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August 1, 2006

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PRODUCT CANCELLATIONS

PESTICIDE TOLERANCE ACTIONS, REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS, REGISTRATION APPROVALS
After a tolerance has been established, the registrant decides if the commodity/site will be put on the label. Having a tolerance does not automatically mean you can use the chemical. Even when a pesticide has been registered by EPA, you can not use the product until the commodity/site is on the label in your hand. Always read the pesticide label before applying!

REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DECISIONS
It is important for you to know that EPA is conducting a Reregistration study on a particular pesticide, because this means that there may be label restrictions in the future for this product. During the Reregistration period, you may make comments to EPA if you think label restrictions will impose a hardship on production of a commodity.

OTHER REGULATORY ACTIONS

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ETHEPHON CONSIDERED REASSESSED AS SAFE UNDER FQPA
EPA is requesting public comment on the Agency's tolerance reassessment decision, known as a TRED, for ethephon, an organophosphonate (not an organophosphate) pesticide used as a plant growth regulator. The Agency has concluded that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from exposure to ethephon, and the 45 tolerances established for residues of ethephon in or on food commodities are now considered reassessed as safe under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).

Ethephon is used to promote fruit ripening and other plant responses in a number of food and feed crops, primarily tart cherries, grapes, processed tomatoes, and cotton. It is also used on home garden tomatoes, nonfood crops, commercial turf, and outdoor ornamental plants. .In addition to these uses, the ethephon TRED also considers dietary risks associated with three uses that have tolerance petitions and registrations pending, including coffee in Hawaii, cottonseed and cotton gin byproducts, and filberts. Registration decisions on these pending uses will be made after an ecological risk assessment is completed.

Human studies have shown that humans may be more susceptible to the clinical toxicity of ethephon than experimental animals. For this reason, endpoints for the risk assessment are based on an oral human clinical toxicity study in which adult human subjects were intentionally exposed to ethephon. These studies were reviewed by the independent Human Studies Review Board in April 2006, and the Board concurred with the Agency's conclusions that they met both ethical and scientific standards.

EPA completed a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for ethephon in April 1995 and is now requesting public comment on its tolerance reassessment decision for this pesticide. The Agency's June 28, 2006, Federal Register notice is available on our website at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. Comments must be received by the Agency by August 28, 2006. The ethephon TRED is available at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0371, and on the ethephon web page at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm .

TITLE: BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY1A.105 PROTEIN AND THE GENETIC MATERIAL NECESSARY FOR ITS PRODUCTION IN CORN IN OR ON ALL CORN COMMODITIES; TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF A TOLERANCE
Date of publication: July 17, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 136, Page 40427-40431 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-17/p11245.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry1A.105 protein and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn on field corn, sweet corn, and popcorn when applied/used as a plant-incorporated protectant. Monsanto Company submitted a petition to EPA requesting the temporary/tolerance exemption.
Chemical(s): Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry1A.105Comments: This regulation is effective July 17, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 15, 2006. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0554. The temporary tolerance exemption will expire on June 30, 2009.
Contact: Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division(7511P) telephone number: (703) 308-8715; e-mail address: mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov.

TITLE: BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY2AB2 PROTEIN AND THE GENETIC MATERIAL NECESSARY FOR ITS PRODUCTION IN CORN IN OR ON ALL CORN COMMODITIES; TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF A TOLERANCE
Date of publication: July 17, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 136, Page 40431-40436http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-17/p11249.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 protein and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn on field corn, sweet corn, and popcorn when applied/used as a plant-incorporated protectant. Monsanto Company submitted a petition to EPA requesting this temporary/tolerance exemption.
Chemical(s): Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry2Ab2
Comments: This regulation is effective July 17, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 15, 2006. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0553. The temporary tolerance exemption will expire on June 30, 2009.
Contact: Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), telephone number: (703) 308-8715; e-mail address: mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov.

