PESTICIDE BRIEFS
1/4/2006
THE LOCAL SCENE
THE NATIONAL SCENE
PRODUCT CANCELLATIONS
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.
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.
PESTICIDE TOLERANCES, 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!
REPORTS
GRANTS ANNOUNCED
IN THE NEWS
$7.1 MILLION RETURN ON FUNGICIDES IN DELAWARE
For info on the value of fungicides in Delaware, go to: http://www.croplifefoundation.org/Documents/Pesticide%20Benefits/Fungicides/Final%20Report/State%20Fact%20Sheets/Delaware%20Fungicide%20Value%20New.pdf
Some uses of EBDC FUNGICIDES Mancozeb, Maneb, and Metiram; Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel, Amend, or Terminate Uses
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
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 one 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).
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.
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
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.
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.
DODINE REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DECISION
Date of publication: November 30, 2005
Citation:Volume 70, Number 229, Page 71826-71829
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-30/p23420.htm
This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide dodine, and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents are also available in the dodine docket. Dodine is a fungicide used primarily on fruits and nuts and is registered for control of a range of pathogenic fungi that affect a number of agricultural and some ornamental crops. There are no registered residential uses of dodine. The dodine RED addresses the tolerance reassessment for all the currently registered uses of dodine.
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification number (ID) number OPP-2005-0266, must be received on or before January 30, 2006.
Contact: Cathryn O'Connell, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), telephone number: (703) 308-0136; fax number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: oconnell.cathryn@epa.gov.
NAPROPAMIDE Reregistration Eligibility Decision
Date of publication:December 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 244, Volume 70, Number 244
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-21/p7501.htm
This notice announces the availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide napropamide, and opens a public comment period on this document. The Agency's risk assessments and other related documents also are available in the napropamide Docket. Napropamide is a pre-emergent herbicide that is used on a number of fruits and vegetables.
Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2004- 0162 must
be received on or before February 21, 2006.
Contact: Demson Fuller, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C),
telephone number: (703) 308-8062; fax number: (703) 308-7042; e-mail address:
fuller.demson@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
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.
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 .
AZINPHOS-METHYL Ecological Risk Assessment and Grower Impact Assessments
Date of publication: December 7, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 234, Page 72827-72829
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-07/p23719.htm
This notice announces the availability of EPA's environmental fate and effects risk assessment, grower impact assessments, and related documents for the organophosphate pesticide azinphos-methyl, and opens a public comment period on these documents. EPA is in the process of reevaluating the remaining uses for azinphos-methyl, consistent with the Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) issued in 2001 and the May 2002 Memorandum of Agreement between EPA and the technical registrants for azinphos-methyl.
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061,must be received on or before February 6, 2006.
Contact: Diane Isbell, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C), telephone number: (703) 308-8154; fax number: (703) 308-8041; e-mail address: isbell.diane@epa.gov.
As part of the Agency's reconsideration of the remaining uses of this organophosphate pesticide, EPA has completed an updated Ecological Assessment and Grower Impact Assessments for the Group 3 uses of azinphos-methyl (AZM), including almonds, apples and crab apples, blueberries, Brussels sprouts, cherries, nursery stock, parsley, pears, pistachios, and walnuts.
This reevaluation of certain AZM uses is the result of the October 2001 Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) and a 2002 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between EPA and the registrants of AZM pesticide products. The IRED and subsequent MOA provided, among other things, for the development of data to better characterize worker and other risk concerns, as well as benefits and usage information.
The human health (worker) assessment for AZM will be made available, along with EPA's proposed decision regarding the Group 3 uses, in 2006. Currently, the Agency anticipates proposing the decision in early April and finalizing the decision in August 2006.
In completing the IRED for AZM, EPA concluded, based on an evaluation of the risks and benefits of AZM uses, that 35 uses should either be immediately canceled or phased out over a four year period. The remaining 10 time-limited AZM registrations (the "Group 3" uses) were eligible for reregistration for a period of four years ending in 2005, after which the Agency would consider applications for renewal of the registrations, taking into account, among other things, additional data that EPA required the registrants to submit. EPA will also evaluate comments received during this public comment period in the process of considering those applications and proposing a decision on the continued use of AZM for Group 3 uses.
