Pesticide Briefs
June 21, 2006
The National Scene
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!
Other Pesticide Regulatory Actions
Announcements
Reports/ Pubs/ Web Sites
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Title: Ethoprop; Notice of Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Amend to Terminate Uses of Pesticide Registration
Date of publication: May 24, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 100, Page 29959-29961 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/May/Day-24/p7932.htm
Purpose: EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of a request by the registrant, Bayer CropScience, to voluntarily amend its registration to terminate certain uses of a pesticide product containing the emulsifiable concentrate (EC) formulation of the pesticide ethoprop. The request would terminate the EC formulation of ethoprop use in or on banana, cucumber, pineapple, and tobacco crops. EPA intends to grant this request at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the request, or unless the registrant withdraws its request within this period. Upon acceptance of this request, any sale, distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in the final order.
Chemical(s): Ethoprop
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0269, must be received on or before June 23, 2006. Contact: Jacqueline Guerry, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), telephone number: (703) 305-0024; fax number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: guerry.jacqueline@epa.gov.
Title: Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of a Temporary Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance for the Residues of the Plant-Incorporated Protectants Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 Protein and the Genetic Material for Its Production in Corn in or on All Corn Commodities
Date of publication: May 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 102, Page 30400-30401 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/May/Day-26/p8040.htm
Purpose: Monsanto Company, proposes to establish a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the plant-incorporated protectants Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 protein and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn in or on all corn commodities.
Chemical(s): Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0299, must be received on or before June 26,2006.
Contact: Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), telephone number: (703) 308-8715; e-mail address: mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov
Title: Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of a Temporary Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance for the Residues of the Plant-Incorporated Protectants Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry1A.105 Protein and the Genetic Material for Its Production in Corn in or on All Corn Commodities
Date of publication: May 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 102, Page 30401-30403 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/May/Day-26/p8041.htm2
Purpose: Monsanto Company, proposes to establish a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the plant-incorporated protectants Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105 protein and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn in or on all corn commodities.
Chemical(s): Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0300, Comments must be received on or before June 26, 2006.
Contact: Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P telephone number: (703) 308-8715; e-mail address: mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov.
Title: Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application
Date of publication: May 26, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 102, Page 30403-30404 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/May/Day-26/p8042.htm3
Purpose: This notice announces receipt of an application from Monsanto Company requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the plant-incorporated protectants Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105 protein and the genetic material necessary (vector PV-ZMIR245) for its production in MON 89034 corn, Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 proteinand the genetic material necessary (vector PV-ZMIR245) for its production in MON 89034 corn, and Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3Bb1 protein and the genetic material necessary (vector PV-ZMIR39) for its production in MON 88017 corn. The Agency has determined that the application may be of regional and national significance. Therefore, the Agency is soliciting comments on this application.
Chemical(s): Bacillus thuringiensis
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0298, must be received on or before June 26, 2006.
Contact: Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), telephone number: (703) 308-8715; e-mail address: mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov
Title: Terbacil; Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication: May 31, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 104, Page 30811-30818
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/May/Day-31/p8275.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues of terbacil in or on watermelon. The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), on behalf of the registrant, DuPont Crop Protection, requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). EPA is also deleting an existing time-limited terbacil tolerance that is no longer needed as a result of this action.
Chemical(s): Terbacil
Comments: This regulation is effective May 31, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before July 31, 2006 identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0215
Contact: Sidney Jackson, Registration Division (7505P) telephone number: (703) 305-7610; e-mail address jackson.sidney@epa.gov.
Title: Inorganic Bromide; Proposed Tolerance Actions
Date of publication: May 31, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 104, Page 30845-30848
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/May/Day-31/p8398.htm
Purpose: EPA is announcing that 12 specific inorganic bromide tolerances have been reassessed and is proposing to revoke them because they are no longer needed. These twelve tolerances are for residues of inorganic bromide from pre-plant (non-food) use in or on raw agricultural commodities grown in soil fumigated with combinations of chloropicrin, methyl bromide, and propargyl bromide.
Chemical(s): Inorganic Bromide
Comments; Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0123, must be received on or before July 31, 2006
Contact:Steven Weiss, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P),telephone number:
(703) 308-8293; e-mail address: weiss.steven@epa.gov.
