NOTICE CLARIFYING ITS POLICIES FOR THE EVALUATION OF FALSE
OR MISLEADING PESTICIDE PRODUCT NAMES
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Subject: NOTICE CLARIFYING ITS POLICIES FOR THE EVALUATION OF FALSE OR
MISLEADING PESTICIDE PRODUCT NAMES
Date:
Tue, 14 May 2002 09:01:49 -0400
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: Christine Whitman
whitman.christine@epa.gov
NOTICE CLARIFYING ITS POLICIES FOR THE EVALUATION OF
FALSE OR MISLEADING PESTICIDE PRODUCT NAMES
On
March 28, 2002 , EPA
published in the Federal Register a Notice of Availability for a draft
Pesticide Registration Notice that provides guidance to registrants on
pesticide product names that may be false or misleading.
EPA has identified a growing number of product names
that, either by themselves or in association with particular company names or
trademarks, appear to be in noncompliance with the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The Agency believes that additional guidance
is needed to explain its policies and regulations regarding pesticide product
names, so that registrants can better understand what product names are
potentially false or misleading and what kinds of corrective action are
needed for registered products already bearing such names.
The original comment period ends on May 28, but the
Agency has decided to extend the deadline to August 1, in order to allow
interested stakeholders additional time to consider the issues and prepare
responsive comments. A Federal
Register Notice announcing this time extension will be issued shortly. The
Federal Register notices include instructions for submitting comments.
The draft Pesticide Registration Notice may viewed at
http://www.epa.gov/opppmsd1/PR_Notices/pr2002-x.htm.
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