Additional information regarding AZM is available in the FDMS docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0061, available at http://www.regulations.gov, and on EPA's website at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm
PROPYLENE OXIDE Risk Assessment; Notice of Availability and Risk Reduction Options; Extension of Comment Period
Date of publication: December 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 244, Page 75798-75799
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-21/p7625.htm
EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of November 9, 2005, concerning propylene oxide (PPO). This document is extending the comment period for 30 days, from January 9, 2006, to February 8, 2006, in response to a request by the Almond Board of California.
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) EPA-HQ- OPP-2005-0253 must be received on or before February 8, 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.
IMAZAPYR Risk Assessments, Notice of Availability, and Risk Reduction Options
Date of publication:December 21, 2005
Citation:Volume 70, Number 244 Page 75799-75801
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-21/p7633.htm
This notice announces the availability of EPA's risk assessments, related documents for the imidazolinone pesticide imazapyr, and opens a 60 day 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 imazapyr through a modified, 4-Phase public participation process that the Agency uses to involve the public in developing pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions.
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA- HQ-OPP-2005-0495, must be received on or before February 21, 2006.
Contact: Sherrie Kinard, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C),
telephone number: 703-305-0563; fax number: 703-308-8014; e-mail address:
Kinard.Sherrie@epa.gov.
PROTHIOCONAZOLE
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of Regulations for Residues of the Fungicide Prothioconazole and its Metabolites in or on Food Commodities
Date of publication: November 30, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 229, Page 71831-71834
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-30/p23438.htm
Bayer CropScience, proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the fungicide prothioconazole and its desthio metabolite in or on food and feed commodities barley, grain at 0.2 parts per million (ppm); barley, hay at 7.0 ppm; barley, straw at 2.0 ppm; barley, pearled at 0.2 ppm; barley, bran at 0.4 ppm; black mustard, seed at 0.10 ppm; borage, seed at 0.1 ppm; canola, seed at 0.1 ppm; crambe, seed at 0.1 ppm; field mustard, seed at 0.1 ppm; flax, seed at 0.1 ppm; grain, aspirated fractions at 13.0 ppm; Indian mustard, seed at 0.1 ppm; Indian rapeseed at 0.1 ppm; pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup at 0.8 ppm; peanut, nutmeat at 0.02 ppm; peanut, hay at 5.0 ppm; peanut, meal at 0.3 ppm; rapeseed at 0.1 ppm; rice, grain at 0.25 ppm; rice, straw at 1.5 ppm; rice, hulls at 1.0 ppm; wheat, grain at 0.06 ppm; wheat, bran at 1.5 ppm; wheat, forage at 7.0 ppm; wheat, germ at 0.15 ppm; wheat, hay at 4.0 ppm; and wheat, straw at 2.3 ppm; as well as tolerances for residues of prothioconazole, its desthio metabolite, and 4-hydroxy metabolite and conjugates of each in meat, cattle at 0.01 ppm; meat by-products, cattle at 1.2 ppm; fat, cattle at 0.1 ppm and milk at 0.006 ppm.
Contact: Lana Coppolino, Registration Division (7505C), telephone number: 703-305-0086; e-mail address:coppolino.lana@epa.gov.
FENHEXAMID
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for the Establishment of Regulations for Residues of the Fungicide Fenhexamid in or on Food Commodities
Date of publication: November 30, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 229, Page 71838-71840
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-30/p23439.htm
IR-4 proposes to establish tolerances for residues of the fungicide fenhexamid in or on food commodities cilantro (as part of the Crop Sub- group 4A) at 30.0 parts per million (ppm), ginseng at 0.3 ppm, non-bell pepper at 0.02 ppm, and pomegranate at 3.0 ppm. HPLC-ECD is the tolerance enforcement method for fenhexamid residues.