TITLE: NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO DELETE ACID COPPER CHROMATE (ACC) USES IN CERTAIN PESTICIDE REGISTRATIONS
Date of publication: July 18, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 137, Page 40717-40718 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-18/p11342.htm
Purpose: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendments by Osmose, Inc registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be amended to delete one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any request in the Federal Register.
Chemical(s): Acid Copper Chromate (ACC)
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0606, must be received on or before August 17, 2006.
Contact: Adam Heyward, Antimicrobials Division (7510P), telephone number: 703-308-6422; e-mail address: heyward.adam@epa.gov.

TITLE: NOTICE OF FILING OF A PESTICIDE PETITION FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF A TOLERANCE FOR RESIDUES OF THE BIOCHEMICAL PESTICIDE EUCALYPTUS OIL IN OR ON HONEY OR HONEYCOMB
Date of publication: July 19, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 138, Page 41018-41020 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-19/p11269.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide Petitions by Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, proposing the establishment of an exemption from the tolerance for residues of the pesticide chemical eucalyptus oil in or on honey and honeycomb.
Chemical(s): Eucalyptus Oil
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0587 must be received on or before August 18, 2006.
Contact: Driss Benmhend, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), telephone number: (703) 308-9525; e-mail address: benmhend.driss@epa.gov.

TITLE: BACILLUS THURINGIENSISCRY1AB – ISSUANCE OF AN EXPERIMENTAL USE PERMIT
Date of publication: July 19, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 138, Page 41020 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-19/p11270.htm
Purpose: EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to Bayer CropScience LP pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.
Chemical(s): Bacillus thuringiensisCry1Ab
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) nenumber EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0349.
Contact: Sharlene Matten, Biopesticides andPollution Prevention Division (7511P), telephone number: (703) 605-0514; e-mail address: matten.sharlene@epa.gov.

TITLE: DCNA REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DECISION; NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
Date of publication: July 19, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 138, Page 41017-41018 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-19/p11349.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide DCNA (Dicloran), and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the DCNA (2,6-dichloro-4-nitroaniline)Docket. DCNA, also referred to as Dicloran, is a fungicide used to control pathogenic species such as Botrytis, Monilinia, Rhizopus, Sclerotinia and Sclerotium. DCNA is registered for agriculture and horticulture uses. Its registered formulations include dusts, wettable powders, and flowable concentrates. These products can be applied using aerial, airblast, groundboom, chemigation, and hand-application methods.
Chemical(s): DCNA
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0265, must be received on or before August 18, 2006.
Contact: James Parker, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P) telephone number: (703) 306-0469; fax number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: parker.james@epa.gov.

TITLE: PYRACLOSTROBIN; OBJECTIONS TO PESTICIDE TOLERANCES; NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
Date of publication: July 19, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 138, Page 41015-41016 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-19/p11480.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of objections filed with respect to the establishment and increase of various pyraclostrobin tolerances under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). The objections were filed on June 5, 2006 by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). NRDC's objections assert that EPA unlawfully removed the additional 10X safety factor for the protection of infants and children. Additionally NRDC claims that EPA's action was arbitrary and capricious for failure to provide an adequate explanation for its decision on the children's safety factor, and because EPA never received information EPA deemed necessary to its review of the pesticide. This Notice seeks comment on the NRDC objections.
Chemical(s): Pyraclostrobin
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number(s) EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0292, must be received on or before September 18, 2006.
Contact: Tony Kish, Registration Division(7505P), telephone number: (703) 308-9443; fax number: (703) 308-9382; e-mail address: kish.tony@epa.gov.

PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE DELAWARE PESTICIDE RULES & REGULATIONS

Delaware Department of Agriculture

Pesticides Section

Statutory Authority: 3 Delaware Code,

Section 1237 (3 Del.C. §1237)PROPOSED REGULATION

NOTICE

The State of Delaware, Department of Agriculture, will hold a public hearing on September 5, 2006, 6 p.m., in the Conference Room 1, Delaware Department of Agriculture building, 2320 S. Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE.

The hearing is being held for the purpose of receiving information, factual evidence, and public reaction as it relates to proposed amendments to the Pesticide Regulations under Title 3, Delaware Code, Chapter 12, Pesticide Law. The hearing will be conducted in accordance with Title 29, Chapter 101, Administrative Procedures Act.

