Chem-News April 1993
FIFRA EMERGENCY EXEMPTION (SECTION 18) AND SPECIAL LOCAL NEED (SLN)
UPDATE FOR NEW YORK STATE
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not approved any of the
FIFRA emergency exemptions that we have requested thus far. Cornell
Cooperative Extension staff should check the pesticide information program on
CENET for an up-to-date listing and status of these requests.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has reissued
a Special Local Need label to the New York State Vegetable Growers Association
for the use of metolachlor (Dual) on transplanted cabbage. This label expires
on June 30, 1994.
W. Smith, PMEP
PESTICIDE PRODUCTS FOR AQUATIC USE RESTRICTED IN NEW YORK STATE
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has
promulgated a regulation which makes all pesticides labeled for aquatic use
restricted use products. Please see the attached DEC letter at the end of
this newsletter.
W. Smith, PMEP
CERTIFICATION RENEWAL FEES: EVERYONE HAS TO PAY
New regulations require that everyone now has to pay for their pesticide
applicator certification renewal cards and categories. The exempt fee status
for employees of state and federal agencies, towns, cities and other
municipalities, and colleges and universities has been dropped. It is my
understanding that the renewal card and one category for commercial
certification will cost $15 every three years; additional categories
(excluding Research and Demonstration) will be $5 each.
W. Smith, PMEP
THE NATIONAL HOME AND GARDEN PESTICIDE USE SURVEY
The National Home and Garden Pesticide Use Survey, conducted by the
Research Triangle Institute for the EPA, surveyed 2,674 households in 58
counties, from 29 states, including 2,078 household visits to gather field
data. Those in the field of urban horticulture were not surprised by the
survey's findings.
The first surprise to EPA officials was that up to a million households
still store canceled pesticide products such as DDT, chlordane, heptachlor,
and silvex. This information will be used in support for requesting funding
for future household hazardous waste collections.
Another surprise concerned the safety of children around household
pesticide products. Children under the age of five, in 47% of the households,
had easy access to at least one pesticide stored less than four feet off the
ground in an unlocked cabinet. Whereas households without young children,
25%, securely stores pesticides. EPA's work with the Consumer Product Safety
Commission on child resistant packaging will provide welcomed and necessary
packaging improvements.
The next surprise regarded pesticide use around the home. The only
safety precaution 60 - 90% of the survey respondents said they took when
applying chemicals was washing their hands afterward. Yet, 33% or less took
further precautions, such as wearing impermeable gloves, long pants or a long-
sleeved shirt while handling or applying pesticides. Their personal safety is
one issue.
Households also scored low in the environmental safety category.
Disposal of concentrated pesticides was accomplished in a variety of ways:
67% used the regular trash services; 16% used special collections; 17% either
gave it away; poured it down the sink or toilet, on the street, in the gutter,
sewer or on the ground. This would make most people consider promoting
professional pesticide services that have to go through some minimum level of
pesticide training, certification, and business licensing.
This may be a future trend. It appears that 15% of American households
utilized professional pesticide application services in the early 1990's. The
services included either lawn and garden treatments, home-invading insect
treatments or both.
About half of the households were told what products were used and about
safety precautions when a lawn or yard treatment was made, yet only 20% of the
households were informed of the insecticide used in their homes, and only 23%
were given safety precautions in reference to indoor treatments. Regulations
will influence professional communications and behavior, reinforced by
education through PAT (pesticide applicator training).
Source: Michigan State University Crop Advisory Team Alert.
1994 PESTICIDES BUDGET REQUEST: $124.4 MILLION, 1,073 WORK YEARS
The Administration's 1994 budget request for EPA regulation of pesticides
is $124.4 million and l,073 work years. EPA said this was an increase of $5.2
million over the 1993 current estimate and a decrease of 25 work years from
the 1993 current estimate of 1,098.
The Center for Resource Economics last week contended that the agency's
operating pesticide budget was cut 6% to $124.4 million from the 1993
appropriated operating amount of $133.1 million.
"EPA is unable to ensure the safety of nearly all older pesticides in
use today," according to the center. It continued, "Although the agency has
been required to review pesticide risks since 1972, the agency has registered
only four of 19,000 pesticide products on the market at least 31 years. It
has never met congressional deadlines for pesticides review, and lacks the
data required to ensure the safety of most pesticide products.
