Availability of Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision Documnet For Methidathion
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Decision Documnet For Methidathion
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Tue, 21 May 2002 07:52:21 -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
IN THIS EPA UPDATE:
AVAILABILITY OF INTERIM REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DECISION DOCUMENT FOR METHIDATHION
On May 15, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the Interim Reregistration Eligibility Decision (IRED) document for the organophosphate (OP) pesticide, methidathion. This interim decision was developed as part of the OP pilot public participation process that the EPA and the United States Department of Agriculture are now using for involving the public in the reassessment of pesticide tolerances under the Food Quality Protection Act and the reregistration of individual OPs under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
Used on a variety of agricultural crops, predominantly alfalfa, citrus, and cotton, methidathion residues in food and drinking water do not pose risk concerns. Methidathion has no residential uses. EPA considered the mitigation proposal submitted by the technical registrant, as well as comments and mitigation ideas from other interested parties, and has decided on a number of label amendments (restrictions) to reduce risks of concern posed by the uses of methidathion. With the implementation of these changes, methidathion's worker and ecological risks also will be below levels of concern for reregistration.
EPA worked extensively with affected parties to reach the decisions presented in the IRED, which concludes the pilot public participation process for methidathion. As part of the pilot public participation process, numerous opportunities for public comment were offered as the IRED was being developed. The methidathion IRED is issued in final, without a formal public comment period. The OP Public Regulatory Docket remains open, however, and any comments submitted in the future will be placed in the docket.
Methidathion is also eligible for reregistration, pending EPA's consideration of the cumulative risks of the OP pesticides, which share a common mechanism of toxicity. The tolerance reassessment decision for methidathion cannot be considered final until EPA completes this consideration of OP cumulative risks. The Agency may need to pursue further risk management measures at that time.
The methidathion interim risk management decision documents released to the public are available on EPA's web site http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/op/methidathion.htm. The Federal Register notice is available on EPA's website at http://www.epa.gov/fedregstr .
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