Pesticide Program Update
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:37 pm
EPA Pesticide Progam Updates
From EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs - March 21, 2012
www.epa.gov/pesticides
The following 6 items related to pesticides were published in the Federal Register during the past week:
1) Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
2) Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Webinar/Teleconference
3) Results from Inert Ingredient Test Orders Issued Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program: New Data Compensation Claims; Potential Disapproval of Inert Uses Pending Public Comment
4) Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
5) Revocation of Tolerance Exemptions for Diethyl Phthalate and Methyl Ethyl Ketone; No Data Being Developed as Required by Test Orders (Data Call-Ins) Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
6) Final Test Guidelines; OCSPP 810 Series; Notice of Availability
1) Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Page 15099
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6051.htm
Purpose: An Exposure Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held for one day on March 20, 2012. This notice announces the location and time for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: Docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879.
Meeting date: March 20, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or before March 19, 2012.
Location: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South Building), Fourth Floor Conference Center (S-4370-80), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
Contact: Katrina White, Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507P), (703) 308-4536; fax: (703) 305-6309; white.katrina@epa.gov.
2) Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Webinar/Teleconference
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Pages 15099-15101
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6202.htm
Purpose: The EPA Office of the Science Advisor announces a public Webinar/teleconference of the HSRB to discuss its draft report from the HSRB meeting held January 26, 2012.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: Docket No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-0175, The Webinar/teleconference will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, from approximately 2 p.m. to approximately 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Comments due by March 21, 2012.
Contact: For further information about this Webinar/Teleconference contact Jim Downing at (202) 564-2468; fax (202) 564-2070; downing.jim@epa.gov or Lu-Ann Kleibacker on (202) 564-7189; fax: (202) 564-2070; kleibacker.lu-ann@epa.gov; mailing address Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Science Advisor, Mail Code 8105R. General information
concerning the HSRB at http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb.
3) Results from Inert Ingredient Test Orders Issued Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program: New Data Compensation Claims; Potential Disapproval of Inert Uses Pending Public Comment
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Pages 15101-15104
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6164.htm
Purpose: In January and February of 2010, EPA issued test orders to companies that manufacture or import any of the following nine chemicals currently used as inert ingredients in pesticide products: Acetone, isophorone, di-sec-octyl phthalate, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, butyl benzyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, and dimethyl phthalate. The test orders required recipients to submit specific screening data on hormonal effects. Companies have agreed to develop data and have asserted data compensation rights for two inert ingredients, acetone and isophorone. No companies are developing data for the remaining seven inert ingredients. For di-sec-octyl phthalate and toluene, EPA plans to issue new test orders as both chemicals meet the selection criteria for endocrine testing under the Safe Drinking Water Act. EPA has no plans to issue further test orders for methyl ethyl ketone, butyl benzyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, and dimethyl phthalate, but plans to no longer approve their use as inert ingredients in pesticide products. EPA is, however, offering an opportunity for interested parties to comment or commit to submitting the required data.
Chemical(s): various
Comments: Docket No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0961 Comments due by May 14, 2012.
Contact: Anthony Britten, Registration Division (7505P), (703) 308-8179; fax: (703) 605-0781; Britten.Anthony@epa.gov.
4) Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Pages 15012-15015
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6056.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 comments, identified by docket identification number and the pesticide petition number (PP) 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 April 13, 2012.
Contact: A contact person, with telephone number and email address, is listed at the end of each pesticide petition summary.
5) Revocation of Tolerance Exemptions for Diethyl Phthalate and Methyl Ethyl Ketone; No Data Being Developed as Required by Test Orders (Data Call-Ins) Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Pages 15015-15019
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6210.htm
Purpose: This document proposes, under section 408(e) (1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), to revoke the existing exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance (tolerance exemptions) for residues of diethyl phthalate and methyl ethyl ketone when used as inert ingredients in pesticide products because there are insufficient data to make the determination of safety required by FFDCA. No manufacturer or importer of these chemicals has committed to conduct testing and submit data required by test orders that EPA issued under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). EPA is, however, offering an opportunity for interested parties to comment or commit to submitting the required data.
Chemical(s): Diethyl Phthalate and Methyl Ethyl Ketone
Comments: Submit your written comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0964 Comments due by May 14, 2012.
Contact: Anthony Britten, Registration Division (7505P), (703) 308-8179; fax (703) 605-0781; britten.anthony@epa.gov
6) Final Test Guidelines; OCSPP 810 Series; Notice of Availability
Date of publication: March 16, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 52; Pages 15750-15751
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6432.htm
Purpose: EPA is announcing the availability of the final test guidelines for Series 810--Product Performance Test Guidelines, specifically public health uses of antimicrobial agents (OCSPP 810.2000), sterilants (OCSPP 810.2100), disinfectants (OCSPP 810.2200), and sanitizers (OCSPP 810.2300). These test guidelines are part of a series of test guidelines established by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) for use in testing pesticides and chemical substances to develop data for submission to the Agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FFDCA). As guidance documents, the test guidelines are not binding on either EPA or any outside parties.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0681.
Contact: For general information contact: Melissa Chun, Regulatory Coordination Staff (7101M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency,(202) 564-1605; chun.melissa@epa.gov. technical information contact: Michele E. Wingfield, Antimicrobials Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, (703) 308-6349; wingfield.michele@epa.gov. FIFRA information contact: Communications Services Branch (7506P), Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, (703) 305-5017; fax: (703) 305-5558.
