VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION.

SEC. 1494. VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION. Section 6(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136d(f)) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: “(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 90-day period beginning on the date of publication of the notice in the Federal Register, except that the Administrator may waive the 90-day period upon the request of the registrant or if the Administrator determines that the continued use of the104 STAT. 3629 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.”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(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 90-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 affect 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.”.