September 17, 2012
In This Update:
Federal Register Items for September 10-14, 2012
The following four items related to pesticides were published in the Federal Register this week:
1. Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
2. Polyoxin D Zinc Salt; Amendment to an Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
3. Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerances
4. Bifenthrin; Pesticide Tolerances
1. Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
Date: 09/12/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 177, Pages 56202-56207
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -1017-0033
Purpose: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the Agency, of the products listed in Table 1 and 2 of Unit II., pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This cancellation order follows a June 13, 2012 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 3 of Unit II. to voluntarily cancel these product registrations.
Chemical: Various
Comments: The cancellations are effective September 12, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1017
Contact: Katie Weyrauch, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 308-0166; weyrauch.katie@epa.gov.
2. Polyoxin D Zinc Salt; Amendment to an Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
Date: 09/12/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 177, Pages 56128-56133
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -1028-0003
Purpose: This regulation amends the existing exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of polyoxin D zinc salt when used as a fungicide on almonds, cucurbit vegetables, fruiting vegetables, ginseng, grapes, pistachios, pome fruits, potatoes, and strawberries by expanding the current exemption to include all food commodities.
Chemical: Polyoxin D Zinc Salt
Comments: This regulation is effective September 12, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-1028
Contact: G. Walsh, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 308-0298; walsh.colin@epa.gov.
3. Dinotefuran; Pesticide Tolerances
Date: 09/12/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 177, Pages 56133-56138
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -0433-0004
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of dinotefuran in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Also, due to the tolerances established by this document, the Agency is removing the existing tolerances for grape and potato as unnecessary. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
Chemical: Dinotefuran
Comments: This regulation is effective September 12, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0433
Contact: Andrew Ertman, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 308-9367; ertman.andrew@epa.gov.
4. Bifenthrin; Pesticide Tolerances
Date: 09/14/2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 179, Pages 56782-56791
Link: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDe ... -1008-0004
Purpose: This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of bifenthrin in or on tea, dried; grass, forage; and grass, hay. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). This regulation additionally establishes time-limited tolerances in or on apple, nectarine, and peach under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
Chemical: Bifenthrin
Comments: This regulation is effective September 14, 2012; docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-1008
Contact: Laura Nollen, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs; (703) 305-7390; nollen.laura@epa.gov.