Volume 8, Number 1
March 3, 1998
The intent of this network is to inform interested parties of recent or impending pesticide use cancellations, tolerance revocations, new uses and similar items of agricultural interest. 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 USEPA has revoked the tolerances for pesticide residues in or on livestock feed commodities that have been deleted from the list of significant livestock feed commodities. They no longer require data on or set individual tolerance levels for minor, non-significant livestock commodities. They consider a livestock feed commodity to be significant if it has the potential to contribute to the human diet through human consumption of livestock commodities.
It is not the USEPA's intention that these revocations should have the effect of limiting use of pesticides or rendering the affected commodities adulterated due to the absence of a tolerance. They consider these revoked tolerances for pesticide residues to be covered by the tolerances for each pesticide on the principal commodities of a crop. This rule was effective on January 16, 1998.
For additional information contact:
Mr. Jeff Morris
EPA, Special Review Branch
PHONE: 703-308-8029
FAX: 703-308-8041
EMAIL: morris.jeffrey@epamail.epa.gov
Source: Federal Register 62:66020 12/17/97
The USEPA has revoked the tolerances for residues of the fungicide vinclozolin in or on the commodities of GRAPES (other than wine grapes), PLUMS, PRUNES, and TOMATOES. This action was effective as of February 13, 1998. The USEPA is revoking these tolerances because the uses associated with them have recently been voluntarily deleted from vinclozolin's registration and were removed from BASF Corporation (the basic producer) labels in 1991. The proposal published here on 10/24/97 (RNN Vol. 7, No. 6) more thoroughly explains this action.
Written objections or requests for a hearing must be received by 4/14/98.
Send your comments, noting the docket number OPP-300540A, to:
Hearing Clerk (1900)
EPA, Room M3708
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
or
For additional product information:
Dr. Abe Tobia
BASF Corporation
PHONE: 919-547-2972
FAX: 919-547-2880
EMAIL: tobiaa@basf.com
For additional regulatory information:
Mr. Mark Wilhite
EPA, Special Review Branch
PHONE: 703-308-8586
FAX: 703-308-8041
EMAIL: wilhite.mark@epamail.epa.gov
Source: Federal Register 63:7306 2/13/98
The USEPA has issued two Federal Register notices that propose to revoke 871 tolerances and exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for pesticides on food products. This is a final opportunity for anyone who wants to continue to support any of these tolerances (the associated uses of which are now canceled) to come forward and provide the appropriate data.
Listed here are the specific crop-pesticide uses that were associated with these proposed tolerance revocations. It is the USEPA's general practice to propose revocation of those tolerances and exemptions for residues of pesticide chemicals for which there are no active registrations.
According to USEPA records, there are no active registrations for the specific crop-pesticide combinations listed here. Also, they believe that all existing stocks of pesticide products labeled for these uses were exhausted more that one year ago, giving ample time for any treated fresh produce to clear trade channels.
We urge you to check this list for your specific commodity to verify that there is no active use of the pesticides listed here for your commodity. This includes any use on imported commodity products. Please notify the USEPA if you wish to retain any of these tolerances. They will not revoke any tolerance or exemption proposed for revocation if any person will commit to support its retention, and if retention of the tolerance will meet the tolerance standard established under the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).
