EPA Pesticide Program Updates
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from EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs - 1/27/2012
IN THIS UPDATE:
January 30-31, 2012, RCC Working Group on Crop Protection Products
Stakeholder Meeting
The United States-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) will host
an initial outreach event in Washington, DC, on January 30-31, 2012, to
allow an opportunity for interested stakeholders to learn more about the
Council and to provide input to federal regulators on work plans for the
different areas of focus under the RCC. On January 31, from 9:00 a.m. to
10:00 a.m., the Working Group on Crop Protection Products will convene
its stakeholder session at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. The RCC Draft Work Plan
for Crop Protection Products, developed jointly by U.S. and Canadian
regulatory authorities, is available for public comment at
www.regulations.gov under EPA Docket No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0030. Further
details and registration information are available at
http://trade.gov/RCC/. If you are unable to attend in person, but would
like to participate via teleconference, please send an email to
RCC-CCR@tbs-sct.gc.ca with your name and telephone number where you can
be reached by the teleconference operator.
The RCC was created on February 4, 2011, by President Barack Obama and
Prime Minister Stephen Harper to increase regulatory transparency and
coordination between the two countries. One of the initial areas of
focus of the RCC is agricultural production, in particular further
alignment of crop protection product approvals and establishment of
tolerances and maximum residue limits (MRLs) for major and minor uses of
pesticides in both countries. As pesticide activities under the RCC
Action Plan are developed and implemented through the NAFTA Technical
Working Group on Pesticides, both the U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide
Programs and the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency will
continue to incorporate public feedback received through our websites,
public meetings and other public engagements. More is available at
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/internation ... a-rcc.html