Contact: Maria I. Rodriguez, Registration Division, (7505C), telephone number :703) 305-6710; e-mail: rodriguez.maria@epa.gov.
MANCOZEB
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for the Establishment of Regulations for Residues of the Fungicide Mancozeb in or on Food Commodities
Date of publication: November 30, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 229, Page 71836-71838
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-30/p23443.htm
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions from Dow AgroSciences LLC, proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of the fungicide mancozeb in or on almond nuts and hulls; broccoli, cabbage, lettuce and peppers; and imported mandarin oranges/mandarins.
Contact: Lisa Jones, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, phone number: 703-308-9424; e-mail address: jones.lisa@epa.gov.
METIRAM
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of Regulations for Residues of the Fungicide Metiram in or on Food Commodities
Date of publication: November 30, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 229, Page 71829-71831
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-30/p23444.htm
BASF Corporation proposes to establish tolerances for the combined residues of the fungicide metiram: a mixture of 5.2 parts by weight of ammoniates of ethylenebis (dithiocarbamato) zinc with 1 part by weight ethylenebis (dithiocarbamic acid) bimolecular and trimolecular cyclic anhydrosulfides and disulfides, calculated as zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate in or on the food commodities imported bananas (whole fruit) at 5.0 parts per million (ppm) and grapes at 7.0 ppm.
Contact: Lisa Jones, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, phone number: 703-308-9424; e-mail address: jones.lisa@epa.gov.
INSECT GROWTH REGULATOR BUPROFEZIN
Notice of Filing of Pesticide Petitions for the Establishment and Amendment of Regulations for Residues of the Insect Growth Regulator Buprofezin in or on Various Commodities
Date of publication: November 30, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 229, Page 71840-71842
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-30/p23445.htm
This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide petitions by Nichino America, Inc., proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of the insect growth regulator buprofezin, 2-[(1,1- dimethylethyl)imino]tetrahydro-3(1-methylethyl)-5-phenyl-4H-1,3,5- thiadiazin-4-one in or on citrus, fruit; citrus, dried pulp; citrus, oil; and the amendment of regulations for residues in or on almond, hulls; cotton, gin byproducts, cotton, undelinted seed; and tomato.
Contact: Melody Banks, Registration Division (7505C), telephone number: (703) 305-5413; e-mail address: banks.melody@epa.gov.
BIOCHEMICAL PESTICIDE (Z)-7,8-EPOXY-2-METHYLOCTADECANE
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of an Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance for the Residues of the Biochemical Pesticide (Z)-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane in or on All Food and Feed Commodities
Date of publication: December 7, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 234, Page 72829-72831
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-07/p23726.htm
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition by Hercon Environmental who proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the biochemical pesticide (Z)-7,8-epoxy-2- methyloctadecane in or on all food and feed commodities. An analytical method for residues is not applicable.
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0317 must be received on or before January 6, 2006.
Contact: Andrew Bryceland, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, (7511C), telephone number: (703) 305-6928; e-mail address:bryceland.andrew@epa.gov.
DIQUAT DIBROMIDE
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Establishment of Regulations for Residues of the Herbicide Diquat Dibromide in or on Food Commodities
Date of publication: December 7, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 234, Page 72834-72836
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-07/p23727.htm
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition by Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., who proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the herbicide diquat dibromide in or on in or on food commodities pea and bean, dried shelled (except soybean) (subgroup6-C) at 0.80 parts per million. An adequate analytical method (spectrophotometric method) measuring absorption following derivitisation of diquat with alkaline sodium dithinoite has been accepted.
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0313 must be received on or before January 6, 2006.
Contact: Joanne Miller, Registration Division (7505C), telephone number: 703-305-6224; e-mail address: miller.joanne@epa.gov.