Beginning at 6 p.m. comments will be received relating to: additional commercial pesticide application recordkeeping requirements, increased commercial applicator certification fees, and modifications to the pesticide storage and containment rules.

Title 3, Delaware Code, Section 1237, provides the Department with the authority to issue regulations pursuant to this statute.

Interested parties may obtain a copy of the proposed amendments by calling the Department at 1-800-282-8685; by writing the Delaware Department of Agriculture, Pesticides Section, 2320 S. Dupont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901; or, by visiting the Register of Regulations site. You can view the Delaware Register at: http://regulations.delaware.gov/

Pesticide Rules and Regulations

Section 14.0 Records

Section 14.1.8 Records required by Paragraph 14.1 shall be logged immediately upon completion of the pesticide application, unless good cause is shown.

Section 8.0 Standards for Certification of Commercial Applicators

Section 8.4.1.1 Commercial applicators shall pay an annual certification fee of $20.00 $30.00. All certifications shall continue in full force until December 31st of each year whereupon they shall become invalid unless renewed, except that a certification, for which a renewal application has been submitted to the Department by November 30th, shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the Department gives notice to the applicant of renewal or denial. Application for renewal shall be mailed to all certified applicators by the Department before October 1st of each year.

Section 8.4.3 Expirations

8.4.3.3 An A commercial applicator may not purchase, use or supervise the use of a restricted use pesticide during the ninety (90) day grace period following the expiration date of his certificate. In addition, a commercial applicator with an expired certificate is not authorized to act as the designated certified applicator under the licensing provisions of §1206(a).

Pesticide Storage and Containment

16.3.3 Until such time as the Secretary shall, along with the Pesticide Advisory Committee and any other person as the Secretary may consult, promulgates more specific rules and regulations covering the storage and containment of pesticides and pesticide containers not provided in 16.1 and 16.3 of this Section, the recommended procedures for the storage and containment of pesticides and containers detailed in Regulations promulgated by the Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, shall be the recommended procedures for Delaware. The Secretary shall make copies of these procedures available to any person needing guidance for proper storage of pesticides or pesticide containers.

Rule changes that will be published in the Delaware Register on August 1, 2006. You may send written comments to the attention of Grier Stayton or comment at the public hearing. You can view the Delaware Register at: http://regulations.delaware.gov/

FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE BREAKFAST SCHEDULE
Modern Maturity Center, Dover, Delaware. 7:15am
September 15 --- Dave Woodard, Former Extension Ag Program Leader
October 20 --- James Collins Jr, VP and General Manager - DuPont Crop Protection
November 17 --- Ed Kee, UD Extension Vegetable Specialist and Ag Program Leader
January 26 --- Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation (Harrington Fire Hall)
March 16 and April 20 speakers --- TBA

RISK MANAGEMENT AND TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT DECISIONS ANNOUNCED FOR PYRETHRINS, PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE, AND MGK-264
EPA has determined that, with one exception, uses of pesticide products
containing pyrethrins, piperonyl butoxide (PBO), and MGK-264 are eligible for reregistration, provided that risk mitigation measures identified in the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) documents are adopted and product labels are amended accordingly. EPA will continue to work with stakeholders to implement label changes as quickly as possible given the large number of products affected. Pyrethrins dust applications with power dusters are not eligible for reregistration. Tolerances (residue limits in food and feed) have been reassessed for these pesticides and found to meet safety standards established by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). The Agency requests public comments on these decision documents during a 90-day period ending on October 24, 2006.

First registered in the late 1940s and 1950s, pyrethrins, PBO, and MGK-264 are used to control many types of flying and crawling insects and arthropods. Pyrethrins are often formulated with synergists, such as PBO and MGK-264, which extend the pyrethrins’ insecticidal effects. PBO and MGK-264 are included as synergists in hundreds of pesticide products, but there are no products that contain only the active ingredient PBO or MGK-264. Pyrethrins, PBO, and MGK-264 are registered for use in residential, commercial, and industrial sites. Pyrethrins and PBO also have less significant agricultural uses, as well as public health uses in wide-area mosquito abatement programs.

