EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs - 12/09/2011
IN THIS UPDATE:
1) Participate in DEEM's Discussion Forum
2) Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of December 05-09, 2011
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1) Participate in DEEM's Discussion Forum
EPA recently released a beta version of the Dietary Exposure Evaluation
Model-Food Commodity Intake Database (DEEM-FCID) to the public. We’d
like to hear what you think of this software, so please participate in
the discussion at
https://blog.epa.gov/deem/2011/11/dieta ... ion-forum/
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We would appreciate any feedback you can give us on the installation
process, operating system and software compatibility issues, as well as
comments regarding the data, ease of running the program and the input
of data. These discussions will help us refine the usability of the
software for later final release to the public which is expected in
spring 2012.
DEEM-FCID is a dietary exposure analysis system for use in the
performance of chronic and acute exposure assessments. This beta version
is not intended for regulatory purposes, but is instead being released
as an evaluation version for public testing and review. The agency will
continue to use its current version of DEEM-FCID (v. 2.03) to conduct
dietary risk assessments to estimate exposure and establish pesticide
tolerances. The beta version of DEEM-FCID being released for public
testing and evaluation contains more recent food commodity consumption
data derived from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
for 2003-2006 in place of the data from the USDA Continuing Survey of
Food Intake by Individuals 1994-96/1998 that are currently used in
dietary assessments.
Read more about the DEEM-FCID software.
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2) Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of December 05-09, 2011
The following 5 items related to pesticides were published in the
Federal Register during the past week:
1) Notification of Draft Proposed Rule Submission to the Secretaries
of Agriculture and Health and Human Services
2) Isoxaflutole; Pesticide Tolerances
3) Saflufenacil; Pesticide Tolerances
4) Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of
Several Currently Approved Collections; Comment Request
5) Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
1) Notification of Draft Proposed Rule Submission to the Secretaries of
Agriculture and Health and Human Services
Date of publication: December 07, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 235, Pages 76335-76336
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12 ... -31540.htm
Purpose: This document notifies the public that EPA has forwarded to
the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services a
draft proposed rule under sections 21(b) and 25(a) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), entitled
“Pesticides; Revisions to Minimum Risk Exemptions'' and identified in
the Regulatory Agenda under RIN 2070-AJ79. FIFRA requires EPA to publish
a notice in the Federal Register whenever such a submission occurs. The
draft proposed rule is not available to the public until after it has
been signed by EPA.
Chemical(s): various
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0305.
Contact: Martha Shimkin, Field and External Affairs Division (7506P),
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703)
305-5160; email address: shimkin.martha@epa.gov.
2) Isoxaflutole; Pesticide Tolerances
Date of publication: December 07, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 235, Pages 76309-76314
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12 ... -31397.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
isoxaflutole in or on Soybean, seed and Grain, aspirated fractions.
Bayer CropScience requested these tolerances under the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Chemical(s): Isoxaflutole;
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0845. This regulation is
effective December 07, 2011. Objections and requests for hearings must
be received on or before February 6, 2012, and must be filed in
accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Kathryn V. Montague, Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-1243;
e-mail address: montague.kathryn@epa.gov.
3) Saflufenacil; Pesticide Tolerances
Date of publication: December 07, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 235, Pages 76304-76309
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12 ... -31394.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
saflufenacil in or on Banana; Coffee, green bean; and Mango. BASF
Corporation requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Chemical(s): Saflufenacil
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-1026. This regulation is
effective December 07, 2011. Objections and requests for hearings must
be received on or before February 6, 2012, and must be filed in
accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Kathryn V. Montague, Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-1243;
e-mail address: montague.kathryn@epa.gov.
4) Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of
Several Currently Approved Collections; Comment Request
Date of publication: December 07, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 235, Pages 76399-76401
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12 ... -31023.htm
Purpose: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to
submit requests to renew several currently approved Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The ICRs are specifically identified in this document by their
corresponding titles, EPA ICR numbers, OMB Control numbers, and related
docket identification (ID) numbers. Before submitting these ICRs to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the information collection activities.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: Submit your comments, identified by the docket ID number for
the corresponding ICR as identified in this document, by one of the
methods listed in the Federal Register Notice. Comments must be
received on or before February 6, 2012.
Contact: For questions regarding EPA Docket Number
EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0704: Lily G. Negash, Field and External Affairs
Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8515; fax number: (703)
305-5884; email address: negash.lily@epa.gov. For questions regarding
EPA Docket Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0902: Ryne Yarger, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 605-1193; fax number: (703)
305-5884; email address: yarger.ryne@epa.gov.
5) Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of
Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Date of publication: December 08, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 236, Pages 76674-76677
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12 ... -31560.htm
Purpose: This document announces the Agency’s receipt of several
initial filings of pesticide petitions requesting the establishment or
modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on
various commodities.
Chemical(s): various
Comments: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
number and the pesticide petition (PP) number of interest as shown in
the body of this document, by one of the methods listed in the Federal
Register Notice. Comments must be received on or before January 9,
2012.
Contact: A contact person, with telephone number and e-mail address, is
listed at the end of each pesticide petition summary. You may also reach
each contact person by mail at Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001.
Mailing address for all listed staff: Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington,
DC 20460
*For information about this pesticide and access to the documents being
announced see: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm
**For information about this pesticide and access to the documents being
announced see:
http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registratio ... status.htm