PESTICIDE BRIEFS
12/05/2005
THE LOCAL SCENE
(1) Pesticide Information Network Advisory Committee
(2) Pesticide Applicator Training Dates Announced
(3) Annual Pesticide Conference Announced
(4) Ag Week in Delaware Announced
(5) New Pesticide Information Web Site
(6) New Calendar of Events
THE NATIONAL SCENE
PRODUCT CANCELLATIONS
(7) Two cat & kitten spot-on: Phenothrin and Phenothrin and s-methoprene
(8) EBDC fungicides
(9) Chlorpyrifos pre-construction termiticide products
(10) Aminopyridine, ammonia, chloropicrin, diazinon, dihydro-5-heptyl-2(3h)-furanone, dihydro-5-pentyl-2(3h)-furanone, and vinclozolin
(11) lindane
(12) Chromated copper arsenate
(13) Thiram
RISK ASSESSMENTS
It is important for you to know that EPA is conducting a Risk Assessment on a particular pesticide, because this means that there may be label restrictions in the future for this product. During the Risk Assessment period, you may make comments to EPA if you think label restrictions will impose a hardship on production of a commodity.
(14) Propylene oxide
(15) MCPB
(16) Ethylene oxide
(17) Malathion
(18) Pyrethrins
(19) MGK[reg] 264
(20) Piperonyl butoxide
(21) Telone
(22) Dazomet
(23) Metam sodium
(24) Carbofuran
(25) Dimethoate
(26) Permethrin
(27) Methyl Bromide
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.
(28) Ethofumesate
(29) Dimethipin
(30) Oxydemeton-methyl
(31) Endothall
(32) Pyrazon
(33) Ametryn
(34) Chlorsulfuron
(35) Dicofol
PESTICIDE TOLERANCES
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
(36) Flucarbazone-sodium
(37) Bacillus thuringiensis cry34ab1 and cry35ab1 proteins
(38) Bt pesticide product
(39) EPA approves new non-chemical control for corn rootworm
(40) Reynoutria sachalinensis extract
(41) Iprovalicarb
(42) Amicarbazone
(43) Pyriproxyfen
(44) Kasugamycin
(45) Fenpropathrin
(46) Cyfluthrin
(47) Fluoxastrobin
REPORTS
(48) New web address for pesticide product database
(49) Endangered species protection program field implementation
(50) Emergency exemption process revisions
(51) Updated schedule for reregistration and tolerance reassessment available
(52) Pesticide fate database now available on the web
(53) EPA submits n-methyl carbamate preliminary risk assessment
(54) EPA publishes annual pesticide reregistration performance measures and goals.
(55) Revised 2005 Worker Protection Standard How- to-Comply Manual Available
IN THE NEWS
(56) Louisiana man convicted of witness tampering in Arkansas endangered species case
(57) Pesticide label court case
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TWO CAT & KITTEN SPOT-ON CANCELLED
PHENOTHRIN; Amendment to Terminate Use
Date of publication: November 9, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 216, Page 68036-68037
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-09/p22256.htm
Purpose: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendment to terminate use, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of a product containing the pesticide phenothrin. This order follows a July 20, 2005 (corrected August 3, 2005) Federal Register Notice of Receipt of a Request from the registrant Hartz Mountain Corporation to voluntarily amend to terminate certain uses of their product Hartz Ref 119. The use of this product as a spot-on for cats and kittens will be terminated. In the July 20, 2005 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the amendment to terminate use no earlier than October 31, 2005. EPA further indicated that the request for termination of use was irrevocable. The Agency did not receive any comments on the Notice. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this Notice an order granting the requested amendment to terminate use. Any distribution, sale, or use of the product Hartz Ref 119 is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
Chemical(s): Phenothrin;
Comments: The order to terminate use is effective November 9, 2005. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0173.
Contact: Ann Sibold, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 305-6502; fax number: (703) 305-9596; e-mail address: sibold.ann@epa.gov.
PHENOTHRIN AND S-METHOPRENE; Product Cancellation Order
Date of publication: November 4, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 213, Page 67171-67172
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-04/p22039.htm
Purpose: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of a product containing the pesticides phenothrin and s-methoprene, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a July 15, 2005 (corrected August 3, 2005) Federal Register Notice of Receipt of a Request from the registrant Hartz Mountain Corporation to voluntarily cancel their product Hartz Ref 117, a product labeled for use as a spot-on for cats and kittens. In the July 15, 2005 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellation no earlier than October 31, 2005. EPA further indicated that the request for cancellation was irrevocable. The Agency did not receive any comments on the Notice during the 30-day comment period. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this Notice a cancellation order granting the requested
cancellation. Any distribution, sale, or use of the product Hartz Ref 117 is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
Chemical(s): Phenothrin and s-Methoprene;
Comments: The cancellation is effective November 4, 2005. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0144.
Contact: Ann Sibold, Registration Division (7505C); telephone number: (703) 305-6502; fax number: (703) 305-6596; e-mail address: sibold.ann@epa.gov.
Ethylenebisdithiocarbamate (EBDC) Fungicides Mancozeb, Maneb, and Metiram; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel, Amend, or Terminate Uses of Certain Pesticide Registrations
Date of publication: November 2, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 211, Page 66388-66392
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-02/p21626.htm
Purpose: This notice announces receipt by EPA of requests from the registrants Cerexagri, Dow AgroSciences, Griffin LLC, and Wilbur-Ellis Company to amend or to terminate certain uses of 16 mancozeb product registrations, 3 maneb product registrations, and 1 metiram product registration (Tables 1-3 of Unit III). These pesticides are broad spectrum EBDC fungicides used on a variety of agricultural crops, ornamentals, and turf. In letters dated August 25, August 29, and September 16, 2005, Cerexegri, Dow AgroSciences, and Griffin LLC respectively, have requested that EPA terminate the uses of mancozeb on athletic fields and pachysandra. The registrants are no longer supporting these uses and wish to have them removed from product labels. However, these three registrants are retaining some mancozeb turf uses, specifically, use on sod farms, grass grown for seed, golf courses, and commercial and industrial lawns. Further, in a letter dated September 12, 2005, Cerexagri has requested that EPA terminate use of maneb on apples, grapes, kadota figs, peanut seed, rice seed, and sweet corn, and remove these uses from the appropriate product labels. Cerexagri's September 12, 2005 letter also requests deletion of the sod farm turf use from the Maneb 80 WP Fungicide label. Last, in a letter dated June 20, 2005, Wilbur-Ellis Company requested voluntary cancellation of the metiram product registration for Potato Seed Treater Fungicide (EPA Reg. No. 2935-540).