Programs designed to reduce exposure to farm workers and other pesticide
handlers have not yet worked due to lack of resources, and the 1994 budget
proposal, if enacted, will set those programs back even further."
The agency's summary of the 1994 budget stated that increased pesticide
resources will speed reregistration decisions. The summary noted that state
grants would also be increased. It said that 376 work years would be used in
reregistration. "Of these work-years, 206 will be supported by fee revenues"
which amount to $14 million a year, according to the summary.
It noted, "The 1994 request contains 139 work years and $26.8 million
for pesticide enforcement, of which $15.8 million is for pesticide enforcement
grants to states."
Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, 4/19/93
HEIGHTENED EFFICACY CLAIMS ORDERED OFF LABELS BY 1994
False or misleading efficacy claims have been ordered off pesticide
labels by April 21, 1994. That is the date for removal on products sold by
registrants. April 21, 1996 is the deadline to remove the claims from all
products in commerce, according to PR-Notice 93-6 from the Registration
Division, OPP, EPA.
The policy stated in the notice: "The E PA believes that certain claims
of heightened efficacy are false and misleading. The EPA considers pesticide
products bearing such claims to be misbranded and therefore not consistent
with the requirements of FIFRA. Accordingly, such claims should be removed
from the label and labeling of pesticide products." The notice continued:
"This policy applies to any statement, design, graphic representation or
brand name which implies claims of heightened efficacy of a pesticide product
by itself or as compared to another product or device. Examples of such
claims include, but are not limited to: 'professional strength,'
'extermination strength,' 'hospital strength,' 'industrial strength,'
'institutional strength,' 'super strength,' 'ultra strength,' 'maximum
strength,' maximum efficacy,' 'extra strength,' 'double strength,' 'triple-
strength,' 'hospital grade,' 'high potency' and 'high powered.'" However,
this policy does not apply to:
"1. True, non-misleading claims regarding the effectiveness of a product
against target pests. Examples of such claims include but are not limited to:
'kills roaches,' 'controls target pests,' 'laboratory tests show the product
provides effective pest control for X months,' and 'kills pests on contact.'
However, such claims may not be exaggerated or used in a way that would make
them misleading."
"2. Terms which function only to define a use site and which are not
themselves claims of heightened efficacy, provided that such terms are not
used in a manner that is misleading."
Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, 4/21/93
PESTICIDE RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS MANDATED BY THE 1990 FARM BILL -
UPDATE
The recordkeeping requirements for the application of federally
restricted use pesticides, as mandated by the 1990 Farm Bill, were published
in the April 9, 1993 Federal Register. If you would like a copy of these
regulations, please contact the PMEP office.
Until we know how the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation wants pesticide applicators to comply with these new regulations,
applicators should maintain pesticide records per the existing state
regulations.
W. Smith, PMEP
EPA TOLERANCE PROCESSING FEES INCREASE
The EPA has issued a rule that increases fees charged for processing
tolerance petitions for pesticides under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (FFDCA). The change in fees reflects a 3.7 percent increase in pay for
civilian Federal General Schedule (GS) employees in 1993.
The EPA is charged with administration of section 408 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 346a). Section 408 authorizes
the Agency to establish tolerance levels and exemptions from the requirements
for tolerances for raw agricultural commodities. Section 408(o) requires that
the Agency collect fees as will, in the aggregate, be sufficient to cover the
costs of processing petitions for pesticide products. The fee schedule will
be changed annually by the same percentage as the percent change in the
Federal General Schedule (GS) pay scale. The pay raise in 1993 for Federal
General Schedule employees is 3.7 percent; therefore, the tolerance petition
fees are being increased 3.7 percent.
(a) Each petition or request for the establishment of a new tolerance
(or a tolerance higher than already established) shall be accompanied by a fee
of $56,175, plus $1,400 for each raw agricultural commodity, except as
provided in paragraphs (b), (d), and (h) of this section.