BIOCHEMICAL PESTICIDE 2,6-DIISOPROPYLNAPHTHALENE (2,6-DIPN)
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition Amendment to Regulations for Residues of the Biochemical Pesticide 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene (2,6-DIPN) in or on Potatoes
Date of publication: December 9, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 236, Page 73234-73236
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-09/p23855.htm
This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition by Loveland Products, Inc. who proposes to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.590 for residues of the biochemical pesticide 2,6-diisopropylnaphthalene (2,6- DIPN) in or on the food commodities whole potatoes at 2 parts per million (ppm) and potato peels at 6 ppm. The analytical method for determining residues is by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and is used to measure and evaluate the chemical residues.
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0318 must be received on or before January 9, 2006.
Contact: Denise Greenway, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, (7511C), telephone number: (703) 308-8263, e-mail address: greenway.denise@epa.gov. *
TOPRAMEZONE
Pesticide Product; Registration Approval
Date of publication: December 15, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 240, Page 74315-74316
http://www.epa.gov/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-15/p24094.htm
This notice announces Agency approval of an application from Amvac Chemical Corp to register the pesticide products Topramezone Technical and Topramezone SC Herbicide containing an active ingredient not included in any previously registered product, for weed control on corn.
EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ- OPP-2003-0195.
Contact: Joanne I. Miller, Registration Division (7505C),telephone number: 703-305-6224; and e-mail address: miller.joanne@epa.gov.
BEET ARMY WORM MATING DISRUPTION
Pesticide Product; Registration Applications
Date of publication: December 15, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 240, Page 74316-74318
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-15/p24098.htm
EPA received an application from Suterra LLC, in order to register a pesticide product containing an active ingredient not included in any previously registered products. This product contains a biochemical for the mating disruption of Beet Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera exigua) for manufacturing use only.
Chemical(s): (Z,E)-9,12-Tetradecadien-1-yl Acetate at 87.66%.
Comments: Written comments, identified by the docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0466, must be received on or before January 17, 2006.
Contact: Andrew C. Bryceland, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), telephone number: (703) 305-6928; e-mail address:bryceland.andrew@epa.gov.
ACETIC ACID, [(5-chloro-8-quinolinyl) oxy]-, 1-methylhexyl ester (Cloquintocet-mexyl); Pesticide Tolerance
Date of publication December 16, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 241, Page 74679-74688
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-16/p24097.htm
EPA is granting in part, and denying in part, pesticide petition PP 4E6831 submitted by Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. that requested certain amendments for acetic acid [(5- chloro-8-quinolinyl) oxy]-, 1-methylhexyl ester; cloquintocet-mexyl; and its acid metabolite (5-chloro-8- quinolinoxyacetic acid). EPA issued a notice 346a(d)(3) in the Federal Register of June 2, 2004 announcing the filing of this petition requesting that the tolerance expressions under Sec. 180.560 for wheat forage and hay be increased, the addition of tolerances for barley commodities (grain, hay, and straw), and the inclusion of a reference to the active ingredient pinoxaden. Although EPA finds it is safe to add a reference to pinoxaden and tolerances for barley (grain, hay, and straw) to this tolerance regulation, EPA does not agree that grounds exist to increase the tolerance expressions for wheat forage and hay. Thus, EPA is granting Syngenta's petition in as far as it seeks to add the reference pinoxaden and tolerances for barley (grain, hay, and straw) but is denying the request to increase the tolerance expressions for wheat forage and hay.
Comments: This final rule is effective December 16, 2005. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before February 14, 2006. EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0234.
Contact: R. Tracy Ward, Registration Division (7505C), telephone number: 703 308-9361; e-mail address: ward.tracyh@epa.gov.
TETRACONAZOLE
Pesticide Product Registrations; Conditional Approval
Date of publication:December 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 244, Page 75804-75805
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-21/p7500.htm
This notice announces Agency approval of applications submitted by Sipcam Agro, USA Inc. to conditionally register the pesticide products, Tetraconazole Technical, EPA Registration Number 60063-11 and Eminent 125 SL Fungicide, EPA Registration Number 60063- 12, containing a new active ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c)(7)(C) of FIFRA, as amended.
Comments:EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0388.
