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Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
IN THIS EPA UPDATE:
1) Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of December 2-6, 2002
2) AWARDS GIVEN FOR SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN PESTICIDE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP (Press Advisory 12/19/02)
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1) Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of December 2-6, 2002
Subject: EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs is describing and requesting comment on implementation of its Endangered Species Protection Program.
Date of publication: December 2, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 231, Page 71549-71561
Purpose: Notice. EPA proposes to implement its responsibilities under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act by completing and upgrading County Bulletins, amending pesticide labels to reference County Bulletins, and enhancing monitoring programs. Regulations found at 50 CFR Part 402 acknowledge that there may be federal programs for which revisions to standard regulatory processes could result in more effective and efficient coordination among federal agencies and thus, more effective and efficient protection of listed species. These regulations allow federal agencies to establish alternate procedures, known as counterpart regulations. Through a separate Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, EPA, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Commerce are seeking public input on ways that such counterpart regulations could improve the Endangered Species Act consultation process with respect to pesticide registrations.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0311, must be received on or before March 3, 2003.
Subject: Tolerance exemptions for active and inert ingredients for use in antimicrobial formulations in food-contact surface sanitizing solutions
Date of publication: December 3, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 232, Page 71847-71861
Purpose: Direct final rule. EPA is taking direct final action to add a new section to part 180 which lists the pesticide chemicals that are exempt from the requirement of a tolerance when used in food-contact surface sanitizing solutions. The initial list of exempt pesticide chemicals in the new section is duplicated from the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulations in 21 CFR 178.1010. EPA is also changing FDA's naming conventions for some of the chemical substances that were duplicated. Registrants of existing food-contact surface sanitizing solutions that contain chemical substances other than those listed in this direct final rule should identify these chemical substances and support their claim that the chemical substance is generally recognized as safe (GRAS), or permitted by FDA prior sanction, or approval, or subject to a letter of no objection in order to remain exempt from the requirement of a FFDCA section 408 tolerance.
Chemical(s): Acetic acid, ammonium chloride, and dextrin. For a complete list of chemicals, their CAS number, and limits, please see the Federal Register notice.
Comments: This direct final rule is effective on April 2, 2003 without further notice, unless EPA receives a relevant adverse comment by February 3, 2003. Registrants should submit chemical substances not listed in this document and support their claims of GRAS, or prior sanction, or approval, or no objection of these chemical substances on or before June 2, 2003.
Subject: Pesticide tolerance established for pyrithiobac sodium.
Date of publication: December 4, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 233, Page 72104-72110
Purpose: Final rule. This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of pyrithiobac sodium in or on cotton, undelinted seed and cotton gin byproducts. The tolerance was requested by DuPont Agricultural Products of Wilmington, DE.
Chemical(s): Pyrithiobac sodium (sodium
2-chloro-6-[(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)thio]benzoate)
Comments: This regulation is effective December 4, 2002. Objections and requests for hearings, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0005, must be received on or before February 3, 2003.
Subject: Pesticide tolerance for cyromazine
Date of publication: December 6, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 235, Page 72585-72593
Purpose: Final rule. This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of cyromazine in or on bean, dry at 3.0 parts per million (ppm).
Chemical(s): Cyromazine
Comments: This regulation is effective December 6, 2002. Objections and requests for hearings, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0237, must be received on or before February 4, 2003.
Subject: Notice of filing a pesticide petition to establish a tolerance for [alpha]-hydro-[]-hydroxy-poly(oxyethylene) C8-C18-alkyl ether citrates in or on food
Date of publication: December 6, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 235, Page 72675-72678
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition by Akzo Nobel proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of [alpha]-hydro-[]-hydroxy-poly(oxyethylene) C8-C18-alkyl ether citrates in or on various food commodities. Akzo Nobel is petitioning that it be exempt from the requirement of a tolerance based upon the definition of a low risk polymer under 40 CFR 723.250(e).
Chemical(s): [alpha]-hydro-[o]-hydroxy-poly(oxyethylene)
C8-C18-alkyl ether citrates
Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0319, must be received on or before January 6, 2003.