(b) Each petition or request for the establishment of a tolerance at a
lower numerical level (or for lower levels than a tolerance already
established for the same pesticide chemical) or for the establishment of a
tolerance on additional raw agricultural commodities at the same numerical
level as a tolerance already established (for the same pesticide chemical)
shall be accompanied by a fee of $12,850 plus $875 for each raw agricultural
commodity on which a tolerance is requested.
(c) Each petition or request for an exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance or repeal of an exemption shall be accompanied by a fee of $10,350.
(d) Each petition or request for a temporary tolerance or a temporary
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance shall be accompanied by a fee of
$22,450 except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section. A petition or
request to renew or extend such temporary tolerance or temporary exemption
shall be accompanied by a fee of $3,200.
(e) A petition or request for a temporary tolerance for a pesticide
chemical which has a tolerance for other uses at the same numerical level or a
higher numerical level shall be accompanied by a fee of $11,200 plus $875 for
each raw agricultural commodity on which the temporary tolerance is sought.
(f) Each petition or request for repeal of a tolerance shall be
accompanied by a fee of $7,025. Such fee is not required when, in connection
with the change sought under this paragraph, a petition or request is filed
for the establishment of new tolerances to take the place of those sought to
be repealed and a fee is paid as required by paragraph (a) of this section.
(g) If a petition or a request is not accepted for processing because it
is technically incomplete, the fee, less $1,400 for handling and initial
review, shall be returned. If a petition is withdrawn by the petitioner after
initial processing, but before significant Agency scientific review has begun,
the fee, less $1,400 for handling and initial review, shall be returned. If
an unacceptable or withdrawn petition is resubmitted, it shall be accompanied
by the fee that would be required if it were being submitted for the first
time.
(h) Each petition or request for a crop group tolerance, regardless of
the number of raw agricultural commodities involved, shall be accompanied by a
fee equal to the fee required by the analogous category for a single tolerance
that is not a crop group tolerance, i.e., paragraphs (a) through (f) of this
section, without a charge for each commodity where that would otherwise apply.
(i) No fee under this section will be imposed on the Inter-Regional
Research Project Number 4 (IR-4 Program).
This fee schedule will be changed annually by the same percentage as the
percent change in the Federal General Schedule (GS) pay scale. In addition,
processing costs and fees will periodically be reviewed and changes will be
made to the schedule as necessary. When automatic adjustments are made based
on the GS pay scale, the new fee schedule will be published in the Federal
Register as a Final Rule to become effective 30 days or more after
publication, as specified in the rule. When changes are made based on
periodic reviews, the changes will be subject to public comment.
Federal Register: 3-23-93
ENTOMOPATHOGEN; ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF
A TOLERANCE
EPA has established an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for
residues of the insecticide fungal entomopathogen Beauvaria bassiana,
Naturalis-L strain, in or on certain raw agricultural commodities: Cotton
seed; peanuts; peanut forage; peanut hay; tomatoes; lettuce; cantaloupe; and
lettuce for control of boll weevil, whiteflies and leafhoppers. This
temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance expires January 18,
1994.
Federal Register: 3-23-93
PESTICIDE TOLERANCE FOR CLOMAZONE (COMMAND)
A pesticide tolerance for the residues of the herbicide clomazone
(Command) has been established in or on the raw agricultural commodity winter
squash at 0.1 ppm. This regulation was requested in a petition submitted by
the Interregional Research Project No. 4 (IR-4).
Federal Register: 3-15-93
PESTICIDE TOLERANCES FOR DIMETHENAMID
This EPA regulation establishes tolerances for residues of the herbicide
dimethenamid, 2-chloro-N-[(1-methyl-2-methoxy)ethyl]-N-(2,4-dimethyl-thien-3-
yl)-acetamide, in or on the raw agricultural commodities (RAC) corn grain,
corn fodder, and corn forage at 0.01 part per million (ppm). This regulation
to establish the maximum permissible level of residues of the herbicide in or
on these commodities was requested in a petition submitted by Sandoz Agro,
Inc.
Federal Register: 3-5-93
PESTICIDE TOLERANCE FOR METALAXYL (RIDOMIL) ON GINSENG
This EPA document establishes a tolerance for combined residues of the
fungicide metalaxyl and its metabolites in or on the raw agricultural
commodity ginseng at 3.0 ppm. This regulation to establish a maximum
permissible level for residues of the fungicide in or on the commodity was
requested in a petition submitted by the Interregional Research Project No. 4
(IR-4).