Title: Zoxamide; Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication: June 1, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 105, Page 31102-31104
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-01/p8395.htm
Purpose: EPA issued a final rule in the Federal Register of September 26, 2001, concerning a tolerance for combined residues of zoxamide, 3,5-dichloro-N-(3-chloro-1-ethyl-1-methyl-2-oxopropyl)-4-methylbenzamide and its metabolites 3,5-dichloro-1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, and 3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxymethylbenzoic acid in or on tomato and in or on the cucurbit vegetable crop group 9. This rule is being issued to correct the expression and placement of the tolerance for residues of zoxamide in or on tomato, and in or on cucurbit, vegetable crop group 9.
Chemical(s): Zoxamide
Comments; This Direct Final Rule is effective on August 30, 2006 without notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by July 31, 2006. If, however, EPA receives adverse comment, EPA will publish a Federal Register document to withdraw the direct final rule before the effective date. If this Direct Final Rule becomes effective on August 30, 2006, any person may file an objection to any aspect of this regulation and may also request a hearing on those objections. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before October 30, 2006. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0088.
Contact: Rose Mary Kearns, Registration Division (7505P), e-mail address:
kearns.rosemary@epa.gov.
Proposed Phaseout of Pesticide Azinphos-Methyl and Longer Restricted Entry Intervals for Phosmet
To increase protection for farm workers and the environment, EPA is proposing to phase out the remaining uses of azinphos-methyl (AZM). Use on almonds, Brussels sprouts, pistachios, walnuts, and nursery stock will be phased out by 2007, and use on apples, blueberries, cherries, parsley, and pears by 2010. During the phaseout, EPA is proposing additional restrictions, including reduced annual application rates, additional worker monitoring, and larger buffer zones to help minimize risks. The Agency expects growers of these crops to successfully adopt and transition to the available safer alternatives. All other uses of this pesticide have been voluntarily cancelled by the manufacturer.
EPA is also seeking comment on lengthening the Restricted Entry Intervals (REIs) for nine phosmet uses. The Agency is proposing these additional restrictions to mitigate potential risk to farm workers.
Both AZM and phosmet are organophosphate (OP) insecticides and are alternatives for one another in many instances. While AZM provides important pest control benefits to growers of apples and other crops, it poses potential risks of concern to farm workers, pesticide applicators, and aquatic ecosystems. The risk of concern for phosmet is for workers reentering treated areas.
These steps are being taken as part of an ongoing reevaluation of existing pesticides. The Agency has carefully considered grower impacts and ecological and worker risks based on new data and information. EPA is publishing this proposal and inviting public comments for 60-days before issuing a final decision. The Federal Register notice is available on EPA's Web site at [EPA's FR Notice posting]. Comments may be submitted electronically at http://www.regulations.gov in docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061 for AZM and docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0354 for phosmet. For additional information on AZM, please visit www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/azm.htm. More information on phosmet is available at www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/phosmet.htm.
Final version of National Pesticide Use Database
The Crop Protection Research Institute, the research arm of CropLife Foundation, has released a complete and final version of its National Pesticide Use Database. NPUD is the only comprehensive and publicly available source of pesticide use data in the U.S. The database now contains 16,409 new records of insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, and other pesticide use listed by crop, state, and active ingredient. NPUD is sponsored by USDA's Office of Pest Management Policy, EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, USGS's National Water Quality Assessment Program, and CropLife America member companies. http://www.croplifefoundation.org/cpri_npud2002.htm
Registration now open for the 2006 Northeastern Region Pesticide Safety Education Center Workshop September 11-13, 2006, Days Inn, State College, PA
The Penn State Pesticide Education Program is pleased to announce the second annual Northeastern Region Pesticide Safety Education Center Workshop in partnership and cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Region III and EPA Headquarters). The workshop will be held in State College, Pennsylvania beginning on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. and concluding the afternoon of Wednesday, September 13, 2006. The workshop is modeled after a successful program in the southern region, hosted by North Carolina State University. The overall goal of the program is to demonstrate and provide participants with new interactive training presentations that they can then use for their own pesticide safety education programming. Hands-on training activities will be a major thrust of this training program.
No registration fee will be charged for attending the 2006 NEPSEC Annual Workshop and most other expenses (hotel and most meals) will be provided during the conference ONLY IF you attend the entire conference. However, participants will be responsible for their own travel costs to and from University Park. Registrations for this workshop are now being accepted. However, please keep in mind that, in order to provide the most hands-on experiences for participants, only 50 registrations will be accepted. Participants will be selected based on the order in which registrations were received.
For additional information and to register for this workshop, please visit the NEPSEC web page at: http://nepsec.psu.edu/. Please check out the Past Workshops page, which links to the 2005 agenda and comments and photos from almost all of the sessions.