Pyrethrins, PBO, and MGK-264 raise residential post-application risk concerns for adults and/or children, including exposures following broadcast dust applications to carpets and applications from indoor metered release devices. Pyrethrins and PBO also pose risks following applications from outdoor residential misting systems. MGK-264 also poses risks following indoor spray applications, indoor aerosol space spraying, dust application to pets, and use of insect repellents. To address these residential risks, mitigation measures include:

  • Restrict carpet dust applications to spot treatments only.
  • Prohibit use of products in metered release devices in residential areas, and remove day-care centers, nursing homes, schools, and hospitals from product labels.
  • For pyrethrins and PBO, restrict use of outdoor residential misting systems by establishing a maximum use rate and precautionary label statements.
  • For MGK-264, prohibit use of outdoor residential misting systems.
  • For MGK-264, also phase out all dust products used on pets; reduce application rates for repellents, indoor sprays, and aerosol space sprays; and require an aerosol spray study at the reduced application rate.

Pyrethrins, PBO, and MGK-264 also pose occupational and ecological risks. To address risks to workers, mitigation measures include:

  • reduced application rates,
  • changes in application methods or product formulations, and improved protective clothing or equipment.
  • For all three pesticides, prohibit power dusters as an application method.
  • For pyrethrins and PBO, repackage all wettable powders in water soluble bags.
  • For pyrethrins and PBO, applicators using hand-held foggers indoors must use specified dust-mist respirators.

To address risks to aquatic and terrestrial organisms, mitigation measures
include reducing the amount and/or frequency of outdoor sprays and agricultural applications.

  • For MGK-264, reduce outdoor spray application rate from 2.2 lbs a.i./acre to 0.3 lbs a.i./acre.
  • For pyrethrins and PBO, update agricultural product labels to specify:
    -- No more than 10 applications per season.
    -- Do not reapply within 3 days, except under extreme pest pressure.
    -- In case of extreme pest pressure, do not reapply within 24 hours.
  • For pyrethrins, update all wide-area mosquito abatement labels.

Pyrethrins are botanical insecticides that come from the pyrethrum flower,
Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium. Because pyrethrins are costly to produce and unstable in sunlight, many similar synthetic compounds, known as synthethic pyrethroids, have been developed. Although all pyrethrins and pyrethroids show some similarity in their effects on nerve function, EPA is not currently following a cumulative risk approach for these chemicals. When ongoing research is concluded in 2007, the Agency will consider it in determining whether a common mechanism will be a basis for assessing cumulative risk for the pyrethrins and pyrethroids.

EPA's July 26, 2006, Federal Register notices announcing the availability of the RED documents for the pyrethrins, PPO and MGK-264 are available at:
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

Comments must be received by the Agency by October 24, 2006. The three REDs and related documents are available at: http://www.regulations.gov in the following dockets:
-- Pyrethrins: EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0043
-- Piperonyl Butoxide (PBO): EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0042
-- MGK-264: EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0040
REDs also are available on the reregistration status table at: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm.

TITLE: PROPANIL; NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE PROPANIL AMENDMENT TO THE REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DECISION (RED) AND COMPLETION OF THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE PROPANIL RED.
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, July 26, 2006http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11714.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of the amendment to the Propanil Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) and completion of the comment period for the propanil RED. The Agency has reviewed the public comments submitted and has responded to those that relate specifically to the propanil RED. As a result of its review of the public comments and review of additional data submitted by the Propanil Task Force, the Agency is amending the Propanil RED, where appropriate.
Chemical(s): Propanil
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under
docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2003-0348.
Contact: Cathryn O'Connell, Special Review and Reregistration
Division (7508P), telephone number: (703) 308-0136; fax number:
(703) 308-8041; e-mail address: oconnell.cathryn@epa.gov.