Federal Register: 3-23-93
PESTICIDE TOLERANCES FOR AMITRAZ
This rule establishes tolerances for the combined residues of the
insecticide/miticide amitraz and its metabolites in cottonseed, eggs, and
poultry. The regulation to establish a maximum permissible level for residues
of amitraz was requested in a petition submitted by the Nor-Am Chemical Co.
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Commodity Parts per million
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Cottonseed 1.0
Eggs 0.01
Poultry fat/meat 0.01
Poultry meat byproducts 0.05
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Federal Register: 3-16-93B
PROPOSED TOLERANCE FOR METALAXYL (RIDOMIL)
This document proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of the
fungicide metalaxyl [N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) alanine methyl
ester] and its metabolites containing the 2,6-dimethyl-aniline moiety, and N-
(2-hydroxymethyl-6-methyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) alanine methyl ester in or on
grapes at 2.0 parts per million (ppm), wet and dry grape pomace at 10.0 ppm,
raisins at 6.0 ppm and raisin waste at 10.0 ppm. This regulation to establish
the maximum permissible levels for residues of metalaxyl in or on the
commodities was requested in petitions submitted by the Ciba-Geigy Corp.
Federal Register: 3-9-93
NOSEMA LOCUSTAE; PESTICIDE REREGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY DOCUMENTS; COMMENT
AVAILABILITY
This EPA notice announces the availability of the Reregistration
Eligibility Document (RED) for the active ingredient nosema locustae, and the
start of a 60-day public comment period. The RED for nosema locustae is the
Agency's formal regulatory assessment of the health and environmental data
base of the subject chemical, and presents the Agency's determination
regarding which pesticidal uses of nosema locustae are eligible for
reregistration.
The Agency has issued Reregistration Eligibility Documents for the
pesticidal active ingredient: nosema locustae. Under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended in l988, EPA is
conducting an accelerated reregistration program to reevaluate existing
pesticides to make sure they meet current scientific and regulatory standards.
The data base to support the reregistration of the chemical nosema locustae is
substantially complete. EPA has determined that all currently registered
products containing nosema locustae as an active ingredient are eligible for
reregistration.
Federal Register: 4-13-93
PROPOSED TOLERANCE FOR PENDIMETHALIN (PROWL) ON DRY BULB ONIONS
This EPA document proposes that a tolerance be established for residues
of the herbicide pendimethalin (Prowl) and its metabolite in or on the raw
agricultural commodity dry bulb onions at 0.1 ppm. The proposed regulation to
establish a maximum permissible level for residues of the herbicide in or on
the commodity was requested in a petition submitted by the Interregional
Research Project No. 4 (IR-4).
Federal Register: 4-13-93
PROPOSED PESTICIDE TOLERANCE FOR INERT INGREDIENT APPLIED TO CORN
FIELDS
This document proposes that a time-limited tolerance be established for
residues of 4-(dichloroacetyl)-1-oxa-4-azaspiro[4.5]decane (CAS Reg. No.
71526-07-3) in pesticide formulations applied to corn fields before the corn
plants emerge from the soil with a maximum use level of 0.4 pound of 4-
(dichloroacetyl)-1-oxa-4-azaspiro[4.5]decane per acre at a level of 0.005 ppm
in or on corn. The proposed regulation to establish a maximum permissible
level for residues of the inert ingredient in or on the commodity was
requested by the Monsanto Co. This time-limited tolerance would expire on
January 31, 1998.
Provisions of Proposed Rule
The Monsanto Co., Suite 1100, 700 14th St., NW., Washington, DC 20005,
submitted pesticide petitions (PP) 5F03272 and 6F03381 to EPA. These
petitions requested that the Administrator, pursuant to section 408(e) of the
FFDCA, amend 40 CFR part 180 by proposing the establishment of an exemption
from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the inert ingredient 4-
(dichloroacetyl)-1-oxa-4-azaspiro[4.5]decane when used in formulations of the
herbicides acetochlor (PP 5F03272) and alachlor (PP 6F03381) applied to corn
fields either before the corn plants emerge from the soil or until the corn
reaches 5 inches in height with a maximum of 0.4-pound inert ingredient
(safener) per acre.
