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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) Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of December 30, 2002-January 3, 2003
Title: Process for Selecting Chemicals for Endocrine Disruptor
Screening Program
Date of publication: December 30, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 250, Page 79611-79629 [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/December/Day-30/p32853.htm]
Purpose: This notice sets forth for public comment the approach EPA
plans to use for selecting the first group of chemicals to be screened in the
Agency's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). Following
consideration of comments on this draft approach, EPA will issue a second
Federal Register notice setting forth its approach for selecting the first
group of chemicals and the chemicals it proposes for this initial list.
Following comment on the draft list of specific chemicals, EPA will issue the
final list.
Chemical(s): N/A
Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPPT-2002-0066,
must be received on or before March 1, 2003.
Contact: For general information contact: Barbara Cunningham, Acting
Director, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address:
TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. For technical
information contact: Greg Schweer, Exposure Assessment Coordination and Policy
Division (7203M), Office of Science oordination and Policy; telephone number:
(202) 564-8469; e-mail address:
schweer.greg@epa.gov *
Title: Pesticide Petitions Filed to Establish Tolerances for the
Pesticide Chemical Prosulfuron
Date of publication: December 31, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 251, Page 79914-79918 [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/December/Day-31/p32988.htm]
Purpose: This notice announces the filing of pesticide petitions
by Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300,
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of prosulfuron
[1-(4-methoxy-6-methyl-triazin-2-yl)-3-[2-(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)
-phenylsulfonyl]-urea] in or on the raw agricultural commodities: cereal
grains group (except rice and wild rice) grain at 0.01 parts per million
(ppm), cereal grains group (except rice and wild rice) forage at 0.10 ppm,
cereal grains group (except rice and wild rice) fodder at 0.01 ppm, cereal
grains group (except rice and wild rice) straw at 0.02 ppm, cereal grains
group (except rice and wild rice) hay at 0.20 ppm, milk at 0.01 ppm, meat,
fat, kidney, liver, and meat by-products of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and
sheep at 0.05 ppm. This is a revised notice of filing to amend a
previous notice of filing published in the Federal Register of August 25, 1999
(FR 64 46382) to propose permanent tolerances, instead of the current
time-limited tolerances for prosulfuron.
Chemical(s): Prosulfuron
Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0343,
must be received on or before January 30, 2003.
Contact: Jim Tompkins, Registration Division (7505C); telephone
number: (703) 305-5697; e-mail address:
tompkins.jim@epa.gov *
Title: Pesticide Petition Filed to Establish a Tolerance for
the Pesticide Chemical Flumioxazin
Date of publication: December 31, 2002
Citation: Volume 67, Number 251, Page 79918-79927 [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2002/December/Day-31/p32990.htm]
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of pesticide
petitions by Valent U.S.A. Corporation, 1333 North California Boulevard, Suite
600, Walnut Creek, California 94596-8025, proposing the establishment of
regulations for residues of the herbicide chemical flumioxazin,
2-[7-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-4-(2-propynyl)
-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-6-yl]-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione, in or
on the raw agricultural commodities cotton at 0.02 parts per million (ppm),
cotton, gin byproducts at 0.60 ppm, grape at 0.02 ppm, almonds at 0.02
ppm, almond, hulls at 0.70 ppm and sugarcane at 0.20 ppm.
Chemical(s): Flumioxazin
Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0349,
must be received on or before January 30, 2003.
Contact: Joanne I. Miller, Registration Division (7505C); telephone
number: (703) 305-6224; e-mail address:
Miller.Joanne@epamail.epa.gov
*
Title: Pesticide Petition Filed to Establish a Tolerance for the
Pesticide Chemical Fosetyl-Al
Date of publication: January 2, 2003
Citation: Volume 68, Number 1, Page 103-107 [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/January/Day-02/p33107.htm]
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide
petition by the Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), New Jersey
Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
The petition proposes establishing a tolerance for residues of the fungicide,
fosetyl-al (aluminum tris O-ethylphosphonate), in or on the raw agricultural
commodity onion, green, at 10 parts per million. Chemical(s): Fosetyl-al
Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0322, must
be received on or before February 3, 2003. Contact: Sidney
Jackson, Registration Division (7505C); telephone number: (703) 305-7610;
e-mail address: jackson.sidney@epa.gov
*
Title: Pesticide Tolerances Set for Emergency Exemptions for
Lambda-cyhalothrin
Date of publication: January 3, 2003
Citation: Volume 68, Number 2, Page 283-291
[http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/January/Day-03/p006.htm]
Purpose: This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for
combined residues of the pyrethroid lambda-cyhalothrin and its epimer in or on
wild rice at 1.0 parts per million (ppm), grass forage at 5.0 ppm and grass
hay at 6.0 ppm. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an
emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act authorizing use of the pesticide on wild rice and pasture
grass. This regulation establishes maximum permissible levels for
residues of lambda-cyhalothrin and its epimer in these food commodities.