Contact: Lisa Jones, Registration Division (7505C), telephone number: (703) 308-9424; e-mail address:jones.lisa@epa.gov.
GLUFOSINATE-AMMONIUM
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for the Amendment of Regulations for Residues of Glufosinate-ammonium and its Metabolite, 3-Methylphosphinicopropionic Acid in or on Food and Feed Commodities
Date of publication:December 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 244Page 75808-75810
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-21/p7636.htm
Bayer CropScience proposes to amend the tolerances for the indirect or inadvertent residues of the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium (butanoic acid, 2-amino-4- (hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-, monoammonium salt) and its metabolite, 3- methylphosphinicopropionic acid expressed as 2-amino-4- (hydroxymethylphosphinyl) butanoic acid equivalents in or on the food and feed commodities forage, hay and straw of small grains (Crop Group 16) at 0.2 parts per million (ppm).
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPP-2005-0301 must be received on or before January 20, 2006.
Contact: James Stone, Registration Division (7505C), telephone number:
(703) 305-7391; e-mail address: stone.james@epa.gov. *
COPPER SULFATE PENTAHYDRATE
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Amendment to a Regulation for
Residues of Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate in or on Various Food and Feed Commodities
Date of publication:December 21, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 244, Page 75807-75808
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-21/p7640.htm
ArchAngel, LLC. proposes to amend the exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the antimicrobial and/or fungicide copper sulfate pentahydrate when applied as a fungicide to growing crops or to raw agricultural commodities after harvest and for residues in or on meat, fat and meat by-products of cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, horses, poultry,
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0314 must be received on or before January 20, 2006.
Contact: Marshall Swindell, Antimicrobials Division (7510C), telephone number:
(703) 308-6341; e-mail:swindell.marshall@epa.gov.
BENZALDEHYDE, CAPTAFOL, HEXACONAZOLE, PARAFORMALDEHYDE, SODIUM DIMETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE, AND TETRADIFON; Proposed Tolerance Actions Date of publication:December 23, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 246, Page 76224-76228
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-23/p7693.htm
EPA is proposing to revoke specific tolerances and tolerance exemptions for residues of the insecticides paraformaldehyde and tetradifon; fungicides captafol, hexaconazole, and sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate; and bee repellant benzaldehyde. 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. Also, stakeholders have withdrawn their support for import tolerances for captafol and hexaconazole. EPA expects to determine whether any individuals or groups want to support these tolerances.
Comments: Comments identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0322 must be received on or before February 21, 2006.
Contact: Joseph Nevola, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508C),
telephone number: (703) 308-8037; e-mail address: nevola.joseph@epa.gov
BEAUVERIA BASSIANA
Notice of Filing of a Pesticide Petition for Establishment of an Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance for the Residues of the Microbial Pesticide Beauveria bassiana HF 23 in or on All Food and Feed Commodities
Date of publication: December 7, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 234, Page 72831-72833
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/December/Day-07/p23725.htm
Jabb of the Carolinas, proposes to establish an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the microbial pesticide Beauveria bassiana HF 23 in or on all food and feed commodities.
Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0316 must be received on or before January 6, 2006.
Contact: Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, (7511C), telephone number: (703) 308-8097; e-mail address: bacchus.shanaz@epa.gov
HOW TO GET PESTICIDE INFORMATION ON THE WEB
Need to know how to obtain information on the status of a pesticide reregistration? Want to know which pesticides EPA will be working on this year & next? Go to:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/decision_schedule.htm . Look at all the pesticides that EPA will be studying during 2006 to 2008. Be ready to let EPA know how growers can reduce risks associated with those products that are critical to crop production.
Want information on a pesticide registration?
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.
Need info on pesticide labels?
EPA's Office of Pesticide Program (OPP) Labeling Committee has made available on the Web information about pesticide labeling. The new Web page contains Questions and Answers about pesticide labeling and guidance (Label Review Manual, PR Notices, etc.) to companies that generate pesticide labels and to EPA staff who review them. It also contains contact information for specific label issues and a form to submit questions on cross-cutting pesticide labeling issues.