For more information contact:
Mr. Jeff Morris
EPA, Special Review Branch
PHONE 703-308-8029
FAX 703-308-8041
EMAIL morris.jeffrey@epamail.epa.gov
Crop-pesticide list of canceled uses associated with the tolerances proposed for revocation by the USEPA on 1/21/98 and 2/5/98
ALFALFA - CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), DIALLATE (AVADEX), DISULFOTON (DISYSTON), FENTHION (BAYTEX), ISOBUTYRIC ACID, PHORATE (THIMET), PROPHAM (IPC), TETRAETHYL PYROPHOSPHATE (TEPP), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
ALL CROPS (EXEMPT) - COPPER ACETATE, COPPER LINOLEATE, COPPER OLEATE, COPPER SULFATE MONOHYDRATE, COPPER-ZINC-CHROMATE COMPLEX, HIRSUTELLA THOMPSONII (POSTHARVEST ONLY), METHYL EUGENOL AND MALATHION, N-PROPYL ISOMER, RYANIA, TRIACON-10 (MELISSYL ALCOHOL)
ALL CROPS (GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE) - CALCIUM OXIDE, FUMARIC ACID, POTASSIUM CARBONATE, POTASSIUM POLYSULFIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM POLYSULFIDE, SODIUM PROPIONATE, SODIUM SESQUINCARBONATE, SORBIC ACID AND ITS POTASSIUM SALT
ALMONDS - CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), ETHION, FERBAM, PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), TRIADIMEFON (BAYLETON), Z,Z-ODDA (NOMATE BORER-GARD)
APPLES - ACETALDEHYDE, AMMONIUM SULFAMATE (AMMATE), BENOMYL (BENLATE)(POSTHARVEST ONLY), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), DIALIFOR (TORAK), DICHLONE, DIOXATHION, ETHION, ETHOXYQUIN (STOPSCALD), PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON), TETRAETHYL PYROPHOSPHATE (TEPP), TRIIODOBENZOIC ACID (TIBA)
APRICOTS - BENOMYL (BENLATE)(POSTHARVEST ONLY), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), DINOCAP (KARATHANE), ETHION, MANEB, PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), TRIADIMEFON (BAYLETON), Z,Z-ODDA (NOMATE BORER-GARD)
ARTICHOKES - PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), SIMAZINE (PRINCEP), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
ASPARAGUS - FERBAM, SIMAZINE (PRINCEP)
AVOCADOS - CAPTAN, ETRIDIAZOLE (TERRAZOLE)
BANANAS - DIAZINON, SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE (DHA), TRICHLORFON (DIPTEREX)
BARLEY - DIALLATE (AVADEX), ISOBUTYRIC ACID, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, PHORATE (THIMET), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
BEANS - BUTRALIN (AMEX)(LIMA ONLY), CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC)(DRY/SUCCULENT ONLY), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), DICHLONE, ETHION, MANEB (SUCCULENT ONLY), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
BEEHIVES - BUTANOIC ANHYDRIDE
BEETS - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), FERBAM, TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
BLACKBERRIES - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), DICLORAN (DCNA, BOTRAN), DINOCAP (KARATHANE), OXYDEMETON-METHYL (METASYSTOX-R)
BLUEBERRIES - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
BOYSENBERRIES - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), DICLORAN (DCNA, BOTRAN), DINOCAP (KARATHANE), FERBAM
BROCCOLI - FERBAM, PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON)
BRUSSELS SPROUTS - FERBAM, TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
CABBAGE - TETRAETHYL PYROPHOSPHATE (TEPP), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
CANTALOUPE - DINOCAP (KARATHANE), METIRAM (POLYRAM), PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON), TETRAIODOETHYLENE
CARROTS - CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), FERBAM, MANEB, TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
CATTLE - DIOXATHION, TRICHLORFON (BOVINOX)
