EPA Pesticide Program Update
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:48 pm
from EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs - 1/31/2012
IN THIS UPDATE:
Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of January 23 - 27, 2012
The following 3 items related to pesticides were published in the
Federal Register during the past week:
1) Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerances
2) Rimsulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances
3) Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
1) Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerances
Date of publication: January 25, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 16, Pages 3617-3621
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01 ... 2-1254.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
etoxazole in or on field corn and popcorn. Valent U.S.A. Corporation
requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (FFDCA).
Chemical(s): Etoxazole
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0968. This regulation is
effective January 25, 2012. Objections and requests for hearings must be
received on or before March 26, 2012, and must be filed in accordance
with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Autumn Metzger, Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, telephone number:
(703) 305-5314; e-mail address: metzger.autumn@epa.gov.
2) Rimsulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances
Date of publication: January 25, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 16, Pages 3621-3625
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01 ... 2-1258.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
rimsulfuron in or on the caneberry subgroup 13-07A and the bushberry
subgroup 13-07B. Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4) requested
these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Chemical(s): Rimsulfuron
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-1017. This regulation is
effective January 25, 2012. Objections and requests for hearings must be
received on or before March 26, 2012, and must be filed in accordance
with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Andrew Ertman, Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, telephone number:
(703) 308-9367; e-mail address: ertman.andrew@epa.gov.
3) Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Date of publication: January 27, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 18, Pages 4248-4252
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01 ... 2-1815.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for
residues of cyazofamid in or on basil, fresh and dried. This action is
in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
authorizing use of the pesticide on basil. This regulation establishes a
maximum permissible level for residues of cyazofamid in or on these
commodities. The time-limited tolerances expire on December 31, 2014.
Chemical(s): Cyazofamid
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0697. This regulation is
effective January 27, 2012. Objections and requests for hearings must be
received on or before March 27, 2012, and must be filed in accordance
with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Princess Campbell, Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, telephone number:
(703) 308-8033; email address: campbell.princess@epa.gov.
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
IN THIS UPDATE:
Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of January 23 - 27, 2012
The following 3 items related to pesticides were published in the
Federal Register during the past week:
1) Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerances
2) Rimsulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances
3) Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
1) Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerances
Date of publication: January 25, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 16, Pages 3617-3621
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01 ... 2-1254.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
etoxazole in or on field corn and popcorn. Valent U.S.A. Corporation
requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (FFDCA).
Chemical(s): Etoxazole
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0968. This regulation is
effective January 25, 2012. Objections and requests for hearings must be
received on or before March 26, 2012, and must be filed in accordance
with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Autumn Metzger, Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, telephone number:
(703) 305-5314; e-mail address: metzger.autumn@epa.gov.
2) Rimsulfuron; Pesticide Tolerances
Date of publication: January 25, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 16, Pages 3621-3625
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01 ... 2-1258.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
rimsulfuron in or on the caneberry subgroup 13-07A and the bushberry
subgroup 13-07B. Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4) requested
these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Chemical(s): Rimsulfuron
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-1017. This regulation is
effective January 25, 2012. Objections and requests for hearings must be
received on or before March 26, 2012, and must be filed in accordance
with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Andrew Ertman, Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, telephone number:
(703) 308-9367; e-mail address: ertman.andrew@epa.gov.
3) Cyazofamid; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
Date of publication: January 27, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 18, Pages 4248-4252
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01 ... 2-1815.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for
residues of cyazofamid in or on basil, fresh and dried. This action is
in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
authorizing use of the pesticide on basil. This regulation establishes a
maximum permissible level for residues of cyazofamid in or on these
commodities. The time-limited tolerances expire on December 31, 2014.
Chemical(s): Cyazofamid
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0697. This regulation is
effective January 27, 2012. Objections and requests for hearings must be
received on or before March 27, 2012, and must be filed in accordance
with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Princess Campbell, Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, telephone number:
(703) 308-8033; email address: campbell.princess@epa.gov.
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