Chemical(s): Ethylenebisdithiocarbamate (EBDC) Fungicides Mancozeb, Maneb, and Metiram
Comments: Comments identified by docket identification (ID) number 2005-0256 must be received on or before December 2, 2005.
Contact: For mancozeb, Cristina Scheltema, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), telephone number: (703) 308-2201; fax number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: scheltema.christina@epa.gov. For maneb and metiram, Tawanda Spears, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), telephone number: (703) 308-8050; fax number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: spears.tawanda@epa.gov.
CHLORPYRIFOS Pre-Construction Termiticide Products Phase Out on December 31, 2005
As of December 31, 2005, chlorpyrifos products may no longer be distributed, sold, or used for pre-construction termite control. On August 30, EPA released a notice to distributors, retailers, and pest control operators, reminding them of this deadline and providing an exit strategy for chlorpyrifos pre-construction termite control products. The notice provides information to help sellers and users make informed decisions about managing their existing inventories of these products, including stocks that remain after the end of this year. EPA's goal in issuing the notice is to identify companies or individuals who anticipate having remaining stocks after December 31, and to work with them and their state pesticide regulatory officials sooner rather than later to develop strategies for lawfully depleting these stocks. For example, relabeling and/or stickering the products for other lawful uses already on the label can help deplete any existing stocks. The termination of chlorpyrifos pre-construction termite control use is the result of a June 2000 agreement between EPA and the manufacturers to phase out and cancel most residential uses of chlorpyrifos. Following this agreement, the Agency completed an Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos in September 2001. For additional information, including the pre-construction termite control use notice, see the Agency’s chlorpyrifos web page, http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/op/chlorpyrifos.htm .
AMINOPYRIDINE, AMMONIA, CHLOROPICRIN, DIAZINON, DIHYDRO-5-HEPTYL-2(3H)-FURANONE, DIHYDRO-5-PENTYL-2(3H)-FURANONE, AND VINCLOZOLIN; Tolerance Actions
Date of publication: September 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 182, Page 55263-55268
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-21/p18579.htm
Purpose: EPA is revoking specific tolerances and tolerance exemptions for residues of the bird repellent 4-aminopyridine, fungicides ammonia and vinclozolin, and insecticides chloropicrin, diazinon, dihydro-5-heptyl-2(3H)-furanone, and dihydro-5-pentyl-2(3H)-furanone. EPA canceled food use registrations or deleted food uses from registrations following requests for voluntary cancellation or use deletion by the registrants, or non-payment of registration maintenance fees. The regulatory actions in this document contribute toward the Agency's tolerance reassessment requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408(q), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. By law, EPA is required by August 2006 to reassess the tolerances in existence on August 2, 1996. The regulatory actions in this document pertain to the revocation of 39 tolerances and tolerance exemptions of which 33 count as tolerance reassessments toward the August, 2006 rev!
iew deadline.
Chemical(s): Aminopyridine, Ammonia, Chloropicrin, Diazinon, Dihydro-5-heptyl-2(3H)-furanone, Dihydro-5-pentyl-2(3H)-furanone, and Vinclozolin
Contact: Joseph Nevola, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 308-8037; e-mail address: nevola.joseph@epa.gov.
LINDANE; Tolerance Actions
Date of publication: September 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 182, Page 55282-55286
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-21/p18829.htm
Purpose: EPA is revoking specific existing tolerances for the insecticide lindane because, following receipt of registrant requests, the Agency canceled their associated Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) registrations in the United States
Chemical(s): Lindane
Dates: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0246, This regulation is effective September 21, 2005. However, certain regulatory actions will not occur until the date specified in the regulatory text.
Contact: Joseph Nevola, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 308-8037; e-mail address: nevola.joseph@epa.gov.
CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE (CCA); Amendment to Terminate a Use
Date of publication: September 7, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 172, page 53178-53180
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-07/p17530.htm
Purpose: This notice announces EPA's cancellation order granting amendments to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrant(s) and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the pesticide Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA), pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows a September 8, 2004 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests (69 FR 54278) from the CCA registrants to voluntarily amend their affected product registrations to terminate the use "members out of water and not subject to salt water [or brackish water] splash, and not in soil use," as currently stated under American Wood Preservers' Association (AWPA) Standard C18 (Wood for Marine Construction). The registrants requested that these use terminations become effective December 31, 2004. For further information, please refer to the CCA guidance document at
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/chemicals/cca_awpa_june.pdf. In the September 8, 2004 Notice, EPA indicated that it intended to issue a cancellation order implementing the amendments to terminate the use. All affected CCA registrants waived the 180-day comment period (i.e., any comment period in excess of 30 days). Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested amendments to terminate the uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the CCA products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this cancellation order, including any existing stocks provisions.
Chemical(s): Chromated Copper Arsenate
Comments: EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0266. The cancellations are effective September 7, 2005.
Contact: Rebecca Miller, Antimicrobials Division (7510C), (703) 305-0012; e-mail address: miller.rebecca@epa.gov.