CAULIFLOWER - FERBAM, TETRAETHYL PYROPHOSPHATE (TEPP), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
CELERY - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), DICHLONE, FERBAM, MANEB, METIRAM (POLYRAM)
CEREAL GRAINS - HYDROGEN CYANIDE
CHERRIES - BENOMYL (BENLATE)(POSTHARVEST ONLY), DICHLONE, ETHION, PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), Z,Z-ODDA (NOMATE BORER-GARD)
CITRUS - AMETRYN (EVIK)(GRAPEFRUIT AND ORANGES ONLY), CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), DIALIFOR (TORAK), DIOXATHION, METHIOCARB (MESUROL), METHYLENE CHLORIDE, PARATHION, PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON) (GRAPEFRUIT, LEMONS, AND ORANGES ONLY), SEC-BUTYLAMINE (DECCOTANE), TEMEPHOS (ABATE), TERBACIL (SINBAR), TETRAETHYL PYROPHOSPHATE (TEPP)(ORANGES ONLY), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
CLOVER - CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), DIALLATE (AVADEX), DISULFOTON (DISYSTON), ISOBUTYRIC ACID, METHIDATHION (SUPRACIDE), PROPHAM (IPC), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
COCOA - FENAMIPHOS (NEMACUR), HYDROGEN CYANIDE
COLLARDS - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), FERBAM, TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
CORN - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), CYPRAZINE (OUTFOX), DIALLATE (AVADEX)(FIELD CORN ONLY), FERBAM, ISOBUTYRIC ACID, ISOFENFOS (OFTANOL), METHIOCARB (MESUROL), METHYLENE CHLORIDE, PROMETRYN (GESAGARD)(FIELD CORN AND POPCORN ONLY), PROPACHLOR (RAMROD), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX), TRIMETHACARB (BROOT, LANDRIN)
COTTON - ALTERNARIA CASSIAE, AMMONIUM NITRATE, BUTRALIN (AMEX), DICLORAN (DCNA, BOTRAN), METHAZOLE (PROBE), NITRAPYRIN (N-SERVE), OCTHILINONE (PANCIL-T), PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON), PROPACHLOR (RAMROD), SULPROFOS (BOLSTAR), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
COWPEAS - TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
CRABAPPLES - OXADIAZON (RONSTAR)
CRANBERRIES - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), NAPTALAM (ALANAP-L)
CUCUMBERS - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), DICHLORVOS (DDVP), DINOCAP (KARATHANE), FERBAM, METIRAM (POLYRAM), NALED (DIBROM), PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON)
CURRANTS - FERBAM, METHYL FORMATE (DRIED ZANTE ONLY)
DATES - FERBAM
DEWBERRIES - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), DINOCAP (KARATHANE)
EGGPLANT - ETHION, FERBAM
FLAX - DIALLATE (AVADEX), DICLOFOP-METHYL (HOELON), PROPACHLOR (RAMROD), PROPHAM (IPC), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX), TRIFLURALIN (TREFLAN)
GARLIC - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CAPTAN, CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC)
GOATS - DIOXATHION, TRICHLORFON (BOVINOX)
GOOSEBERRIES - DINOCAP (KARATHANE), FERBAM
GRAPES - DIALIFOR (TORAK), DIOXATHION, ETHION, ISOBUTYRIC ACID, PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), THIABENDAZOLE (MERTECT), ZINEB (WINE USE FOR IMPORT)
GRASS - ACEPHATE (ORTHENE), ATRAZINE (AATREX)(ORCHARDGRASS ONLY), CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), DIURON (KARMEX)(BERMUDAGRASS ONLY), FENTHION (BAYTEX), ISOBUTYRIC ACID (BERMUDAGRASS, BROMEGRASS, FESCUE GRASS, LESPEDEZA GRASS, ORCHARDGRASS, AND TIMOTHY GRASS ONLY), MV 678 (PRO- DRONE), PHORATE (THIMET)(BERMUDAGRASS ONLY), PROPHAM (IPC), TRI-ALLATE (FAR-GO)(CANARYGRASS ONLY), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
GUAVAS - FERBAM
HOGS - DIOXATHION
HOPS - CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN)
HORSES - DIOXATHION, TRICHLORFON (BOVINOX)
HUCKLEBERRIES - ANILAZINE (DYRENE)
KALE - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), FERBAM