This tolerance is being proposed as a time-limited tolerance because the
Agency does not have data from two chronic feeding/carcinogenicity studies
which are part of the toxicology data typically required to be submitted in
support of a tolerance request. These studies will be required to be submitted
to the Agency by April 31, 1997. When the Agency receives these chronic
feeding/carcinogenicity studies it will reassess the tolerance. However,
based upon 4-(dichloroacetyl)-1-oxa-4azaspiro[4.5]decane's lack of
mutagenicity or extraordinary adverse effects in the subchronic or
developmental toxicity studies, the low degree of dietary exposure and the
restriction on exposure offered by a time limitation on the tolerance, the
Agency does not believe that this proposed tolerance poses significant risks.
Federal Register: 4-13-93
PESTICIDE TOLERANCES FOR FENPROPOATHRIN
These rules establish tolerances for residues of the insecticide
fenpropathrin (alpha-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl 2,2,3,3-
tetramethylcyclopropanecarboxylate) in or on the raw agricultural commodities
(RACs) cottonseed at 1.0 part per million (ppm); meat, meat byproducts, and
fat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, poultry, and sheep at 0.02 ppm; milk fat
(reflecting 0.02 ppm in whole milk) at 0.03 ppm; and eggs at 0.02 ppm; a food
additive tolerance for fenpropathrin in or on cottonseed oil at 3 ppm; and a
feed additive tolerance for fenpropathrin in or on cottonseed soapstock at 2.0
ppm. These regulations to establish maximum permissible levels for residues
of the pesticide chemical were requested in petitions submitted by Valent
U.S.A. Corp.
Federal Register: 4-13-93
PESTICIDE TOLERANCES AND FOOD ADDITIVE REGULATIONS FOR CHLORPYRIFOS
(LORSBAN, DURSBAN)
These regulations revise the tolerances for residues of the insecticide
chlorpyrifos [O,O-diethyl O-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridyl) phosphorothioate] in
or on various raw agricultural commodities and processed food commodities.
The regulations also establish tolerances for residues for chlorpyrifos in or
on the raw agricultural commodities wheat grain, wheat straw, and wheat
forage, and the processed food commodity milling fractions (except flour) of
wheat. These regulations to revise maximum permissible levels for residues
and establish new levels for residues of the insecticide were requested in
petitions submitted by DowElanco.
180.342 Chlorpyrifos; tolerances for residues.
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Commodity Parts per million
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Almonds 0.2
Almonds, hulls 12.0
Apples 1.5
Beans, lima 0.05
Beans, lima, forage 1.0
Beans, snap 0.05
Beans, snap, forage 1.0
Beets, sugar, roots 1.0
Beets, sugar, tops 8.0
Blueberries 2 ppm (of which no more than 1
ppm is chlorpyrifos)
