The intent of this network is to inform interested parties of impending pesticide use cancellations and to afford those parties the opportunity to affect decision made by the pesticide registrants in concert with EPA. To the best of our knowledge the uses mentioned below will not appear on any label registered by the EPA following their expected cancellation.

The following information about the fungicide etridiazole has been obtained from Uniroyal Chemical Co. Inc.

Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc. has announced that it plans to voluntarily cancel uses of the following fungicide and nitrification inhibitor that contain the active ingredient etridiazole.

     Product                       Uses
     TERRAZOLE 4F  (a,b)           CA ONLY for control 
                                   of phytopthora on
                                   avocado and
                                   strawberry

     DWELL 4  (a)                  Nitrification
                                   inhibitor for corn,
                                   cotton, and wheat

These uses are being dropped because of (a) data development cost for reregistration and (b) due to CA requirements for SB950 and AB2021. These products have not been marketed for over 7 years.

For additional information contact:

Dr. C.P. Yip, Marketing Manager
Fungicides
Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc.
Middlebury, CT 06749
(tel 203-573-3338; fax 203-573-3394)

or

USDA National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program at 800-262-0216.

The reregistration notification network is a cooperative effort of the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (USDA-NAPIAP), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Agricultural Chemicals Association (NACA). If after contacting the registrant listed above you wish to express additional concerns please contact your NAPIAP State Liaison Representative. If you wish to contact us at USDA, our number is (202) 720-4751.
Last Modified October 7, 1998