THIRAM; Amendment to Terminate Uses
Date of publication: August 31, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 168, page 51796-51797
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/August/Day-31/p17126.htm
Purpose: This notice announces EPA's order for the amendment to terminate uses, voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of products containing the pesticide thiram, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This cancellation order follows an April 27, 2005 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Request from the thiram registrant to voluntarily amend to terminate uses of thiram in or on apples. These are not the last thiram products registered for use in the United States. In the April 27, 2005 Notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the amendment to terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 30-day comment period that would merit its further review of this request, or unless the registrant withdrew their request within this period. The Agency did not receive any comments on the Notice. Further, the registrant did not withdraw their request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested amendment to terminate uses. Any distribution, sale, or use of the thiram products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
Chemical(s): Thiram
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0183
Contact: Craig Doty, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 308-0122; e-mail address: doty.craig@epa.gov.
PROPYLENE OXIDE RISK ASSESSMENT
Date of publication: November 9, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 216, Page 68031-68034
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-09/p22381.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's human health risk assessment and related documents for the insecticidal fumigant pesticide propylene oxide (PPO), and opens a public comment period on these documents. The public is encouraged to suggest risk management ideas or proposals to address the risks identified. EPA is developing a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED), for PPO through a modified, 4-Phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. This notice opens phase 3 of the 4-phase process.
Chemical(s): Propylene Oxide :
Comments: Comments identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0253, must be received on or before January 9, 2006.
Contact: Susan Bartow, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), telephone number: (703) 603- 0065; fax number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: bartow.susan@epa.gov.
MCPB RISK ASSESSMENT
Date of publication: November 2, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 211, Page 66384-66387
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-02/p21758.htm
Purpose: EPA is releasing for public comment its human health and environmental fate and effects risk assessments and related documents for MCPB. MCPB is a selective phenoxy herbicide which is produced as a sodium salt and an acid to be used post-emergence as a broadcast foliar application to control broad-leaved annual and perennial weeds in peas. EPA is developing the risk assessments for MCPB through a modified 4- Phase version of its public process for making pesticide reregistration eligibility and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that pesticides meet current standards under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
Chemical(s): MCPB
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP- 2005-0263, must be received on or before January 3, 2006. Contact: James Parker, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 306-0469; fax number: (703) 308-7042; e-mail address: parker.james@epa.gov.
ETHYLENE OXIDE Risk Assessment
Date of publication: October 19, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 201 Page 60823-60824
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/October/Day-19/p20821.htm
Purpose: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of August 3, 2005, concerning the availability of the risk assessment for ethylene oxide.
Chemical(s): Ethylene Oxide:
Contact: Susan Bartow, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 603-0065; fax number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: bartow.susan@epa.gov.
MALATHION; Revised Risk Assessments
Date of publication: September 23, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 184, Page 55839-55842
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-23/p18705.htm
Purpose: EPA is announcing the availability of its revised human health risk assessment and its ecological risk assessment for malathion, a cholinesterase-inhibiting organophosphate insecticide. Malathion is used on a variety of agricultural commodities, home ornamentals, vegetable gardens and lawns, and for wide area treatments such as public health mosquito control, fruit fly control, and boll weevil eradication programs. Malathion also is used as a head lice treatment. EPA's latest analysis of malathion toxicity data received since 2000 required changes to the Agency's human health risk assessment for that chemical.
In addition to looking at new data for malathion in this most recent assessment, EPA has also further characterized the potential risk from malaoxon, a more toxic compound that is formed when malathion residue is chemically converted under certain environmental conditions. EPA’s database for malaoxon is incomplete; therefore, the Agency has requested additional data on malaoxon in order to characterize this potential risk more definitively.
This notice announces the availability of EPA's revised human health risk assessment. A revised human health assessment on malathion was conducted to incorporate toxicity data which EPA received after 2000. Since no additional ecological data on malathion has been received after 2000, EPA's ecological risk characterization has remained unchanged. EPA is developing an Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for malathion through the full, 6-Phase public participation process, which in this case includes reissuing the revised risk assessment for an additional Phase 5 public comment period. The Agency uses this process to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards.
Chemical(s): Malathion
Contact: Tom Moriarty, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 305-5035; e-mail address: moriarty.thomas@epa.gov.
Links to the malathion Federal Register notice, risk assessments, and related documents are available online at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/op/malathion.htm. For more information on malathion’s use in public health mosquito control, please see http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/mosquitoes/malathion4mosquitoes.htm. For information on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Boll Weevil Eradication Program, please see http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/pdmp/cotton/bollweevil/updatedspring05.ppt
PYRETHRINS Revised Risk Assessments
Date of publication: September 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 182, Page 55378-55380
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-21/p18704.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's revised risk assessments for the pesticide pyrethrins. EPA is developing a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for pyrethrins through the full, 6-Phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards. This notice begins Phase 5 of the 6-Phase process.
Chemical(s): Pyrethrins
Contact: Cathryn O'Connell, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 308-0136; e-mail address: oconnell.cathryn@epa.gov.
MGK[reg] 264 Revised Risk Assessments
Date of publication: September 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 182, Page 55381-55383
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-21/p18707.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's revised risk assessments for the insecticide synergist N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (MGK[reg] 264). EPA is developing a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for MGK[reg] 264 through the full, 6-Phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards. This notice begins phase 5 of the 6 phase process.
Chemical(s): N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide (MGK[reg]264)
Contact: Cathryn O'Connell, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 308-0136; e-mail address: oconnell.cathryn@epa.gov.
PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE Revised Risk Assessments
Date of publication: September 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 182, Page 55383-55385
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-21/p18708.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's revised risk assessments for the insecticide synergist piperonyl butoxide. EPA is developing a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for piperonyl butoxide through the full, 6-Phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards. This notice begins Phase 5 of the 6-Phase public participation process.
Chemical(s): Piperonyl Butoxide
Contact: Cathryn O'Connell, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 308-0136; e-mail address: oconnell.cathryn@epa.gov.
TELONE (1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE) Risk Assessment
Date of publication: September 12, 2005Citation: Volume 70, Number 175, Page 53794-53795
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-12/p18074.htm
Purpose: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of July 13, 2005, concerning the availability of EPA's human health risk assessment and related documents for the fumigant 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D), which is commonly known as telone.