Subject: Notice of filing a pesticide petition to establish a tolerance for imazethapyr in or on food
Date of publication: December 6, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 235, Page 72678-72683
Purpose: Notice. This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition, by BASF Corporation, proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of imazethapyr in or on various food commodities. The proposed tolerance for nongrass animal feeds is 3.0 ppm.
Chemical(s): Imazethapyr
Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0211, must be received on or before January 6, 2003.
Subject: Notice of receipt of requests for amendments to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations
Date of publication: December 6, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 235, Page 72673-72674
Purpose: Notice. EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations.
Chemical(s): Registrations With Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
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EPA Registration No./ Product Name/ Active Ingredient/ Delete From Label
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000264-00325/ SEVIN Brand 97.5% Manfacturing Concentrate Insecticide/ Carbaryl/ Poultry
001327-00041/ Fulex Nicotine/ Nicotine Fumigator/ Greenhouse food crops
001812-00355/ Trilin/ Trifluralin/ Eggplant, onion
004581-00402/ TOPSIN M 70W Turf and Ornamentals/Thiophanate-methyl/ Sod farms
004581-00405/ TOPSIN M 4.5F Turf and Ornamentals/ Thiophanate-methyl/Sod farms
019713-00263/ Drexel Diazinon 5G/ Diazinon/ Celery
019713-00539/ Drexel Metolachlor/ Metolachlor Technical/ Turf use
060063-00017/ Sipcam Metolachlor/ Metolachlor / Turf use
Comments: The deletions are effective on June 4, 2003, or on January 6, 2003 for product registration 019713-00263, unless the Agency receives a withdrawal request on or before dates given above. The 30-day comment period applies to product registration 019713-00263 only.
Subject: Registration applications for pesticide products
Date of publication: December 6, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 235, Page 72671-72673
Purpose: Notice. This notice announces receipt of applications to register 12 pesticide products containing new active ingredients not included in any previously registered products.
Chemical(s): Applicants included in the notice are E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Bayer CropScience, BASF Corporation, and Western Farm Services, Inc. For a complete list of the proposed new active ingredients, please see the Federal Register notice.
Comments: Written comments, identified by the docket ID number OPP-2002-0332, must be received on or before January 6, 2003.
Federal Register notices are available on EPA's Web site at www.epa.gov/fedrgstr .
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2) AWARDS GIVEN FOR SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN PESTICIDE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP (Press Advisory 12/19/02)
EPA's Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) has selected 18 members of the program as "PESP Champions" of 2002. The Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program is a voluntary program that forms partnerships with pesticide users to reduce the health and environmental risks associated with pesticide use and implement pollution prevention strategies. The Champions were selected based on their outstanding efforts promoting integrated pest management (IPM) and toward advancing pollution prevention. They are also being honored for their extraordinary level of commitment to protecting human health and the environment. The PESP Champions employed most or all of the following IPM strategies to reduce the health and environmental risks associated with pesticide use: sampling to accurately determine pest population levels; training and demonstrating IPM practices; controlling or managing pests through biologically-based technologies; employing cultural practices such as crop rotation or removing food and habitat for structural pests; applying less toxic or reduced-risk pesticides such as insect growth regulators; and using conventional pesticides only when absolutely necessary. The 18 PESP Champions are: American Pest Management Inc., California Dried Plum Board, California Melon Association, Cranberry Institute, Gerber Products Co., Glades Crop Care Inc., Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission, Low Input Viticulture and Enology of Oregon, Massey Services Inc., Michigan Cherry Committee, Monroe County School Corp., National Grape Cooperative, New York City Board of Education, Northeast Utilities, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii, U.S. Department of Defense Armed Forces Pest lineManagement Board and U.S. Hop Industry Plant Protection Committee. PESP was established in 1994 with 10 charter partners; today there are more than 130 members nationwide. For more information on EPA's Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program, see: http://www.epa.gov/oppbppd1/PESP/ .
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