Volume 6, Number 8
September 16, 1996
Volume 6, Number 8
September 16, 1996
The intent of this network is to inform interested parties of recent or impending pesticide use cancellations, tolerance revocations, and other items of agricultural interest. To the best of our knowledge, the uses mentioned here, unless otherwise indicated, will not appear on any label registered by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency after those uses are canceled. We recommend that you express any concerns or questions you have to the contact mentioned below or to your NAPIAP State Liaison Representative. If you wish to contact us at USDA, our phone number is 301-504-8846, our fax number is 301-504-8063, and our email address is ksmith@asrr.arsusda.gov.
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is revoking six food additive tolerances for acephate, imazalil, iprodione, and triadimefon; and three raw food tolerances for triadimefon.
The six food additive tolerances are for acephate in food handling establishments, imazalil in CITRUS oil, iprodione in dried GINSENG and RAISINS, and triadimefon in BARLEY and WHEAT milled fractions. Four of these food additive tolerances are being revoked because they violate the Delaney clause and the other two (imazalil in citrus oil and triadimefon in barley milled fractions) because they are not needed to prevent adulterated food.
The three raw food tolerances are for triadimefon on BARLEY grain, forage and straw. The use of triadimefon on barley was canceled in 1993 and the sale of existing stocks was allowed until May 1995; therefore, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency feels the tolerances on barley are no longer needed.
In consideration of the Food Quality Protection Act which was enacted on August 3, 1996, these actions are being reconsidered and the date for filing comments is being extended to September 27, 1996. Comments should be identified with the docket number OPP-300360B and sent to the Hearing Clerk at EPA. The effective date for this rule is October 28, 1996.
For information contact:
Ms. Jean M. Frane
EPA, Policy & Special Projects
Phone 703-305-5944
Fax 703-305-6244
frane.jean@epamail.epa.gov
Send comments to:
Hearing Clerk (1900)
EPA, Room M3708
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov
Source: Federal Register 61:39527 & 44269 7/29/96 & 8/28/96
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that pursuant to a February 1, 1996 Settlement Agreement, the fungicide, maneb, can now be used on COLLARDS, MUSTARD GREENS, and TURNIPS, but only in the states of Georgia and Tennessee. This is the result of a Notice of Intent to Cancel the use of EBDCs on these crops and others published in the Federal Register (57 FR 7484) on March 2, 1992 and reported here on February 24, 1992. Interested parties filed a hearing request to that notice, entered negotiations with EPA, proposed reduced rates, and developed new scientific data. The February 1, 1996 Settlement Agreement is the result of those negotiations.
For additional information contact:
Ms. Amy Porter
EPA, Special Review Branch
Phone 703-308-8054
Fax 703-308-8041
porter.amy@epamail.epa.gov
or
Mr. Christopher Davis
Elf Atochem North America
215-419-7147
215-419-7243
Source: Federal Register 61:42244 8/14/96
Bayer plans to delete LIVESTOCK uses from their labels of trichlorfon and those of their formulators due to the cost of reregistration. They will maintain the uses of this insecticide on farm premises, ornamentals, and nonagricultural sites. Bayer will also be maintaining the tolerances for meat and associated products to allow the import of meat products treated with trichlorfon outside the U.S.
For additional information contact:
Mr. Terry McNamara
Bayer Corporation
Phone 913-268-2588
Fax 913-268-2541
Source: Prepublication notification by EPA
The Reregistration Notification Network is a cooperative effort of
USDA-NAPIAP, Interregional Project No. 4 (IR-4), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and the American Crop Protection Association
(ACPA).
Last Modified February 4, 1998