Take a look at the new IR-4 website: www.ir4.rutgers.edu
Title: Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Kresoxim-methyl in or on Vegetable, Cucurbit,Group 9
Date of publication: June 7, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 109, Page 32950-32952 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8490.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide Petition by Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of kresoxim-methyl in or on vegetable, cucurbit, group 9.
Chemical(s): Kresoxim-methyl
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0333, must be received on or before July 7, 2006.
Contact: Shaja Brothers (7505P), Registration Division, telephone number (703) 308-3194; e-mail: brothers.shaja@epa.gov.
Title: Rotenone; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Amend Rotenone Pesticide Registrations to Terminate Certain Uses
Date of publication: June 7, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 109, Page 32948-32950 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8658.htm
Purpose: EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by rotenone registrants (Prentiss Incorporated C.B. Foreign Domestic Chemicals, and Tifa International, LLC.50) to voluntarily amend their registrations to terminate certain uses. The requests would terminate all rotenone uses on livestock, residential and home owner use, domestic pet uses, and all other uses except for piscicide (fish kill) uses. EPA intends to grant these requests at the close of the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its further review of the requests, or unless the registrants withdraw their requests within this period. Chemical(s): Rotenone
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0494, must be received on or before July 7, 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: Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of an Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance for Residues of Sodium
Chlorite/Sulfur Dioxide in or on Various Food and Feed Commodities.
Citation: Volume 71, Number 109, Page 32952-32953 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8718.htm Purpose:This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide Petition by Bi-Oxide Technology, Inc., proposing the establishment of an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of sodium chlorite/sulfur dioxide in or on wheat/barley/oats (grain, straw), and wheat (aspirated grain fractions) food and feed commodities.
Chemical(s): Sodium Chlorite/sulfur dioxide
Comments:Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0023, must be received on or before July 7, 2006..
Contact: Bryant Crowe, Registration Division 7505P), telephone number: 703-305-0025; e-mail address: crowe.bryant@epa.gov.
Title: Methyl Eugenol; Registration Approval
Date of publication: June 7, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 109, Page 32947-32948 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8719.htm
Purpose :This notice announces Agency approval of an application to register the pesticide product FT-methyl eugenol containing an active ingredient not included in any previously registered product pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(5) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended
Chemical(s): Methyl Eugenol
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket identification number (ID) EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0235;
Contact: Carol E. Frazer, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8810; e-mail address: frazer.carol@epa.gov.
Title: Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for an Exemption from Regulations for Residues of Soybean Oil, Polyethoxylated in or on Various Food Commodities When Used as an Inert Ingredient
Date of publication: June 7, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 109, Page 32953-32954 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8721.htm
Purpose: Cognis Corporation, proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the inert ingredient, soybean oil,polyethoxylated CAS Reg. No. 61791-23-9 (Trade Name Agnique SBO-10) under 40 CFR in or on food commodities when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide products
Chemical(s): Soybean Oil, Polyethoxylated
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-048, must be received on or before July 7, 2006.
Contact: Bipin Gandhi, Registration Division phone number: (703) 308-8380, e-mail address: gandhi.bipin@epa.gov
Title: Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for an Exemption from Regulations for Residues of Ferric Citrate in or on Various Food Commodities When Used as an Inert Ingredient
Date of publication: June 7, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 109, Page 32955-32956 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8722.htm
Purpose: The Shepherd Chemical Company proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the inert ingredient ferric citrate in or on food commodities when used as an inert ingredient in pesticide products.
Chemical(s): Ferric Citrate
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0479, must be received on or before July 7, 2006.
Contact: Bipin Gandhi, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 308-8380; e-mail address: gandhi.bipin@epa.gov.
Title: p-Chlorophenoxyacetic acid, Glyphosate, Difenzoquat, and Hexazinone; Proposed Tolerance Actions
Date of publication: June 7, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 109, Page 32899-32909 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8827.htm
Purpose: EPA is proposing to revoke certain tolerances for the plant growth regulator p-chlorophenoxyacetic acid and the herbicide hexazinone. Also, EPA is proposing to modify certain tolerances for the plant growth regulator p-chlorophenoxyacetic acid and the herbicides glyphosate, difenzoquat, and hexazinone. In addition, EPA is proposing to establish new tolerances for the herbicides difenzoquat and hexazinone.
Chemical(s): p-Chlorophenoxyacetic acid, Glyphosate, Difenzoquat, and Hexazinone
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0036. Comments must be received on or before August 7, 2006.
Contact: Jane Smith, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), telephone number: (703) 308-0048; e-mail address: smith.jane-scott@epa.gov.