Chemical(s): 1,3-Dichloropropene
Contact: Diane Sherman, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 308-0128; Sherman.Diane@epa.gov.
DAZOMET Risk Assessment
Date of publication: September 12, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 175, Page 53795
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-12/p18075.htm
Purpose: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of July 13, 2005, concerning the availability of EPA's human health risk assessment and related documents for the fumigant dazomet.
Chemical(s): Dazomet
Contact: Dirk Helder, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 305-4610; helder.dirk@epa.gov.
METAM SODIUM Risk Assessment
Date of publication: September 12, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 175, page 53795-53796
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-12/p18076.htm
Purpose: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of July 13, 2005, concerning the availability of EPA's human health risk assessment and related documents for the fumigant metam sodium.
Chemical(s): Metam Sodium
Contact: Dirk Helder, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 305-4610; helder.dirk@epa.gov.
CARBOFURAN; Risk Assessment
Date of publication: September 14, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 177, Page 54377-54379
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-12/p18076.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's human health risk assessment and related documents for the carbamate pesticide carbofuran. EPA is developing an Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for carbofuran through the full 6-Phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards. This notice opens phase 3 of the 6-Phase process.
Chemical(s): Carbofuran
Contact: Stephanie Plummer, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 305-0076; e-mail address: plummer.stephanie@epa.gov.
DIMETHOATE Revised Risk Assessments
Date of publication: September 6, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 171, Page 53005-53008
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-06/p17545.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's revised risk assessments for the organophosphate pesticide dimethoate. Dimethoate is a systemic organophosphate insecticide used for control of a wide variety of insect pests on a number of fruit, vegetable, grain, and field crops, as well as ornamentals and non-cropland adjacent to agriculture fields. Further information on dimethoate can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/op/dimethoate.htm . EPA is developing an Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for dimethoate through the full, 6-Phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards.
Chemical(s): Dimethoate
Contact: Stephanie Plummer, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 305-0076; e-mail address: plummer.stephanie@epa.gov.
PERMETHRIN Risk Assessments
Date of publication: August 31, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 168, Page 51790-51792
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/August/Day-31/p17365.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's preliminary human health and ecological risk assessments and related documents for permethrin, a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide. At this time, EPA is intending to develop a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for permethrin through a modified 4-phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance assessment decisions. Through this program, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards. This notice is phase-3 of the 4-phase process.
Chemical(s): Permethrin
Contact: Jacqueline Guerry, Chemical Review Manager, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 305-0024; e-mail address: guerry.jacqueline@epa.gov.
METHYL BROMIDE Risk Assessments for Fumigant Pesticide
Date of publication: September 9, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 174, Page 53659
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-09/p18009.htm
Purpose: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of July 13, 2005, concerning the availability of EPA's human health and environmental fate and effects risk assessments and related documents for the fumigant methyl bromide.
Chemical(s): Methyl Bromide
Contact: Susan Bartow, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 603-0065; e-mail address: bartow.susan@epa.gov.
ETHOFUMESATE Reregistration Eligibility Decision
Date of publication: November 9, 2005
Citation:Volume 70, Number 216, Page 68034-68036
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-09/p22107.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide ethofumesate, and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the ethofumesate docket. Ethofumesate is a selective herbicide used during preplant, preemergence and postemergence for control of broadleaf and grass weeds. Primary uses are for sugar beets, turf for sod and golf courses, and grass for seed. Special local need uses include uses on spinach and Swiss chard crops which are grown for seed.
Chemical(s): Ethofumesate
Comments: Comments identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0348 must be received on or before January 9, 2006.
Contact: Nathan Mottl, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), telephone number: (703) 305-0208; fax number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: mottl.nathan@epa.gov.
DIMETHIPIN; Reregistration Eligibility Decision
Date of publication: November 2, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 211, Page 66387-66388
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-02/p21757.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide dimethipin. Dimethipin is registered for use as a cotton growth regulator and dessicant. In addition, it is used as a post-emergence herbicide on cotton and nonbearing apple nursery stock. EPA has reviewed dimethipin through the public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards.
Chemical(s): Dimethipin;
Comments: EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0380. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the dimethipin docket
Contact: Amaris Johnson, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C); telephone: (703) 305-9542; fax number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address johnson.amaris@epa.gov.
OXYDEMETON-METHYL Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision and Amendment
Date of publication: October 26, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 206, Page 61818-61819
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/October/Day-26/p21365.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for the organophosphate pesticide oxydemeton-methyl (ODM) and the ODM IRED Amendment document. ODM is a systemic, organophosphate insecticide/acaracide registered on terrestrial food crops (vegetable, field, tree fruit, and nut crops) and terrestrial non-food sites (ornamental uses). EPA has reviewed ODM through the public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions.
Chemical(s): Oxydemeton-methyl:
Comments: The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the ODM Docket (docket number OPP-34167), and on the ODM reregistration website located at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ op/odm.htm. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0281.
Contact: Katie Hall, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), telephone number: (703) 308-0166; fax number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: hall.katie@epa.gov.
ENDOTHALL Reregistration Eligibility Decision
Date of publication: October 26, 2005
Citation:Volume 70, Number 206, Page 61816-61818
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/October/Day-26/p21366.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide endothall. Endothall is used as an aquatic herbicide to control submerged aquatic vegetation and algae in lakes, ponds, and irrigation canals and is used as a desiccant on cotton, hops, potatoes, and seed production for alfalfa and clover. Endothall is also used as a biocide to control mollusks in cooling towers/systems. Endothall is applied as either a dipotassium salt or an N, N-dimethylalkylamine salt. The endothall acid is not directly applied to use sites; it is formed as a break-down product resulting from application of the salt forms. The amine salt is the only form applied terrestrially, while both the dipotassium and amine salt are applied to aquatic use sites.