The Web site address is: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/labels/label_review.htm . Formed in response to recommendations of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee, the EPA OPP Labeling Committee coordinates pesticide labeling policies, updates the Agency's Pesticide Label Review Manual, and will maintain the labeling Web site and address labeling consistency e-mail submissions.
ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION PROGRAM FIELD IMPLEMENTATION
Date of publication: November 2, 2005
Citation: Volume 70, Number 211, Page 66392-66402
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2005/November/Day-02/p21838.htm
This document describes how EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs intends to implement its Endangered Species Protection Program. The goal of the ESPP is to carry out responsibilities under FIFRA in compliance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA), while at the same time not placing unnecessary burden on agriculture and other pesticide users. This document describes EPA's approach to implementing its
responsibilities under section 7(a)(2) of ESA subsequent to a determination by EPA that geographically specific risk mitigation is necessary to protect federally listed threatened or endangered species or their critical habitat. For purposes of the ESPP, the term ``listed species'' or ``endangered species'' will encompass species listed as
threatened or endangered, plus designated critical habitat of these species; the term ``county'' will include counties, parishes, and similar political boundaries of U.S. Territories. The implementation approach relies on pesticide labels, as appropriate, referring the pesticide user to geographically specific Endangered Species Protection Bulletins that will contain enforceable use limitations for the pesticide necessary to
ensure the pesticide's use will not jeopardize the continued existence of a listed species.
Comments: EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2002-0311.
Contact: For technical information: Arthur-Jean B. Williams, Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507C), telephone number: (703) 305-7695; fax number: (703) 305-6309; e-mail address: williams.arty@epa.gov. For field implementation information: Mary
Powell, telephone number: (703) 305-7384; fax number: (703) 308-3259; e-mail address: powell.mary@epa.gov.
WPS HOW TO COMPLY MANUAL
The Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides How to Comply Manual has been updated to reflect amendments to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), a regulation designed to protect agricultural workers and pesticide handlers. The WPS contains requirements for pesticide safety training, notification of pesticide applications, use of personal protective equipment, restricted entry intervals following pesticide application, decontamination supplies, and emergency medical assistance. 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. To download a copy online, go to:
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/epa-735-b-05-002.pdf .
The Agricultural Compliance Assistance Center offers a series of fact sheets that provide easy-to-understand explanations of many compliance-related subjects, including WPS. You can read the fact sheets online, print them out, or order copies from the Ag Center. To order copies of fact sheets, call the Ag Center toll free, 1-888-663-2155. A complete list of publications is shown on the Ag Center web site at: http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/twor.html
SUPPLEMENTAL CRITICAL USES OF METHYL BROMIDE FOR 2005 AUTHORIZED
In accordance with the Clean Air Act and Montreal Protocol, EPA completed a rule authorizing a supplemental critical use exemption of 610,665 kilograms of methyl bromide for 2005. The exemptions for continued production and import of methyl bromide will honor the U.S. commitment to obtain methyl bromide for American farmers, in a manner consistent with the Montreal Protocol, while protecting the ozone layer.
Critical use exemptions are anticipated under the Montreal Protocol for circumstances where there are no technically and economically feasible alternatives to methyl bromide. Further, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 direct the EPA to issue regulations to implement the provisions of the Montreal Protocol within the United States.
The final rule supplements the previous allowances for 2005 which totaled 35 percent of baseline methyl bromide consumption and were authorized during March 24-26, 2004 at the first Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The supplemental amount totals 2.5 percent of baseline and was authorized by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at their 16th Meeting held during Nov. 22-26, 2004.
