Subject: PUBLIC MEETING ON FENTHION RISK MITIGATION ISSUES PLANNED----
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 14:40:29 -0500
From: Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State
of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation
cc: Carol Browner browner.carol@epa.gov
Dear Mr. Helliker,
I thought you might like to read an article from EPA entitled: PUBLIC
MEETING ON FENTHION RISK MITIGATION ISSUES PLANNED.
On January 17, EPA will hold a public meeting in Orlando, Florida to gather information
and hear concerns and comments about risks and possible risk mitigation for
the organophosphate pesticide fenthion. EPA
has assessed the risks of fenthion and reached an Interim Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (IRED) for this organophosphate pesticide.
The Agency believes that currently registered uses of fenthion pose
unreasonable adverse effects to human health and the environment, and that
mitigation measures are necessary. EPA
will conduct a public process to identify the best ways to reduce the risks
associated with fenthion exposure. This process will include a future public
comment period on the risk mitigation proposed in this interim RED, as well as
this public meeting, which will be held at the Embassy Suites, 8978 Inter-
national Drive, Orlando, Florida, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
At the conclusion of this process, the Agency will announce a final
determination on the risk mitigation it believes must be adopted in order for
products containing fenthion to remain eligible for re-registration. Further information about this meeting is available in the
December 29 Federal Register (65 FR 83011).
The Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision document (IRED) for
fenthion will be available on EPA's web page at www.epa.gov/REDs. EPA
published a notice of availability for this document in the Federal Register
(65 FR 83013) on December 29th. Both of these notices will be available on
EPA's web page at www.epa.gov/fedrgstr.
EPA must receive requests to participate in the meeting
by January 8, identified by docket number OPP-34145B. The Federal Register notice provides detailed instructions
for submitting such a request, including via email.
Well Mr. Helliker, there is a Chinese Proverb that
says: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best
time is now." We should have
been using safe and far more effective (unregistered) alternatives generations
ago - but, we can start now - if you will "legally" allow us to do
so.
Respectfully, Stephen
L. Tvedten
Please write EPA today! If you are sending an e-mail send it to: opp-docket@epa.gov . There
is an electronic version of a sample fenthion letter available at http://www.abcbirds.org .
On the subject line of your letter or e-mail write the docket number, OPP-34145A. Thank
you!
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