Chemical(s): Endothall:
Comments: The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the endothall Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0370.
Contact: Anne Overstreet, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), telephone number: (703) 308-8068; fax number: (703) 308-8005; e- mail address: overstreet.anne@epa.gov
PYRAZON Reregistration Eligibility Decision for Low Risk Pesticide
Date of publication: October 12, 2005
Citation: Volume70, Number196, Page 59341-59344
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/October/Day-12/p20419.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide pyrazon, and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the pyrazon Docket. Pyrazon [5- amino-4-chloro-2-phenyl-3(2H)-pyridazinone], also known as chloridazon, is an herbicide belonging to the pyridazinone class of pesticides, and is used for weed control on sugar beets, red table beets, and ornamentals.
Chemical(s): Pyrazon
Comments: Comments identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0381 must be received on or before December 12, 2005 .
Contact: Stephanie Plummer, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 305-0076; fax number: (703) 308-7042; e-mail address: plummer.stephanie@epa.gov.
AMETRYN Reregistration Eligibility Decision
Date of publication: September 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 182, Page 55385-55386
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-21/p18706.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide ametryn. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the ametryn Docket. Ametryn is a triazine herbicide used on field corn, popcorn, pineapple, and sugarcane. EPA has reviewed ametryn through the public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards.
Chemical(s): Ametryn
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0411
Contact: Mark T. Howard, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 308-8172; e-mail address: howard.markt@epa.gov.
CHLORSULFURON Reregistration Eligibility Decision
Date of publication: August 31, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 168, Page 51793
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/August/Day-31/p16384.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide chlorsulfuron. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the chlorsulfuron Docket. Chlorsulfuron is used as a pre-and post-emergent herbicide to control a variety of weeds on cereal grains, pasture and rangeland, industrial sites, and turf grass. EPA has reviewed chlorsulfuron through the public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions. Through these programs, EPA is ensuring that all pesticides meet current health and safety standards.
Chemical(s): Chlorsulfuron
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0219.
Contact: Susan Jennings, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 355-8574; e-mail address jennings.susan@epa.gov.
DICOFOL; Addendum and Closure of Reregistration Eligibility Decision
Date of publication: August 31, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 168, Page 51794-51796
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/August/Day-31/p17205.htm
This notice announces EPA's intention to resolve certain issues not addressed in the 1998 Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the miticide dicofol. At the time the RED was completed, the Agency was concerned with risks posed to occupational workers. In order to adequately determine re-entry intervals (REIs), the registrant submitted a dermal toxicity study and a chemical specific dislodgeable foliar residue study. The Agency has reviewed these studies and continues to be concerned with occupational exposure from most crops. To protect workers, the Agency has determined that longer REIs are required. The addendum to the dicofol RED establishes REIs that were not finalized in the RED and provides rationale and potential impact analysis for establishing longer REIs. EPA believes that increasing REIs for these crops will not likely result in negative economic or biological impacts.
Chemical(s): Dicofol
Contact: Mika J. Hunter, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), (703) 308-0041; e-mail address: hunter.mika@epa.gov.
FLUCARBAZONE-SODIUM; TIME-LIMITED PESTICIDE TOLERANCE
Date of publication: November 9, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 216, Page 67910-67915
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-09/p22254.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for combined residues of flucarbazone-sodium, 4,5-dihydro-3-methoxy-4- methyl-5-oxo-N-[2(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl] sulfonyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole 1-carboxamide, sodium salt and its N-desmethyl metabolite in or on wheat, forage at 0.30 parts per million (ppm); wheat, grain at 0.01 ppm; wheat, hay at 0.10 ppm; and wheat, straw at 0.05 ppm; and combined residues of flucarbazone-sodium and its metabolites converted to 2- (trifluoromethoxy) benzene sulfonamide and calculated as flucarbazone- sodium in or on milk at 0.005 ppm; meat and meat byproducts (excluding liver) of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.01 ppm; and liver of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 1.5 ppm. Arysta LifeScience North America Corporation requested this tolerance.
Chemical(s): Flucarbazone-sodium;
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Comments: This regulation is effective November 9, 2005 and will expire on November 30, 2006. EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0254.
Contact: Jim Tompkins, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 305-5697; e-mail address: Tompkins.Jim@epa.gov.
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRY34AB1 AND CRY35AB1 PROTEINS
Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1 Proteins and the Genetic Material Necessary for Their Production in Corn; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance.
Date of publication: September 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 182, Page 55254-55260
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-21/p18582.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1 proteins and the genetic material necessary for their production in corn on corn, field; corn, sweet; and corn, pop when applied/used as a plant-incorporated protectant. Mycogen Seeds c/o Dow AgroSciences LLC submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1 proteins and the genetic material necessary for their production in corn.
Chemical(s): Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1 Proteins
This regulation is effective September 21, 2005.
Contact: Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), (703) 308-8715; e-mail address: mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov.
NEW BT PESTICIDE PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS; Conditional Approval
Date of publication: October 19, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 201 Page 60826-60828
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/October/Day-19/p20905.htm
Purpose: This notice announces Agency approval of applications submitted by Monsanto Company, to conditionally register the pesticide products, Event MON 863: Corn Rootworm Protected Corn (ZMIR13L) and YieldGard Plus containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(7)(C) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.
Chemical(s): Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Bb1
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Comments: EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0182.
Contact: Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), telephone number: (703) 308-8715; e-mail address mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov.
BT PESTICIDE PRODUCT; Registration Approval
Date of publication: September 14, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 177, Page 54379-54380
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-14/p18243.htm
Purpose: This notice announces Agency approval of an application to register the pesticide product, Mycogen Brand B.t. moCry1F Insect Resistant Corn Seed and Florbac Slurry containing active ingredients not included in any previously registered product pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)7 and 3(c)5 respectively of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.
Chemical(s): Mycogen Brand B.t. moCry1F
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Comments: EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0199.