TITLE: N-OCTYL BICYCLOHEPTENE DICARBOXIMIDE (MGK-264) REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DECISION; NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42381-42383
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11715.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (MGK-264), and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the MGK-264 Docket. MGK-264 is a pesticide active ingredient that acts as a synergist. Synergists are chemicals which, while lacking pesticidal properties of their own, enhance the pesticidal properties
of other active ingredients including pyrethrins and pyrethroids. Commercial
uses of MGK-264 include application to non-food plants, applications in food and non-food handling commercial and agricultural structures and outdoor premises, housing for veterinary and farm animals, and direct application to veterinary and non-food animals. Residentially, it is used to control insects both inside the home, as well as outside on gardens, lawns and ornamentals, patiosand other outdoor structures. No agricultural crop uses of MGK-264 are being supported, and MGK-264 is not used in wide area mosquito abatement programs.
Chemical(s): N-Octyl Bicycloheptene Dicarboximide (MGK-264)
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0040 must be received on or before October 24, 2006.
Contact: Cathryn O'Connell, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), telephone number: (703) 308-0136; fax number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: oconnell.cathryn@epa.gov.

TITLE: PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE (PBO) REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DECISION;
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42385-42386
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11717.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide piperonyl butoxide, and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the piperonyl butoxide Docket. Piperonyl butoxide (PBO) is a pesticide active ingredient that acts as a synergist. Synergists are chemicals which, while lacking pesticidal properties of their own, enhance the pesticidal properties of other active ingredients including pyrethrins and pyrethroids. PBO is used in four general ways: Preharvest and postharvest uses on many agricultural crops; direct and indirect treatments of livestock animals and premises; treatments of commercial and industrial facilities and storage areas where raw and processed food/feed commodities are stored or processed; and mosquito abatement areas.
Chemical(s): Piperonyl Butoxide (PBO)
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0042, must be received on or before October 24, 2006.
Contact: Cathryn O'Connell, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), telephone number (703) 308-0136; fax number: (703) 308-7070;
e-mail address: oconnell.cathryn@epa.gov.

TITLE: BUTENE, HOMOPOLYMER; TOLERANCE EXEMPTION
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42274-42278
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11720.htm
Purpose: This regulation revises the exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of butene, homopolymer when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. Miller Chemical and Fertilizer Corporatation submitted a petition to EPA requesting a revision of an exemption which has already been established) from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of butene, homopolymer
Chemical(s): Butene, Homopolymer
Comments: This regulation is effective July 26, 2006. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before September 25, 2006.
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0552.
Contact: Bipin Gandhi, Registration Division (7505P), telephone
number: (703) 308-8380; e-mail address: gandhi.bipin@epa.gov.

TITLE: NOTICE OF FILING OF PESTICIDE PETITIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF REGULATIONS FOR RESIDUES OF PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS E325
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42395-42396
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11723.htm
Purpose: Northwest Agricultural Products, proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the pesticide Pantoea agglomerans E325, in or on apples and pears.
Chemical(s): Pantoea agglomerans E325
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0617, must be received on or before August 25, 2006.Contact: Leonard Cole, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), telephone number: (703) 305-5412; e-mail address: cole.leonard@epa.gov.

TITLE: 2-PROPENOIC ACID, 2-METHYL-, POLYMER WITH BUTYL 2-PROPENOATE, METHYL 2-METHYL-2-PROPENOATE, METHYL 2-PROPENOATE AND 2-PROPENOIC ACID, GRAFT, COMPOUND WITH 2-AMINO-2-METHYL-1-PROPANOL; TOLERANCE EXEMPTION
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42278-42281
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11807.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 2-propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with butyl 2-propenoate, methyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate, methyl 2-propenoate and 2-propenoic acid, graft, compound with 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc. submitted a petition to EPA requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of 2-propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with butyl 2-propenoate, methyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate, methyl 2-propenoate and 2-propenoic acid, graft, compound with 2-amino-2-methyl -1-propanol.
Chemical(s: 2-Propenoic Acid, 2-Methyl-, Polymer with Butyl 2-Propenoate, Methyl 2-Methyl-2-Propenoate, Methyl 2-Propenoate and 2-Propenoic Acid, Graft, Compound with 2-Amino-2-Methyl-1-Propanol
Comments:This regulation is effective July 26, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 25, 2006. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0555.
Contact: Bipin Gandhi, Registration Division 7505P), telephone
number: (703) 308-8380; e-mail address: gandhi.bipin@epa.gov.