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
From EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs - March 21, 2012
www.epa.gov/pesticides
The following 6 items related to pesticides were published in the Federal Register during the past week:
1) Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
2) Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Webinar/Teleconference
3) Results from Inert Ingredient Test Orders Issued Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program: New Data Compensation Claims; Potential Disapproval of Inert Uses Pending Public Comment
4) Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
5) Revocation of Tolerance Exemptions for Diethyl Phthalate and Methyl Ethyl Ketone; No Data Being Developed as Required by Test Orders (Data Call-Ins) Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
6) Final Test Guidelines; OCSPP 810 Series; Notice of Availability
1) Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Page 15099
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6051.htm
Purpose: An Exposure Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held for one day on March 20, 2012. This notice announces the location and time for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: Docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879.
Meeting date: March 20, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or before March 19, 2012.
Location: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South Building), Fourth Floor Conference Center (S-4370-80), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
Contact: Katrina White, Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507P), (703) 308-4536; fax: (703) 305-6309; white.katrina@epa.gov.
2) Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Webinar/Teleconference
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Pages 15099-15101
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6202.htm
Purpose: The EPA Office of the Science Advisor announces a public Webinar/teleconference of the HSRB to discuss its draft report from the HSRB meeting held January 26, 2012.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: Docket No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2012-0175, The Webinar/teleconference will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, from approximately 2 p.m. to approximately 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Comments due by March 21, 2012.
Contact: For further information about this Webinar/Teleconference contact Jim Downing at (202) 564-2468; fax (202) 564-2070; downing.jim@epa.gov or Lu-Ann Kleibacker on (202) 564-7189; fax: (202) 564-2070; kleibacker.lu-ann@epa.gov; mailing address Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the Science Advisor, Mail Code 8105R. General information
concerning the HSRB at http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb.
3) Results from Inert Ingredient Test Orders Issued Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program: New Data Compensation Claims; Potential Disapproval of Inert Uses Pending Public Comment
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Pages 15101-15104
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6164.htm
Purpose: In January and February of 2010, EPA issued test orders to companies that manufacture or import any of the following nine chemicals currently used as inert ingredients in pesticide products: Acetone, isophorone, di-sec-octyl phthalate, toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, butyl benzyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, and dimethyl phthalate. The test orders required recipients to submit specific screening data on hormonal effects. Companies have agreed to develop data and have asserted data compensation rights for two inert ingredients, acetone and isophorone. No companies are developing data for the remaining seven inert ingredients. For di-sec-octyl phthalate and toluene, EPA plans to issue new test orders as both chemicals meet the selection criteria for endocrine testing under the Safe Drinking Water Act. EPA has no plans to issue further test orders for methyl ethyl ketone, butyl benzyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, and dimethyl phthalate, but plans to no longer approve their use as inert ingredients in pesticide products. EPA is, however, offering an opportunity for interested parties to comment or commit to submitting the required data.
Chemical(s): various
Comments: Docket No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0961 Comments due by May 14, 2012.
Contact: Anthony Britten, Registration Division (7505P), (703) 308-8179; fax: (703) 605-0781; Britten.Anthony@epa.gov.
4) Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Pages 15012-15015
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6056.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 comments, identified by docket identification number and the pesticide petition number (PP) 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 April 13, 2012.
Contact: A contact person, with telephone number and email address, is listed at the end of each pesticide petition summary.
5) Revocation of Tolerance Exemptions for Diethyl Phthalate and Methyl Ethyl Ketone; No Data Being Developed as Required by Test Orders (Data Call-Ins) Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
Date of publication: March 14, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 50, Pages 15015-15019
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6210.htm
Purpose: This document proposes, under section 408(e) (1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), to revoke the existing exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance (tolerance exemptions) for residues of diethyl phthalate and methyl ethyl ketone when used as inert ingredients in pesticide products because there are insufficient data to make the determination of safety required by FFDCA. No manufacturer or importer of these chemicals has committed to conduct testing and submit data required by test orders that EPA issued under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). EPA is, however, offering an opportunity for interested parties to comment or commit to submitting the required data.
Chemical(s): Diethyl Phthalate and Methyl Ethyl Ketone
Comments: Submit your written comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0964 Comments due by May 14, 2012.
Contact: Anthony Britten, Registration Division (7505P), (703) 308-8179; fax (703) 605-0781; britten.anthony@epa.gov
6) Final Test Guidelines; OCSPP 810 Series; Notice of Availability
Date of publication: March 16, 2012
Citation: Volume 77, Number 52; Pages 15750-15751
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03 ... 2-6432.htm
Purpose: EPA is announcing the availability of the final test guidelines for Series 810--Product Performance Test Guidelines, specifically public health uses of antimicrobial agents (OCSPP 810.2000), sterilants (OCSPP 810.2100), disinfectants (OCSPP 810.2200), and sanitizers (OCSPP 810.2300). These test guidelines are part of a series of test guidelines established by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) for use in testing pesticides and chemical substances to develop data for submission to the Agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FFDCA). As guidance documents, the test guidelines are not binding on either EPA or any outside parties.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0681.
Contact: For general information contact: Melissa Chun, Regulatory Coordination Staff (7101M), Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency,(202) 564-1605; chun.melissa@epa.gov. technical information contact: Michele E. Wingfield, Antimicrobials Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, (703) 308-6349; wingfield.michele@epa.gov. FIFRA information contact: Communications Services Branch (7506P), Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, (703) 305-5017; fax: (703) 305-5558.
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