Contact: For further information contact the regulatory action leader listed in the table in the FR notice
EPA APPROVES NEW NON-CHEMICAL CONTROL FOR CORN ROOTWORM
After an intensive, multi-year scientific analysis, EPA has approved applications submitted by Mycogen Seeds (c/o Dow AgroSciences, LLC) and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. for the use of a new corn plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) designed to control corn rootworm. Corn rootworm is a widespread and destructive insect pest responsible for the single largest use of conventional insecticides in the United States. The new product is the second PIP to offer protection against corn rootworm and is expected to result in a further reduction of chemical insecticide use by growers.
The new corn plant-incorporated protectant, Event DAS-59122-7 Corn, produces its own insecticide within the corn plant derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), a naturally occurring soil bacterium. The Bt proteins used in this product, called Cry34Ab1 and Cry35Ab1 (Cry 34/35), control corn rootworm.
To reduce the likelihood of corn rootworm developing resistance to Bt, EPA is requiring Mycogen and Pioneer to ensure that buffer zones within the planted acreage be planted with corn that is not protected from corn rootworm to serve as a "refuge." The insect populations in the refuges will help prevent resistance development when they cross-breed with insects in the Bt fields. This resistance management strategy was developed as a condition of the registration, and EPA will require routine monitoring and documentation that these measures are followed.
The reduction in chemical pesticide use will benefit the environment directly and can mean less chemical exposure to people who apply pesticides to corn. The availability of multiple corn rootworm-protected corn products will also increase grower choice and price competition, resulting in lower seed prices for consumers and higher adoption rates. The product provides yet another way to combat corn rootworm, as well as indirect benefits such as energy savings resulting from reduced chemical insecticide use. As with similar products, EPA has approved Cry 34/35 for time-limited use, which will be subject to reevaluation in five years. For more information on EPA's regulation of biopesticide products, see: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/
REYNOUTRIA SACHALINENSIS EXTRACT; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Date of publication: September 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 182, page 55272-55277
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-21/p18725.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the biochemical pesticide Reynoutria sachalinensis extract on all food commodities. The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), on behalf of KHH Bioscience, Inc., submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Reynoutria sachalinensis extract.
Chemical(s): Reynoutria Sachalinensis
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0221. This regulation is effective September 21, 2005. Contact: Driss Benmhend, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), 703) 308-9525; e-mail address: benmhend.driss@epa.gov.
IPROVALICARB; Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication: September 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 182, page 55277-55282
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-21/p18828.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of Iprovalicarb in or on tomatoes. Bayer CropScience AG requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
Chemical(s): Iprovalicarb
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0074. This regulation is effective September 21, 2005.
Contact: Mary L. Waller, Registration Division (7505C), (703) 308-9354; e-mail address: waller.mary@epa.gov.
AMICARBAZONE; Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication: September 23, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 184, page 55752-55761
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-23/p18951.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of amicarbazone and its metabolites in or on field corn and livestock commodities and indirect or inadvertent residues of amicarbazone and its metabolites in alfalfa, cotton, soybean and wheat. Arysta Lifescience North American Corporation (perviously known as Arvesta Corporation) requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).Chemical(s): Amicarbazone
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0185. This regulation is effective September 23, 2005.
Contact: Joanne I. Miller, Registration Division (7505C), (703) 305-6224; e-mail address: miller.joanne@epa.gov.
PYRIPROXYFEN; Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication: September 23, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 184, Page 55733-55740
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-23/p19059.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pyriproxyfen in or on grass, forage, fodder, and hay, group 17, forage; grass, forage, fodder, and hay, group 17, hay; vegetable, legume, group 6; onion, dry bulb; grape; strawberry; sapote, white; and citrus hybrids. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
Chemical(s): Pyriproxyfen
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0246. This regulation is effective September 23, 2005.
Contact: Shaja R. Brothers, Registration Division (7505C), 703-308-3194; e-mail address: brothers.shaja@epa.gov.
KASUGAMYCIN; Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication: September 23, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 184, Page 55748-55752
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-23/p19061.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes a tolerance forresidues of kasugamycin in or on fruiting vegetables, crop group 8. Arysta Lifescience North American Corporation (previously know as Arvesta Corporation), agent for Hokko Chemical Industry Corporation, requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
Chemical(s): Kasugamycin
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0017. This regulation is effective September 23, 2005.
Contact: Mary L. Waller, Registration Division (7505C), (703) 308-9354; e-mail address: waller.mary@epa.gov.
FENPROPATHRIN; Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication: September 23, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 184, Page 55740-55748
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-23/p19062.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of fenpropathrin in or on bushberry subgroup 13B; lingonberry; juneberry; salal; pea, succulent; and vegetable, fruiting, group 8. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
Chemical(s): Fenpropathrin
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0133. This regulation is effective September 23, 2005.
Contact: Shaja R. Brothers, Registration Division (7505C), 703-308-3194; e-mail address: brothers.shaja@epa.gov.
CYFLUTHRIN; Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication: September 13, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 176, Page 53944-53953
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-13/p17823.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of cyfluthrin in or on almond hulls, cucurbit vegetable crop group 9, fruiting vegetable group 8; grass forage; grass hay; grape; grape, raisin; leafy Brassica greens, subgroup 5B; leafy vegetable group, except Brassica, group 4; pistachio; pome fruit group 11; stone fruit group 12; tuberous and corm vegetable subgroup 1C; peanut; peanut, hay; pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C; tree nuts, Crop Group 14; turnip greens; wheat forage; wheat hay; and wheat straw. Bayer CropScience and the Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested the tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
Chemical(s): Cyfluthrin
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Dates: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2005-0205. This regulation is effective September 13, 2005.
Contact: Olga Odiott, Registration Division (7505C), (703) 308-9369; e-mail address: odiott.olga@epa.gov.