TITLE: NOTICE OF FILING OF PESTICIDE PETITIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OR AMENDMENT TO REGULATIONS FOR RESIDUES OF 2-PROPENOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER, POLYMER WITH ETHENYL ACETATE, HYDROLYZED, SODIUM SALTS IN OR ON VARIOUS COMMODITIES
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42393-42395
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11808.htm
Purpose: Monosol, LLC, proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the 2-propenoic acid, methyl ester, polymer with ethenyl acetate, hydrolyzed, sodium salts, in or on food commodities when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide products. Chemical(s): Residues of 2-Propenoic Acid, Methyl Ester, Polymer with Ethenyl Acetate, Hydrolyzed, Sodium Salts
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0603, must be received on or before August 25, 2006. Contact: Bipin Gandhi, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 308-8380 fax number: (703) 305-0599; e-mail address: gandhi.bipin@epa.gov

TITLE: RESMETHRIN REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DECISION; NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42389-42390
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11821.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide resmethrin, and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the resmethrin docket. Resmethrin is a synthetic Type I pyrethroid insecticide registered for control of insects in residential, commercial and industrial settings, in animal living areas, and in food handling establishments. Resmethrin is also registered as a restricted use pesticide when used to control adult mosquitoes in the interest of public health
Chemical(s): Resmethrin
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0284, must be received on or before October 24, 2006. Contact: Katie Hall, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), telephone number:(703) 308-0166; fax number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: hall.katie@epa.gov.

TITLE: 2-PROPENOIC, 2-METHYL-, POLYMERS WITH ETHYL ACRYLATE AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL METHYLACRYLATE C18-22 ALKYL ETHERS; TOLERANCE EXEMPTION
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42281-42285
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11824.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 2-propenoic, 2-methyl-, polymers with ethyl acrylate and polyethylene glycol methylacrylate C18-22 alkyl ethers (CAS No. 888969-14-0) when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. The Lubrizol Corporation submitted a petition to EPA requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible Chemical(s) 2-Propenoic, 2-Methyl-, Polymers with Ethyl Acrylate and Polyethylene Glycol Methylacrylate C18-22 Alkyl Ethers; Comments: This regulation is effective July 26, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 25, 2006. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket Identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0550.
Contact: Bipin Gandhi, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 308-8380; e-mail address: gandhi.bipin@epa.gov.

TITLE: NOTICE OF FILING OF A PESTICIDE PETITION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF REGULATIONS FOR RESIDUES OF TETRACONAZOLE IN OR ON SOYBEAN AND POULTRY COMMODITIES
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42392-42393
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11829.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition by Isagro S.p.A.,proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of tetraconazole in or on soybean (aspirated grain fractions/refined oil/seed) and poultry (eggs/fat/liver/meat/meat byproducts).
Chemical(s): Tetraconazole
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0576,must be received on or before August 25, 2006. Contact: Lisa Jones, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 308-9424; e-mail address: jones.lisa@epa.gov.

TITLE: NOTICE OF FILING OF PESTICIDE PETITIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT TO REGULATIONS FOR RESIDUES OF DIURON IN OR ON CACTUS, PRICKLY PEAR; SPEARMINT, TOPS; PEPPERMINT, TOPS, AND FISH-FRESHWATER FINFISH, FARM RAISED
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42390-42392
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11831.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions by Interregional Research Project Number 4, and Catfish Farmers of America proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of diuron in or on cactus, prickly pear; spearmint, tops; peppermint, tops; and fish-freshwater finfish, farm raised.
Chemical(s): Diuron
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0559, must be received on or before August 25, 2006.
Contact: Shaja R. Brothers, Registration Division (7505P telephone number: (703) 308-3194; e-mail address: brothers.shaja@epa.gov.

TITLE: PYRETHRINS REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DECISION; NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
DATE OF PUBLICATION: JULY 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42387-42389
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11913.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide pyrethrins, and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the pyrethrins Docket. Pyrethrins are botanical insecticides derived from the flowers of Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium. Pyrethrins are used in four general ways: Pre-harvest and post-harvest uses on many agricultural crops; direct and indirect treatments of livestock animals and premises; treatments of commercial and industrial facilities and storage areas where raw and processed food/feed commodities are stored or processed; and wide area mosquito abatement use.
Chemical(s): Pyrethrins
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0043, must be received on or before October 24, 2006.
Contact: Cathryn O'Connell, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P) telephone number: (703) 308-0136; fax number: (703) 308-7070;
e-mail address: oconnell.cathryn@epa.gov.