Title: Methoxyfenozide; Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication: June 7, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 109, Page 32849-32853 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-07/p8828.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of methoxyfenozide in or on soybean aspirated grain fractions, soybean forage, soybean hay, soybean hulls, and soybean seed. Dow AgroSciences 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): Methoxyfenozide
Comments: This regulation is effective June 7, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before August 7, 2006. EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0404.
Contact: Mark Suarez, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 305-0120; e-mail address: suarez.mark@epa.gov.
Title: Pesticide Product; Registration Applications
Date of publication: June 9, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 111, Page 33446-33448 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-09/p5265.htm
Purpose: This notice announces receipt of applications from BioProdex, Inc., and Bio-Oz Biotechnologies Ltd., to register pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.
Chemical(s):Various
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0309, must be received on or before August 8, 2006
Contact: 1. Rebecca Edelstein Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), telephone 703) 605-0513, e-mail: Edelstein.Rebecca@epa.gov.2ain Gail Tomimatsu (7511P), telephone 703) 308-8543;e-mail: tomimatsu.gail@epa.gov
Title: Azinphos-methyl and Phosmet Proposed Decisions; Notice of Availability
Date of publication: June 9, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 111, Page 33448-3 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-09/p8929.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed re-evaluation decisions for the pesticides azinphos-methyl and phosmet, the grower impact assessments, human health documents, environmental fate and effects documents, and other related documents, and opens a
60-day public comment period. These proposed decisions implement the 2001 IREDs for these pesticides as well as the 2001 Memorandum of Agreement between EPA and the phosmet technical registrants and the 2002 Memorandum of Agreement between EPA and the azinphos-methyl technical registrants. EPA is proposing a schedule to phase out the remaining uses of azinphos-methyl and is proposing to lengthen some restricted-entry intervals (REIs) and seek additional biomonitoring data for the nine time-limited uses of phosmet. EPA is also proposing
certain additional restrictions on the use of azinphos-methyl and phosmet.
Chemical(s): Azinphos-methyl and Phosmet
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061 for azinphos-methyl, or identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0354 for phosmet, must be received on or before August 8, 2006.
Contact: Tom Myers, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), telephone number: 703-308-8589, fax number: 703-308-8041; e-mail address: myers.tom@epa.gov.
Title: Pesticide Product; Registration Applications - Balsam Fir
Date of publication: June 14, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 114, Page 34340-34341 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-14/p8930.htm
Purpose: EPA received applications as follows to register pesticide products containing active ingredients not included in any previously registered products: 1. EARTH-KIND, Inc; Product Name: Fresh Cab. Type of product: biological rodent repellent; Active ingredient: Balsam Fir Oil at 2.0%; Proposed classification/Use: None. 2.EARTH-KIND,Inc; Product Name: Canadian Wilderness Oil; Type of product: manufacturing use product; Active ingredient: Balsam Fir Oil at 10.0%. Proposed classification/Use: None.
Chemical(s): Balsam Fir
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0371, must be received on or before August 14, 2006.
Contact: Tasha Gibbons, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), telephone number: (703) 308-0022; e-mail address: gibbons.tasha@epa.gov.
Title: Potassium Silicate; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
Date of publication: June 14, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 114, Page 34267-34272 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-14/p8939.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of potassium silicate in or on all food commodities when applied/used as a fungicide, insecticide or miticide so long as the potassium silicate is not applied at rates exceeding 1% by weight in aqueous solution and when used in accordance with good agricultural practices. PQ 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 potassium silicate.
Chemical(s): Potassium Silicate
Comments: This regulation is effective June 14, 2006. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before August 14, 2006.
EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0299.
Contact: Carol E. Frazer, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), telephone number: (703) 308-8810; e-mail address: frazer.carol@epa.gov.
Title: Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of an Exemption from the Requirement of Regulations for Residues of Zucchini Yellows Mosaic Virus-Weak Strain (ZYMV-WK) in or on Cucurbits
Date of publication: June 14, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 114, Page 34338-34340 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-14/p9010.htm
Purpose: Bio-Oz Biotechnologies Ltd.,Israel, proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the viruscide Zucchini Yellows Mosaic Virus-Weak Strain (ZYMV-WK) in or on food commodities: cucurbits, including cucumber, cantaloupe, muskmelon, pumpkin, winter and summer squash, watermelon, zucchini and other cucurbits. Because this petition is a request for an exemption
from the requirement of a tolerance without numerical limitations, no analytical method is required.