FLUOXASTROBIN; Pesticide Tolerances
Date of publication: September 16, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 179, Page 54640-54651
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/September/Day-16/p18421.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of fluoxastrobin, (1E)-[2-[[6-(2-chlorophenoxy)-5-fluoro-4-pyrimydinyl]oxy]phenyl](5,6-dihydro-1,4,2-dioxazin-3-yl)methanone O-methyloxime, and its Z isomer, (1Z)-[2-[[6-(2-chlorophenoxy)-5-fluoro-4-pyrimydinyl]oxy]phenyl](5,6-dihydro-1,4,2-dioxazin-3-yl)methanone O-methyloxime, in or on leaf petioles subgroup 4B; peanut; peanut, hay; peanut, refined oil; tomato, paste; vegetable, fruiting, group 8; and vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C. This regulation also establishes tolerances for the indirect or inadvertent combined residues of fluoxastrobin and its Z isomer, in or on alfalfa, forage; alfalfa, hay; cotton, gin byproducts; grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16; grass, forage; grass, hay; and vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7. This regulation additionally establishes tolerances for the combined residues of fluoxastrobin, its Z isomer, and its phenoxy-hydroxypyrimidine metabolite, 6-(2-chlorophenoxy)-5-fluoro-4-pyrimidinol, expressed as fluoxastrobin, in or on cattle, fat; cattle, meat; cattle, meat byproducts; goat, fat; goat, meat; goat, meat byproducts; horse, fat; horse, meat; horse, meat byproducts; milk; milk, fat; sheep, fat; sheep, meat; and sheep, meat byproducts. Bayer CropScience requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).
Chemical(s): Fluoxastrobin
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. Always read the pesticide label before applying!
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2003-0129. This regulation is effective September 16, 2005.
Contact: Tony Kish, Registration Division (7505C), telephone number: (703) 308-9443; e-mail address: kish.tony@epa.gov.
NEW WEB ADDRESS FOR PESTICIDE PRODUCT DATABASE
The U.S.EPA/OPP Pesticide Product Database, formerly available through the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR), will now be available through Purdue University's Center for Environmental Regulatory Information Services (CERIS) at the following Web address: http://ppis.ceris.purdue.edu/ .
Originally developed in cooperation with CDPR, this interactive database offers brief registration information on approximately 90,000 products. The data include: registration number and name, company number and name, registration date, cancellation date and reason (if canceled), and product manager name and phone number. Also offered are databases containing chemical ingredient information, searchable by common, technical, synonym, CAS number, or trade names, and firm information, searchable by firm number or name.
ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION PROGRAM FIELD IMPLEMENTATION
EPA published in the Federal Register (FR) a notice that outlines the Agency's approach to field implementation of its Endangered Species Protection Program (ESPP). The notice also responds to comments received from the public in response to the Agency's December 2002, FR notice proposing its approach to field implementation.
The goal of the ESPP is to carry out responsibilities under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) in compliance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by providing appropriate protection to listed species and their designated critical habitats from potential harm due to pesticide use, while at the same time not placing unnecessary burden on the agriculture community and other pesticide users. EPA will implement its program through pesticide label statements that refer users to Endangered Species Protection Bulletins (Bulletins), as appropriate, when geographically specific use limitations are necessary to protect federally listed species or their designated critical habitat. Bulletins will generally include a map of the county or parish to which it applies, a description of the species being protected, a list of the pesticides of concern and their use limitations. These use limitations will be enforceable under the misuse provisions of FIFRA. Once pesticide labels with such labeling appear in the marketplace, Bulletins will be available via the EPA's Website or via a toll free number; both of which will be identified on the pesticide label.
The Federal Register Notice can be found at:
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-02/p21838.htm . For additional information on the technical, scientific or risk assessment aspects of the program, contact Arty Williams at 703-305-7695 or williams.arty@epa.gov. If you have questions about field implementation of the ESPP, please contact Mary Powell at 703 305-7384 or powell.mary@epa.gov.
PESTICIDES; EMERGENCY EXEMPTION PROCESS REVISIONS; Notification to the Secretary of Agriculture
Date of publication: October 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 203, Page 61232-61233
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/October/Day-21/p21092.htm
Purpose: This document notifies the public that the Administrator of EPA has forwarded to the Secretary of Agriculture a draft final rule as required by section 25(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA has established regulations under section 18 of FIFRA which allow a Federal or State agency to apply for an emergency exemption to allow an unregistered use of a pesticide for a limited time when such use is necessary to alleviate an emergency condition.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0038.
Contact: Joseph Hogue, Field and External Affairs Division (7506C), telephone number: 703-308-9072; e-mail address: hogue.joe@epa.gov.
UPDATED SCHEDULE FOR REREGISTRATION AND TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT AVAILABLE
EPA has released an updated schedule for completing pesticide reregistration eligibility decisions (REDs), Interim REDs (IREDs), and tolerance reassessment decisions (TREDs) during the next several years. By following this schedule, the Agency plans to meet its statutory deadlines to complete tolerance reassessment and all food use REDs and IREDs by August 3, 2006, and REDs for other, non-food use pesticides subject to reregistration by October 3, 2008.
In issuing this schedule, the Agency also renews its commitment to a robust, inclusive public participation process. Neither public involvement nor sound science will be jeopardized in meeting our goals. To assist stakeholders and the public in planning their involvement, EPA also has updated its Public Comment Period Schedule, indicating when opportunities for public comment are expected to begin for pesticides undergoing reviews. This schedule, which covers a 6-month period and is updated quarterly, is available at http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/publicsched.htm .
PESTICIDE FATE DATABASE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WEB
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available on the Web a database that provides information about what happens to pesticides after they are used in the environment. The database contains summary information on the physical and chemical properties and the environmental fate and transport of pesticides found in products registered in the United States. It also contains information on the degradates, or breakdown products, of these registered pesticides. Using a query-based system, the Pesticide Fate Database allows users to search, sort, and retrieve up-to-date pesticide fate and chemistry information derived from studies submitted by pesticide manufacturers in support of the registration/reregistration of their pesticide products. Some of the important information about pesticides in the current database include: 1) basic physical and chemical properties, 2) biotic and abiotic degradation half-lives in soil and water, 3) adsorption/desorption constants, and 4) bioconcentration factors in fish. For non-agricultural chemicals such as antifoulants and wood preservatives, the availability of the chemicals in water and leaching data are also included.
