1) EPA Solicits School IPM Grant Proposals
The EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs is soliciting grant proposals to further the implementation of integrated pest management in and around the nation's public schools. Approximately $1 million is available for awards under this competitive opportunity.
The grants will provide financial assistance to eligible applicants for projects focusing on IPM approaches that (1) implement verifiable IPM programs that identify and reduce the risks associated with pests and pesticide use in and around kindergarten to 12th grade public and tribal schools and (2) measure and document the impacts of verifiable public and/or tribal school IPM programs on the environment and human health.
Eligible applicants include the 50 states, U.S. territories or possessions, federally recognized Indian tribal governments and Native American organizations, public and private universities and colleges, schools and school districts, other public or private nonprofit institutions, local governments and individuals. The project period of performance is limited to 2 years.
Integrated Pest Management is a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health and environmental risks. The EPA promotes verifiable school IPM, which is an ongoing activity that
includes:
* Understanding your pests;
* Setting action thresholds for key pests - and knowing when to take
action against key pests;
* Monitoring for pests and their locations;
* Eliminating conditions that allow pest infestations; and
* Using one or more effective pest control methods, including
sanitation, structural maintenance and non-chemical methods
instead of or in combination with pesticides.
For more information about how to apply and available funding visit:
www.epa.gov/pestwise/grants/.
The EPA School IPM Funding Opportunity Announcement is available at:
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/grants/pr ... grants.pdf
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2) Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of May 23- June 03 2011
The following 7 items related to pesticides were published in the Federal Register during the past weeks:
1) SFIREG Full Working Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
2) Ethylene Glycol; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance
3) Bromoxynil; Pesticide Tolerances
4) Pyraflufen-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances
5) Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
6) Cryolite Registration Review Docket; Extension of Comment Period
7) Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations
1) SFIREG Full Working Committee; Notice of Public Meeting Date of publication: May 25, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 101, Pages 30343-30344 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-05 ... -12949.htm
Purpose: The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Full Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on June 20, 2011 and ending June 21, 2011. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: The meeting will be held on Monday, June 20, 2011 from 8:30 am to 5 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, June 21, 2011. The meeting will be held at EPA. One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.) 2777 Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA, 1st Floor South Conference Room. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person listed under CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.
Contact: Ron Kendall, Field External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 305-5561; e-mail address:
kendall.ron@epa.gov or Grier Stayton, SFIREG Executive Secretary, P.O.
Box 466, Milford DE 19963; telephone number (302) 422-8152; fax (302) 422-2435; e-mail address: Grier Stayton at aapco-sfireg@comcast.net.
2) Ethylene Glycol; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance Date of publication: June 1, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 105, Pages 31471-31479 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06 ... -13577.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of ethylene glycol (CAS Reg. No. 107-21-1) when used as a pesticide inert ingredient as a solvent, stabilizer and/or antifreeze within pesticide formulations/products without limitation. Huntsman, et. al, submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, requesting an establishment of an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of ethylene glycol. Also, this regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of ethylene glycol (CAS Reg. No. 107-21-1) when used as an inert ingredient as an encapsulating agent for pesticides being applied post-harvest as residual, and crack and crevice sprays in and around food and nonfood areas of residential and nonresidential structures, including food handling establishments, with no limit. The Sumitomo Chemical Company submitted a petition to EPA under FFDCA, requesting an establishment of an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of ethylene glycol.
Chemical(s): Ethylene Glycol
Comments: EPA has established a docket for these actions under docket identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0361. This regulation is effective June 1, 2011. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before August 1, 2011, and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Lisa Austin, Registration Division (7505P), Office of
Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 305-7894; e-mail address:
austin.lisa@epa.gov.
3) Bromoxynil; Pesticide Tolerances
Date of publication: June 1, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 105, Pages 31485-31491 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06 ... -13565.htm
Purpose: This regulation revises established tolerances for residues of bromoxynil in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Bayer CropScience LLC requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Chemical(s): Bromoxynil
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0268. This regulation is effective June 1, 2011. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before August 1, 2011, and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178.
Contact: Susan Stanton, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 305-5218; e-mail address:
stanton.susan@epa.gov.
4) Pyraflufen-ethyl; Pesticide Tolerances Date of publication: June 1, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 105, Pages 31485-31491 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06 ... -13587.htm
Purpose: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of pyraflufen-ethyl in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Nichino America, Inc. requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
Chemical(s): Pyraflufen-ethyl
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0426. This regulation is effective June 1, 2011. Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before August 1, 2011, 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, telephone number: (703) 305-1243; e-mail address:
montague.kathryn@epa.gov.
5) Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request Date of publication: June 1, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 105, Pages 31604-31605 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06 ... -13405.htm
Purpose: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Pesticide Program Public Sector Collections (FIFRA sections 18 & 24(c)); EPA ICR No.
2311.01, OMB Control No. 2070-New. This is a request to combine two currently approved collections to increase clarity and streamline review of the collection activities and related burdens. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection activities and related estimated burden and cost.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0473, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by mail to: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail
to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20503. Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 1, 2011.
Contact: Cameo G. Smoot, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, 7506P, telephone number: 703-305-5454; fax number:
703-305-5884; e-mail address: smoot.cameo@epa.gov.
6) Cryolite Registration Review Docket; Extension of Comment Period Date of publication: June 1, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 105, Pages 31606 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06 ... -13584.htm
Purpose: EPA issued a notice in the Federal Register of March 30, 2011 concerning the availability of multiple registration review dockets for public comment, including cryolite. This document extends the comment period for the cryolite registration review docket only, which was due to expire on May 31, 2011, until July 5, 2011.
Chemical(s): Cryolite
Comments: Identified by docket identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0173, must be received on or before July 5, 2011.
Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES in the Federal Register document of March 30, 2011.
Contact: Eric Miederhoff, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 347-8028; e-mail
address: miederhoff.eric@epa.gov.
7) Product Cancellation Order for Certain Pesticide Registrations Date of publication: June 1, 2011
Citation: Volume 76, Number 105, Pages 31606-31611 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06 ... -13579.htm
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 of Unit II., pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended.
This cancellation order follows an August 25, 2010 Federal Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the registrants listed in Table 2 of Unit II. to voluntarily cancel these product registrations.
In the August 25, 2010 notice, EPA indicated that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations, unless the Agency received substantive comments within the 180-day comment period that would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrants withdrew their requests. The Agency received comments on the notice but these comments were exclusively on the public health mosquitocide uses.
Consequently, the public health pesticide products containing resmethrin have been removed from this final cancellation order and will be addressed separately from other resmethrin products. Further, the registrants did not withdraw their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any distribution, sale, or use of the products subject to this cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing stocks provisions.
Chemical(s): various**
Comments: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket identification number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0306. The cancellations are effective June 1, 2011.
Contact: Bonnie Adler, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 308-8523; fax number:
(703) 308-8090; e-mail address: adler.bonnie@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
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