KIWIFRUIT - DICLORAN (DCNA, BOTRAN)
KOHLRABI - FERBAM
LEEKS - CAPTAN
LEGUMES - NALED (DIBROM)
LENTILS - DIALLATE (AVADEX), DICLOFOP-METHYL (HOELON), PROPHAM (IPC)
LETTUCE - DICHLORVOS (DDVP), NALED (DIBROM), PHORATE (THIMET), PROPHAM (IPC), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
LOGANBERRIES - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), DINOCAP (KARATHANE)
MELONS - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), DINOCAP (KARATHANE)(HONEYDEW MELONS AND MUSKMELONS ONLY), ETHION, FERBAM
MILLET - ATRAZINE (AATREX)(PROSO ONLY)
MUSHROOMS - NALED (DIBROM)
MUSTARD - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), FERBAM
NECTARINES - BENOMYL (BENLATE)(POSTHARVEST ONLY), CLOPROP (FRUITONE CPA, 3-CPA), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), DINOCAP (KARATHANE), ETHION, MANEB, PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), Z,Z-ODDA (NOMATE BORER- GARD)
NUTS - CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN)(MACADAMIA NUTS ONLY), ETHION (CHESTNUTS AND FILBERTS ONLY), OXADIAZON (RONSTAR)(BRAZIL NUTS, BUTTERNUTS, CASHEWS, CHESTNUTS, FILBERTS, HICKORY NUTS, AND MACADAMIA NUTS ONLY), PHOSALONE (ZOLONE)
OATS - ISOBUTYRIC ACID, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
OKRA - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS)
ONIONS - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), ETHION, FERBAM, METHAZOLE (PROBE)(DRY ONIONS ONLY)
PAPAYAS - FERBAM
PEACHES - BENOMYL (BENLATE)(POSTHARVEST ONLY), CLOPROP (FRUITONE CPA, 3- CPA), CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), DICHLONE, DINOCAP (KARATHANE), ETHION, MANEB, METHIOCARB (MESUROL), PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), TETRAETHYL PYROPHOSPHATE (TEPP), TRIADIMEFON (BAYLETON), Z,Z-ODDA (NOMATE BORER-GARD)
PEANUTS - ALTERNARIA CASSIAE, CARBOFURAN (FURADAN), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), FERBAM, METIRAM (POLYRAM), NAPTALAM (ALANAP-L), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
PEARS - AMMONIUM SULFAMATE (AMMATE), BENOMYL (BENLATE)(POSTHARVEST ONLY), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), DINOCAP (KARATHANE), DIOXATHION, ETHION, OXADIAZON (RONSTAR), PHOSALONE (ZOLONE)
PEAS - BUTRALIN (AMEX)(SOUTHERN PEAS ONLY), CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC)(DRY & SUCCULENT PEAS ONLY), CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), DIALLATE (AVADEX), DICLOFOP-METHYL (HOELON)(SEED ONLY), OXYDEMETON-METHYL (METASYSTOX-R), PROPACHLOR (RAMROD), PROPHAM (IPC)
PECANS - DIALIFOR (TORAK), ETHION, METIRAM (POLYRAM), OXADIAZON (RONSTAR)
PEPPERS - AMMONIUM NITRATE, ETHION, FERBAM, PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
PIMENTOS - CAPTAN, ETHION
PINEAPPLES - ATRAZINE (AATREX), BETA-NAPHTHOXYACETIC ACID, CLOPROP (FRUITONE CPA, 3-CPA)
PISTACHIOS - OXADIAZON (RONSTAR)
PLUMS - BENOMYL (BENLATE)(POSTHARVEST ONLY), CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), DICHLONE, ETHION, FERBAM, PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), TRIADIMEFON (BAYLETON), Z,Z-ODDA (NOMATE BORER-GARD)
POMEGRANATES - ISOBUTYRIC ACID
PONDS (CATFISH) - POTASSIUM RICINOLEATE
POTATOES - AMETRYN (EVIK), AMMONIUM NITRATE, ANILAZINE (DYRENE), DIALLATE (AVADEX), METHIDATHION (SUPRACIDE), OXYDEMETON-METHYL (METASYSTOX-R), PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON), TETRAETHYL PYROPHOSPHATE (TEPP)
PRUNES - BENOMYL (BENLATE)(POSTHARVEST ONLY), CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), DICHLONE, ETHION, FERBAM, PHOSALONE (ZOLONE), TRIADIMEFON (BAYLETON), Z,Z-ODDA (NOMATE BORER-GARD)
PUMPKINS - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), DINOCAP (KARATHANE), FERBAM, NALED (DIBROM), PROPACHLOR (RAMROD), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