Methyl bromide allowances for the 2006 calendar year were established at the Second Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties on July 1, 2005, and EPA is working to make these allowances available as quickly as possible. Allowance decisions for 2007 were to be made at the 17th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Dakar, Senegal during Dec. 12-16, 2005. For more information on the final rule, visit: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr
BIOTECHNOLOGY RISK ASSESSMENT RESEARCH GRANTS
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service would like to announce the release of the Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program Request for Application (RFA). Information on this funding opportunity, including the RFA, application guide, and previously funded projects is available at following website: www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/biotechnologyriskassessment.html . Note that this RFA provides the option for applications to be submitted electronically to CSREES through Grants.gov or by hard copy. Either way the application is submitted, please allow enough time to prepare the application since the use of new application forms is required. The application deadline is February 16, 2006.
NEW PUBLICATION HELPS FARMERS WORK WITH NATURE TO MANAGE INSECT PESTS
Nationwide, farmers are in need of insect pest management strategies that are effective, affordable and environmentally sound. To help meet that need, the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) announces the release of "Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies," a primer designed to help farmers improve their farms natural defenses against insect pests. While every farming system is unique, the principles of ecological pest management apply universally. "Manage Insects on Your Farm" outlines the principles of ecologically based pest management and illustrates the strategies used by farmers around the world to address insect problems by:
Increasing on-farm diversity above and below ground
Encouraging beneficial insects to attack their worst pests
Enhancing plants’ natural defenses against pests
Managing soil to minimize crop pests
"Well written and illustrated, 'Manage Insects on Your Farm' provides both a framework for understanding ecologically based pest management as well as many of the useful details to help minimize insect pest problems," said Fred Magdoff, University of Vermont soil scientist and Northeast regional coordinator of USDA’s Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Examples of successful pest management strategies featured throughout the book demonstrate real-life examples of how to address insect problems and develop a more complex and diverse on-farm ecosystem. Readers will learn how to minimize insect damage with wise soil management and identify beneficial insects to put these "good bugs" to work.
Download a complete copy of "Manage Insects on Your Farm" at www.sare.org/publications/insect.htm for free. To order print copies, visit www.sare.org/WebStore.htm
PENN STATE AND CORNELL TEAM UP TO PROVIDE SOYBEAN RUST TELECAST
Asian soybean rust, a highly damaging and invasive disease of soybean, arrived in North America on hurricane winds in 2004 and was detected in nine southern states in 2005. It did not reach the Northeast U.S. in 2005, but it may do so in 2006 or subsequent years. Northeast soybean growers need to remain alert as to the potential for northward spread of this disease each year and make plans to manage it when it does arrive.
Plant doctors at Pennsylvania State and Cornell Universities have joined forces to provide a unique program addressing current issues related to soybean rust for the benefit of soybean growers in the northeastern states. The program will be presented as a live satellite broadcast viewable at any of 14 locations in Pennsylvania or 13 locations in New York State on Thursday, January 12 from 7-9 PM. Cooperative Extension Educators with Penn State and Cornell will serve as local hosts. The teleconference is made possible through the support of the Northeast Plant Diagnostic Network, a cooperative venture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Land Grant Universities in the Northeast. Pesticide applicator re-certification credits for attendees have been applied for and these are specific for each state.
The teleconference is organized by plant pathologists Dr. Gary Bergstrom and Dr. Erick DeWolf, at Cornell and Penn State, respectively. The program will feature Dr. Don Hershman, plant pathologist at the University of Kentucky and coordinator of the USDA soybean rust sentinel scouting and communications network in the southern U.S. Dr. Hershman will share lessons learned about soybean rust in the southern U.S. in 2005. DeWolf and Bergstrom will participate with Hershman in a panel discussion of what to expect in the Northeast in 2006 and how to manage soybean rust through timely detection and proper application of labeled fungicides. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions to the panel via fax from each viewing site.
Pre-registration and local host contact information is available on-line for each of the teleconference viewing locations in New York:
http://www.ppath.cornell.edu/soybeanrustny
and Pennsylvania:
http://cornandsoybeans.psu.edu/soyrustsatellite.cfm
Additional viewing sites may be made available in Maryland (arvydas@umd.edu) and New Jersey (gould@aesop.rutgers.edu). Attendees are urged to pre-register with their local host before January 10.
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