TITLE: 2-PROPENOIC ACID, 2-METHYL-, POLYMER WITH ETHENYLBENZENE, 2- ETHYLHEXYL 2-PROPENOATE, 2-HYDROXYETHYL 2-PROPENOATE, N-(HYDROXYMETHYL) -2-METHYL-2-PROPENAMIDE AND METHYL 2-METHYL-2-PROPENOATE, AMMONIUM SALT; TOLERANCE EXEMPTION
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42291-42295
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11951.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 2-propenoic acid, 2- methyl-, polymer with ethenylbenzene, 2-ethylhexyl 2-propenoate, 2-hydroxyethyl 2-propenoate, N-(hydroxymethyl) -2-methyl-2-propenamide and methyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate, ammonium salt when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc. submitted a petition to EPA requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of2-propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with ethenylbenzene, 2-ethylhexyl 2-propenoate, 2-hydroxyethyl 2-propenoate, N-(hydroxymethyl) -2-methyl-2-propenamide and methyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate, ammonium salt.
Chemical(s): 2-Propenoic Acid, 2-Methyl-, Polymer with Ethenylbenzene, 2-
Ethylhexyl 2-Propenoate, 2-Hydroxyethyl 2-Propenoate, N-(Hydroxymethyl)
-2-Methyl-2-Propenamide and Methyl 2-Methyl-2-Propenoate, Ammonium Salt;
Comments:This regulation is effective July 26, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 25, 2006. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0556.
Contact: Bipin Gandhi, Registration Division 7505P), telephone number:(703)308-8380; e-mail address: gandhi.bipin@epa.gov.

TITLE: OXIRANE, METHYL-, POLYMER WITH OXIRANE, MONOBUTYL ETHER; TOLERANCE EXEMPTION
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42285-42288
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11952.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of oxirane, methyl-, polymer with oxirane, monobutyl ether; when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation. BASF Corporation, submitted a petition to EPA requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of oxirane, methyl-, polymer with oxirane, monobutyl ether.
Chemical(s): Oxirane, Methyl-, Polymer with Oxirane, Monobutyl Ether;
Comments: This regulation is effective July 26, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 25, 2006. This regulation is effective July 26, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 25, 2006
Contact: Bipin Gandhi, Registration Division (7505P; telephone number: (703) 308-8380; e-mail address: gandhi.bipin@epa.gov.

TITLE: 2H-AZEPIN-2-ONE, 1-ETHENYLHEXAHYDRO-, HOMOPOLYMER I; TOLERANCE EXEMPTION
Date of publication: July 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 143, Page 42288-42291
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/July/Day-26/p11953.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of 2H-azepin-2-one, 1-ethenylhexahydro-, homopolymer; when used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation BASF AG submitted a petition to EPA requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of 2H-azepin-2-one, 1-ethenylhexahydro-,homopolymer.
Chemical(s): 2H-Azepin-2-one, 1-Ethenylhexahydro-, Homopolymer I;
Comments: This regulation is effective July 26, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before September 25, 2006,EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0551.
Contact: Bipin Gandhi, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 308-8380; e-mail address: gandhi.bipin@epa.gov.

DON'T LET YOUR HOME BE HOME FOR BUGS!
Boscov’s Christiana Town Center
September 20, 2006
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm.
This class will cover insect pests of the home: kitchen ants, carpenter ants, pantry pests, and bed bugs. Homeowners will learn what they can do to control these pests themselves and when it is time for them to hire a professional. We will have demonstrations with live insects and preserved specimens for homeowners to study. Attendees will be given a workbook to take home.
Cost: $5.

Watch for the announcement and registration materials in the August Wilmington News Journal. This class is a pilot project as part of an EPA grant. I will develop & refine curriculum materials during this class and then take the class statewide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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