been discavered
by
rhe
partiss
ta
tnecanc2llation or susgension proceeding prior
TO
che issuanceof the final order."Paragraph 164.132(a)
of
tne Subpar:
O
rules orovides that
ihe
burden
sf
proof in the hearing shall be
on
the a~plicant r
applicants
who
shallproceed first.This section further provides:"The issues
in
the hearing shall
be
whether:
(1)
substzntialnew evidence exists and
(2)
such substantial new evidencerequires reversal or modification of existing canceila~ion
or
suspension order.The deternination of these issues shallbe made taking into account the human and environmental risksfound
by
the Administrator in
his
,canceiiation and suspensiondetermination and the accurnu?ative effect of all past
and
present uses, including the requested use, and uses which
may
reasonably be anticipated to occur
in
the future as
a
resultof grancing
the
requested reversal or modification."The
ALJ
ruled that, although the initial determination underParagraph
154.1
31 (a)
as
to whether the evidence warrants reccnsi deraii
on
 
-
of
thesus9ensi;n
2nd
czncellation order
must
b$
5ased
on
.vid?nc?
not
.yai!?h?,l
st
the
tim?
of
the
scs~znsion
rc!
c~nce:i~ci~n
der
3f
7272,
<he
decision as
to
~hether
he
zvic!?nce
rquir-54
rev2rsal
ofch?
priorcancellation and sils~ensionorder would
be
xade
on
the entire rzcord.
This ruling
was based
in
part on
the
Administrator's decision conc2rningApplications to 4egister
Sodium
Cyanide for
Us2
in the
M-44
Device
to
Control
Predators
(FIFFZA
Docket )lo.
382,
September lo',
1975)
,
whersi
n
,
the Admiqistrator ruled that avidence should
not
and
c3u;d
not be ignored
simply
becaus? it
was
not new since
th?
1972
order,
and
in
par;,
Jn
rhe
fact
that,
a1
hough
the
vai
idi ty
of
the
1972
order
is
not
ac
issue, suchorder is nevertheless being reconsidered. The Acministra,tor deteminedthat all issues bearing
on
the
1972
order would
be
adjudicatsd
herein,
and the
?revisions
of
40
CF4
164.131
(a)
and
164.132(~),uot2d supr3,
mus-i
be read
and
interpretea
in
the
i
i,grl-,
of xhe
issues
the
Aaminlistrator
1
has
noticed
for
determination.
issuesl
such
3s
che 2ffecCveness
sf
Compound
1080
large baits in reducing preda3io
nand
whez,ler the rrlsks
2-;
primary
and secondary
poi
soni
ng
were
overest-ii-i~ated n
1972
car!
hardly
be
addressed without considering, inter alia, 2videncc
of
the
2xtent
of
injury
to
non-target l~ildlife rior
to
1972.
In
view
of
tne conciusionsherein, howewr, no par'.
of
this
decision
is
dependent
upon
the val
idi
ty
of
the
ALJ's
ruling in this respect.
No
r2gistrant
or
agrieved person filed timely objectjons
to
the
1972
suspension and cancellation order and no hearing was
held
thereon.
I.
Active
parties throughout this proceeding
are
the State of Nyorning,
the
Departments
of
Agriculture
of
the
States
of
Colorado,
?i
ssouriand
of 00

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