The tolerances will expire and are revoked on December 31, 2005.
Chemical(s): Lambda-cyhalothrin
Comments: This regulation is effective January 3, 2003.
Objections and requests for hearings, identified by docket ID number
OPP-2002-0335, must be received on or before March 4, 2003.
Contact: Andrew Ertman, Registration Division (7505C); telephone
number: (703)308-9367; e-mail address:
sec-18-mailbox@epa.gov *
Title: Pesticide Tolerance Set for Mesotrione Date of publication:
January 3, 2003
Citation: Volume 68, Number 2, Page 269-273 [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/January/Day-03/p004.htm]
Purpose: This regulation establishes a tolerance of 0.01 parts per
million for residues of mesotrione in or on corn, pop, grain and corn, pop,
stover. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act , as amended by the
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.
Chemical(s): Mesotrione
Comments: This regulation is effective January 3, 2003.
Objections and requests for hearings, identified by docket ID number
OPP-2002-0303, must be received on or before March 4, 2003.
Contact: Shaja R. Brothers, Registration Division (7505C);
telephone number: (703) 308-3194; e-mail address:
brothers.shaja@epa.gov *
Title: Pesticide Tolerances Set for Emergency Exemptions for
S-metolachlor
Date of publication: January 3, 2003
Citation: Volume 68, Number 2, Page 274-283 [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/January/Day-03/p005.htm]
Purpose: This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance
for the combined residues (free and bound) of the herbicide s-metolachlor [(S)
-2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl) -N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide],
its R-enantiomer and its metabolites, each expressed as the parent compound,
in or on sweet potatoes at 0.2 parts per million. This action is in response
to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the
pesticide on sweet potatoes. The tolerance will expire and is revoked on
December 31, 2004. Although the exemption was granted for the active
ingredient s-metolachlor, and the time-limited tolerance is being set for
s-metolachlor, the Agency has determined that residues of concern for
s-metolachlor are the same as those for metolachlor, and therefore the
tolerance is being included under 40 CFR 180.368 but under its own section in
paragraph (b).
Chemical(s): S-metolachlor
Comments: This regulation is effective January 3, 2003.
Objections and requests for hearings, identified by docket ID number
OPP-2002-0331, must be received on or before March 4, 2003.
Contact: Andrew Ertman, Registration Division; telephone
number:(703)308-9367; e-mail address:
sec-18-mailbox@epa.gov *
Title: Pesticide Petition Filed to Establish a Tolerance for the
Pesticide Chemical Imazethapyr in or on Food
Date of publication: January 3, 2003
Citation: Volume 68, Number 2, Page 370-374 [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/January/Day-03/p007.htm]
Purpose: This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide
petition from BASF Corporation, P.O. Box 400, Princeton, NJ 08543-0400,
proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of the herbicide
imazethapyr in or on the raw agricultural commodity canola seed at 0.1 part
per million. Chemical(s): Imazethapyr
Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0212, must
be received on or before February 3, 2003.
Contact: Jim Tompkins, Registration Division (7505C); telephone
number: (703) 305-5697; e-mail address:
Tompkins.Jim@epa.gov *
Title: Registration Applications Received for Products Containing
Pyrimethanil
Date of publication: January 3, 2003
Citation: Volume 68, Number 2, Page 368-370 [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/January/Day-03/p008.htm]
Purpose: EPA received applications as follows to register pesticide
products containing active ingredients not included in any previously
registered products pursuant to the provision of section 3(c)(4) of FIFRA:
--File Symbol: 264-TNL.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Product Name: SCALA Brand SC Pyrimethanil Fungicide. Fungicide.
Active ingredient: Pyrimethanil at 37.4%.
Proposed classification/Use: None. For control of plant diseases on tree nuts, bulb vegetables, grapes, stone fruits (except cherries) pome fruits, tuberous and corm vegetables, strawberries, and tomatoes.--File Symbol: 264-TNU.
Applicant: Bayer CropScience.
Product Name: PYRIMETHANIL Technical. Fungicide.
Active ingredient: Pyrimethanil at 98.5%.
Proposed classification/Use: None. For formulation of fungicides only.--File Symbol: 43813-EI.
Applicant: Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Road, Titusville, NJ 08560-0200.
Product Name: PH066. Fungicide.
Active ingredient: Pyrimethanil at 37.4%.
Proposed classification/Use: None. For postharvest use on citrus and pome fruit.
Chemical(s): Pyrimethanil
Comments: Written comments, identified by the docket ID number
OPP-2002-0338, must be received on or before February 3, 2003.
Contact: Mary Waller, Registration Division (7505C); telephone
number: (703) 308-9354; e-mail address:
waller.mary@epa.gov *
* Mailing address for all listed staff: Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460
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