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Label & SDS

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Registration information

  • U.S. EPA Registration number: 748-217
  • U.S. EPA Status: ACTIVE

Description

'Pittclor' is an algaecide, disinfectant, fungicide, fungicide/fungistat, microbicide/microbistat, sanitizer, and virucide. Its Federal EPA registration number is: 748-217. It was originally approved by EPA on 07 Sep 1972. It has a 'Danger' signal word. It has the following active ingredients: Calcium hypochlorite. It's approved for 76 sites including animal equipment, animal feeding/watering equipment, animal living quarters, animal quarters, animal transportation vehicles, artificial sand beaches, beekeeping equipment, beverage process plant premises, beverage processing equipment, and boat bottoms. It is also approved for 16 pests and pest groups including but not limited to algae, animal pathogenic bacteria, animal pathogenic fungi, animal viruses, bacteria, bacterial blotch of mushroom, bacterial spot, fish, fouling organisms, and fungi.

Original registration date:

  • 07 Sep 1972

Cancellation date:

  • n/a

Alternative names:

  • PITTCLORActive

Registrant:

  • WESTLAKE CHEMICALS AND VINYLS LLC, D/B/A WESTLAKE COPORATION
  • Address:
    2801 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 600
    Houston, TX 77056

Active ingredients:

  • Calcium hypochlorite 68%
  • Other ingredients 32%

Signal word:

  • Danger

Product type:

  • Algaecide
  • Disinfectant
  • Fungicide
  • Fungicide/fungistat
  • Microbicide/microbistat
  • Sanitizer
  • Virucide

Formulation:

  • Granular

Registered target pests:

  • Algae
  • Animal pathogenic bacteria (g- and g+ vegetative)
  • Animal pathogenic fungi
  • Animal viruses
  • Bacteria (unspecified)
  • Bacterial blotch of mushroom
  • Bacterial spot (xanthomonas)
  • Fish
  • Fouling organisms
  • Fungi
  • Mold/mildew
  • Pseudomonas spp.
  • Slime-forming bacteria
  • Slime-forming fungi (paper mills/water systems)
  • Soft rot (erwinia)
  • Soft rot/decay

Registered target sites:

  • Animal equipment
  • Animal feeding/watering equipment
  • Animal living quarters
  • Animal quarters (enclosed premise treatment)
  • Animal transportation vehicles
  • Artificial sand beaches
  • Beekeeping equipment
  • Beverage process plant premises
  • Beverage processing equipment
  • Boat bottoms
  • Bottling process plant premises
  • Brewery pasteurizer water
  • Brewery process plant premises
  • Brewery processing equipment
  • Cannery process plant premises
  • Cannery processing equipment
  • Cheese plants
  • Cheese processing equipment
  • Cider processing equipment
  • Commercial egg treatment
  • Cooling tower water
  • Creameries
  • Dairies
  • Eating est food contact surfaces
  • Eating est non-food contact surfaces
  • Evaporative condenser water
  • Farm premises (unspecified)
  • Fish hatcheries
  • Fish pond equipment
  • Fish ponds (water treatment)
  • Fruit wash water
  • Grape juice plant premises
  • Grape juice processing equipment
  • Heat exchanger water
  • Hemodialysis machines
  • Hospital premises
  • Hot tubs (outdoor) (water treatment)
  • Human drinking water
  • Ice cream plants
  • Ice cream processing equipment
  • Irrigation supply systems
  • Marine lobster ponds (water treatment)
  • Meat process plant premises
  • Meat processing equipment
  • Milk process plant premises
  • Milk processing equipment
  • Mushrooms (foliar treatment)
  • Mushrooms (soil treatment)
  • Oyster ponds (water treatment)
  • Pecans (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Pimentos (seed treatment)
  • Ponds (ornamental) (fish)
  • Potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Poultry drinking water
  • Poultry feeding equipment
  • Poultry house premises (enclosed premise treatment)
  • Poultry process plant premises
  • Poultry processing equipment
  • Poultry watering equipment
  • Pulp and paper mill systems
  • Reservoirs (water)
  • Restaurants
  • Retort cooling water
  • Sewage effluent water
  • Sewage systems
  • Sewerlines (main)
  • Spas (outdoor) (water treatment)
  • Sweet potatoes (postharvest application to non-stored commodity)
  • Swimming pool water
  • Swimming pool water (winterizer)
  • Tomatoes (seed treatment)
  • Vegetable wash water
  • Waste water systems
  • Whirlpool bath water
  • Winery process plant premises
  • Winery processing equipment