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Thu, 1 Aug 2002 08:54:04 -400
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
1) TOLERANCE REVOCATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN USES OF 23 PESTICIDES.
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1) TOLERANCE REVOCATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN USES OF 23 PESTICIDES.
On July 31, 2002, EPA published a rule to revoke 140 specific tolerances for residues of 23 pesticide chemicals: acephate, amitraz, carbaryl, chlorpyrifos, cryolite, disulfoton, ethalfluralin, ethion, ethoprop, fenthion, fluvalinate, methamidophos, metribuzin, oxamyl, phorate, phosalone, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl, profenofos, propiconazole, tetrachlorvinphos, thiram, and tribufos. These tolerances are being revoked because they are either no longer needed or are associated with food uses that are no longer current or registered in the United States.
Some of these revocations are based on recommendations made during the reregistration decision process. Information on the specific tolerances being revoked, the reasons for their revocation, and the expiration dates for the tolerances is available in the Federal Register, which is available on EPA's web site www.epa.gov/fedrgstr). (See www.epa.gov/pesticides/tolerance for status and other information on tolerance reassessment.) Most of the pesticides affected by this action are in the first priority group for reassessment.
This revocation action follows a proposal that EPA published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2002. EPA received comments on the proposal, which have led to changes in the action as described in that proposal. The comments and EPA's response are summarized in the current notice. In addition to the revocations, EPA is changing tolerance terminology for certain tolerances and is announcing the reassessment of six goat and sheep tolerances for the pesticide amitraz.
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