Chemical(s): Zucchini Yellows Mosaic Virus-Weak Strain (ZYMV-WK)
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0329 must be received on or before July 14, 2006.
Contact: Gail Tomimatsu, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, (7511P), telephone number: (703) 308-8543; e-mail address: tomimatsu.gail@epa.gov.
Title: Pesticides; Procedural Regulations for Registration Review; Notification to the Secretary of Agriculture
Date of publication: June 14, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 114, Page 34262-34263 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-14/p9077.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). As described in the Agency's semi-annual Regulatory Agenda, the draft final rule will establish procedures to implement section 3(g) of FIFRA which provides for periodic review of pesticide registrations. The goal of these regulations, is to review a pesticide's registration every 15 years. The regulations will address the following procedural aspects of the program: establishing pesticide cases for registration review; establishing schedules; assembling information to be considered during the review; deciding on the scope and depth of the review; calling in data under FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) that are needed to conduct the review; reviewing data and conducting risk assessments or benefit analyses, as needed; deciding whether a pesticide continues to meet the standard of registration in FIFRA; and public participation in the registration review process. If a pesticide does not meet the FIFRA standard, and cancellation is determined to be needed, the Agency will follow cancellation procedures in section 6 of FIFRA. This program will begin after the completion of tolerance reassessment in 2006 and before the completion of reregistration in 2008. Each pesticide will be reviewed every 15 years to assure that the it continues to meet the FIFRA standard for registration, including compliance with any new legislation, regulations
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0404.
Contact: Vivian Prunier, Field and External Affairs Division (7506P), telephone number: (703) 308-9341; e-mail address: prunier.vivian@epa.gov.
Title: Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Fluopicolide in or on Various Food Commodities
Date of publication: June 14, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 114, Page 34345-34347 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-14/p9189.htm
Purpose: Valent U.S.A. proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the fungicide fluopicolide in or on food commodities grape at 2.0 parts per million (ppm); raisin at 6.0 ppm; vegetable, leafy (except Brassica) (Group 4) at 20.0 ppm; vegetable, fruiting (Group 8) at 0.8 ppm; vegetable, cucurbit (Group 9) at 0.4 ppm; potato at 0.02 ppm; sweet potato, roots at 0.02 ppm; wheat, forage at 0.2 ppm; wheat, grain at 0.02 ppm; and wheat, hay and straw at 0.5 ppm.
Chemical(s): Fluopicolide
Comments:Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0481 must be received on or before July 14, 2006.
Contact: Janet Whitehurst, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 305-6129: e-mail address: whitehurst.janet@epa.com.
Title: Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Pendimethalin in or on Fruiting Vegetable Group, Pome Fruit Group, Apple Pomace, Juneberry, Stone Fruit Group, and Pomegranate
Date of publication: June 14, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 114, Page 34341-34342 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-14/p9198.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions by Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of pendimethalin in or on fruiting vegetable group, pome fruit group, apple pomace, juneberry, stone fruit group, and pomegranate.
Chemical(s): Pendimethalin
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006- 0489, must be received on or before July 14, 2006.
Contact: Shaja R. Brothers, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 308-3194; e-mail address: brothers.shaja@epa.gov
Title: Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment and Amendment to Regulations for Residues of Boscalid in or on Various Commodities
Date of publication: June 14, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 114, Page 34342-34344 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-14/p9202.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions by Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) proposing the establishment or amendment of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.
Chemical(s): Boscalid
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0145, must be received on or before July 14, 2006.
Contact: Barbara Madden, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 305-6463; fax number: (703) 305-0599; e-mail address:
madden.barbara@epa.gov.
Title:Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for Establishment of Regulations for Residues of Pendimethalin in or on Onion, Green; Leek; Onion, Welsh; Shallot, Fresh Leaves; and Strawberry
Date of publication: June 14, 2006
Citation: Volume 71, Number 114, Page 34344-34345 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/June/Day-14/p9211.htm
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions by Interregional Research Project Number 4 proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of pendimethalin in or on onion, green; leek; onion, welsh; shallot, fresh leaves; and strawberry.
Chemical(s): Pendimethalin
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0503 must be received on or before July 14, 2006.
Contact: Shaja Brothers, Registration Division (7505P), telephone number: (703) 308-3194; e-mail address: brothers.shaja@epa.gov.
USDA Recordkeeping for Greenhouses
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The Benefits of Pesticides: A Story Worth Telling
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Pesticide Data Program: Annual Summary Calendar Year 2004
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National Pesticide Information Center Brochure
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