QUINCES - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), DIOXATHION, FERBAM, OXADIAZON (RONSTAR)
RADISHES - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), DICHLORVOS (DDVP), FERBAM
RAISINS - METHYL FORMATE
RAPE - TRIFLURALIN (TREFLAN)
RASPBERRIES - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), DICLORAN (DCNA, BOTRAN), DINOCAP (KARATHANE), OXYDEMETON-METHYL (METASYSTOX-R)
RHUBARB - MANEB
RICE - CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), FENTHION (BAYTEX), METHYLENE CHLORIDE, NALED (DIBROM), OXADIAZON (RONSTAR), PHORATE (THIMET)
RUTABAGAS - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), FERBAM
RYE - METHYLENE CHLORIDE
SAFFLOWER - CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), DIALLATE (AVADEX), PROPHAM (IPC), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
SHALLOTS - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CAPTAN
SHEEP - DIOXATHION, TRICHLORFON (BOVINOX)
SORGHUM - AMMONIUM NITRATE, ETHION, ISOBUTYRIC ACID, METHYLENE CHLORIDE
SOYBEANS - ALTERNARIA CASSIAE, BUTRALIN (AMEX), CLORPROPHAM (CIPC), DIALLATE (AVADEX), DICLOFOP-METHYL (HOELON), ETHOPROP (MOCAP), FENAMIPHOS (NEMACUR), MEFLUIDIDE (EMBARK), NAPTALAM (ALANAP-L), SULPROFOS (BOLSTAR), TRIIODOBENZOIC ACID (TIBA)
SPINACH - FERBAM, MANEB, PROPHAM (IPC)
SQUASH - ANILAZINE (DYRENE)(SUMMER & WINTER SQUASH), DINOCAP (KARATHANE)(SUMMER & WINTER SQUASH), ETHION (SUMMER SQUASH ONLY), FERBAM (SUMMER SQUASH ONLY), NALED (DIBROM) (WINTER SQUASH ONLY)
STONE FRUIT - DICHLOBENIL (CASORON), DIOXATHION, OXADIAZON (RONSTAR)
STRAWBERRIES - ACETALDEHYDE, ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), DICHLONE, ETHION, ETRIDIAZOLE (TERRAZOLE), FERBAM, NITRAPYRIN (N-SERVE), SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE (DHA)
SUGAR BEETS - CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), DIALLATE (AVADEX), METIRAM (POLYRAM), PROPACHLOR (RAMROD), PROPHAM (IPC), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
SUGARCANE - FLUOMETURON (METURON), PARATHION, PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON), SIMAZINE (PRINCEP)
SWEET CORN - CYPRAZINE (OUTFOX), ISOFENFOS (OFTANOL), METHIOCARB (MESUROL), METIRAM (POLYRAM), PROMETRYN (CAPAROL), PROPACHLOR (RAMROD), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
SWEET POTATOES - AMMONIUM NITRATE
TANGERINES - DIOXATHION, PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON)
TARO - CAPTAN
TEA - PHOSALONE (ZOLONE)
TOMATOES - ANILAZINE (DYRENE), CHLORPROPHAM (CIPC), DICHLONE, DICHLORVOS (DDVP), ETHION, FERBAM, METIRAM (POLYRAM), NALED (DIBROM), PHORATE (THIMET), PHOSMET (IMIDAN), PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
TREFOIL, BIRDSFOOT - TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
TURNIPS - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS), FERBAM, NALED (DIBROM), PROPHAM (IPC)
WALNUTS - CYHEXATIN (PLICTRAN), DIOXATHION, ETHION, OXADIAZON (RONSTAR), PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON)
WATERMELONS - BUTRALIN (AMEX), DINOCAP (KARATHANE), PHOSPHAMIDON (DIMECRON)
WHEAT - ISOBUTYRIC ACID, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, PROPHAM (IPC), TRICHLORFON (DYLOX)
YOUNGBERRIES - CRYOLITE (FLUORINE COMPOUNDS)
SOURCES:
Federal Register 63:3057-3060 1/21/98
Federal Register 63:5907-5915 2/5/98
EPA Press Advisory R-16 2/6/98
EPA For Your Information: Tolerance Revocations Proposed. 7 pages 2/11/98
The Reregistration Notification Network is a cooperative effort of
USDA-NAPIAP, Interregional Project No. 4 (IR-4), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA), and the American Crop Protection Association
(ACPA).
Last Modified March 5, 1998