This information about pesticides can be used for assessing pesticide exposure for ecological risk assessments and drinking water exposure assessments. The database is currently populated with about 188 pesticide active ingredients and will be expanded to include more chemicals in the future. The Pesticide Fate Database and instructions for using this database can be found at the following address: http://cfpub.epa.gov/pfate/index.cfm .
EPA SUBMITS N-METHYL CARBAMATE PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT
EPA has released its preliminary assessment of the cumulative risk of N-methyl carbamate pesticides. This assessment is based on an evaluation of the potential for people to be exposed to more than one member of this group of pesticides at a time, and considers exposure from food, drinking water, and residential sources. EPA considers the results to be preliminary; therefore, it is too soon to draw firm conclusions about risks or consider risk management possibilities. The Agency cautions against premature conclusions based on this preliminary assessment, and against any use of information contained in these documents out of their full context.
For information on assessing cumulative pesticide risk, visit: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/cumulative/ .
EPA PUBLISHES ANNUAL PESTICIDE REREGISTRATION PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND GOALS.
As required by the amended FIFRA, EPA publishes information annually describing its progress in meeting performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment. The Agency's annual report on accomplishments during FY 2004 was published in the Federal Register on Friday, September 23, 2005. The measures and goals include the status of reregistration, product reregistration, and tolerance reassessment. The notice gives numbers of pesticides and products reregistered, tolerances reassessed, Data Call-In notices issued, studies reviewed in support of reregistration, and products registered under the "fast track" provisions of FIFRA. The notice also contains the Agency's schedule for completing specific pesticide decisions during subsequent fiscal years. The FY 2004 report and those from several previous fiscal years are available on EPA's website at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/reports.htm.
REVISED 2005 WORKER PROTECTION STANDARD HOW-TO-COMPLY MANUAL AVAILABLE
EPA is releasing its revised 2005 Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides How-to-Comply Manual. This compliance assistance tool has been updated to reflect amendments to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), a regulation designed to protect agricultural workers and pesticide handlers. The revised manual provides detailed information on who is covered by the WPS and how to meet regulatory requirements. The updated manual will facilitate better protection of pesticide workers and handlers in agriculture from the potential risks of pesticides.
The new 2005 WPS How-to-Comply (HTC) Manual supersedes the 1993 version. Changes to the WPS since 1993 have made the earlier version obsolete, and its continued use may lead an employer to be out of compliance. The 2005 HTC Manual revision was coordinated by EPA's National Agricultural Compliance Assistance Center and a workgroup consisting of representatives from EPA Headquarters, EPA Regional Offices, and several state agencies, with input solicited from USDA and other state and tribal pesticide agencies.
For further information about the revised manual and how to obtain print and/or CD-ROM versions of the manual, or for additional information about the WPS, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/htc.html
LOUISIANA MAN CONVICTED OF WITNESS TAMPERING IN ARKANSAS ENDANGERED SPECIES CASE
On July 14, Alfred Craft, of West Monroe, La., was found guilty by a jury on two felony counts of witness tampering in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in Little Rock. Previously, on March 8, 2005, Craft pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of the Federal Bald Eagle Act and two misdemeanor charges of violating the Migratory Bird Act, admitting that he intentionally lured and killed animals by baiting deer carcasses and sardine cans with Temik, a highly toxic poison that he was not licensed to possess. Also, on April 14,2005, he went to trial on three counts of witness tampering and one count of violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by illegally using a restricted use pesticide. The first trial ended with a FIFRA conviction and a hung jury on the witness tampering charges. The testimony at trial claimed that Craft admitted to a witness he had been baiting foxes, bobcats, and coyotes on his land with poison-laced sardines, and in the process killed a bald eagle and two other migratory birds. In the witness tampering counts presented at the retrial, the evidence showed Craft threatened two witnesses and urged them to keep quiet about the investigation to federal authorities and instructed them on "how to testify." Killing endangered species harms the environment by reducing biodiversity and tampering with witnesses prevents the proper administration of justice. The case was investigated by the United States Fish and Wildlife's Office of Law Enforcement and the Baton Rouge, La., Office of EPA's Criminal Investigation Division. It is being prosecuted by the U.S. attorney's office in Little Rock.
PESTICIDE LABEL COURT CASE
(From Liz Braxton, Florida Dept of Agric & Consumer Serv.)
CropLife America said it was "gravely disappointed" with the Aug. 15 ruling of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in a pesticide label preemption issue. In the case of Wuebker vs. Wilbur-Ellis Co., the appeals court ruled that a grower who ignored pesticide label instructions to wear personal protective equipment when applying the product was not preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) from suing the manufacturer. CropLife America has filed an amicus brief in the case on behalf of the manufacturer.
In an eight-page decision, the three-judge panel said: "The goal of safety, moreover, may well be better served by allowing product liability suits by plaintiffs who have not followed the labels' instructions; such suits would provide manufacturers with the proper incentive to manufacture and sell safe pesticides ..."
"The Eighth Circuit's decision takes the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Bates vs. Dow AgroSciences federal preemption case unfortunately in a new direction," said CropLife America General Counsel Doug Nelson. "This decision essentially states that label instructions for a pesticide product can be ignored at the peril of the manufacturer, not the user who blatantly disregards the use instructions. Our industry lives by the mandate 'Follow the Label - It's the Law' and this decision seems oblivious to that principle." Nelson added that this ruling ignored the fact that the pesticide label was developed specifically by the manufacturer and approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as guidance for the safe and effective use of the product. "Using the court's logic, the decision begs the question: Why have personal protective equipment requirements on the label?" he said. "For that matter, why have any instructions on the label at all?" |