Citrus fruits 1.0
Corn, fresh (inc. sweet K-CWHR) 0.1
Cranberries 1.0
Kiwifruit 2.0
Mushrooms 0.1
Onions (dry bulb) 0.5
Peppers 1.0
Seed and pod vegetables 0.1
Sorghum, fodder 6.0
Sorghum, forage 1.5
Sorghum, grain 0.75
Sunflower, seeds 0.25
Tomatoes 0.5
Tree nuts 0.2
Vegetables, leafy, Brassica (cole)1 2.0
Walnuts 0.2
Alfalfa, forage 3
Alfalfa, hay 13
Bananas, whole 0.1
Bananas, pulp with peel removed 0.01
Bean, forage 0.7
Broccoli 1
Brussels sprouts 1
Cabbage 1
Cranberries 1.0
Cattle, fat 0.3
Cattle, meat and meat byproducts 0.05
Cauliflower 1
Cherries 1
Chinese cabbage 1
Corn, field, grain 0.05
Corn, forage and fodder 8
Cottonseed 0.2
Cucumbers 0.05
Eggs 0.01
Figs 0.01
Goats, fat 0.2
Goats, meat and meat byproducts 0.05
Hogs, fat 0.2
Hogs, meat and meat byproducts 0.05
Horses, meat, fat, and meat byproducts 0.25
Legume vegetables, succulent or
dried (except soybeans) 0.05
Milk, fat 0.25
Milk, whole 0.01
Mint, hay 0.8
Nectarines 0.01
Peaches 0.01
Pea forage 0.7
Peanut hulls 2
Peanuts 0.2
Pears 0.01
Plums (fresh prunes) 0.01
Poultry, meat, fat, and
meat byproducts (inc. turkeys) 0.1
Pumpkins 0.05
Radishes 2
Rutabagas 0.5
Sheep, fat 0.2
Sheep, meat and meat byproducts 0.05
Soybean grain 0.3
Soybean forage 0.7
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Strawberries 0.2
Sweet potatoes 0.05
Turnip greens 0.3
Turnips 1
Wheat, grain 0.5
Wheat, straw 6
Wheat, forage 3
1 Of which no more than 1.0 ppm is chlorpyrifos.
PART 185-[AMENDED]
185.1000 Chlorpyrifos.
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Foods Parts per million
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Citrus oil 25.0
Corn oil 3.0
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Milling fractions (except flour) of wheat 1.5
Mint oil 8
Peanut oil 0.4
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Federal Register: 4-13-93
PESTICIDE PETITION SUBMITTED FOR CYROAMZINE (TRIGARD)
EPA has received from the Ciba-Geigy Corp. the filing of amendments to
pesticide petitions (PP) 6F3333 and 6F3342 proposing to establish regulations
for combined residues of the insecticide cyromazine (Trigard) plus its major
metabolite, melamine, in or on peppers and tomatoes.
Federal Register: March 10, 1993
EPA EXTENDS TEMPORARY TOLERANCE FOR EXEMPTION FOR PHEROMONE
The EPA has extended the temporary exemption from the requirement of a
tolerance for the combined residues of the pheromone codlure, (E,E)-8,10-
Dodecadien-1-ol, in or on all raw agricultural commodities when applied to the
branches of trees via a membrane-type dispenser.
DATES: This temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
expires December 30, 1993.
Federal Register: 3-12-93
EPA PESTICIDE PETITIONS
This notice announces amendments to pesticide petitions (PP) and to food
and feed additive petitions (FAP) proposing the establishment of regulations
for residues of certain pesticide chemicals in or on various agricultural
commodities.
1. PP 4F3008. DowElanco, Quad IV, 9002 Purdue Rd., Indianapolis, IN
46268-1189, has submitted an amendment to PP 4F3008 that proposes amending 40
CFR 180.342 by establishing a regulation permitting residues of the
insecticide chlorpyrifos (O,O-diethyl O-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridyl)
phosphorothioate) in or on the commodities tomatoes at 1 part per million
(ppm), pea hay at 0.1 ppm, bean hay at 0.1 ppm, and soybean hay at 0.1 ppm.
The initial notice of filing of PP 4F3008 appeared in the Federal Register of
February 8, 1984 (49 FR 4838). (PM 19)
2. PP 6F3372. In a notice issued in the Federal Register of March 19,
1986 (51 FR 9514), it was announced that Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc., 76 Amity
Rd., Bethany, CT 06525, had proposed amending 40 CFR part 180 by establishing
tolerances for the combined residues of the fungicide triflumizole (1-(1-((4-
chloro-2-(trifluoromethyl) phenyl)imino)-2-propoxyethyl)-1H-imidazole) and its
aniline-containing metabolites 4-chloro-2-trifluoromethylaniline and N-(4-
chloro-2-trifluoromethylphenyl)-propoxyacetamide in or on certain agricultural
commodities as follows: apples at 0.1 part per million (ppm); cattle, fat,
meat, and meat byproducts (mbyp) at 0.05 ppm; grapes at 0.3 ppm; hogs, fat,
meat, and mbyp at 0.05 ppm; milk at 0.05 ppm; pears at 0.1 ppm; and poultry,
eggs, fat, meat, and mbyp at 0.05 ppm. Uniroyal has submitted an amended
notice of filing that proposes amending 40 CFR part 180 by establishing
tolerances for triflumizole and its metabolites containing the 4-chloro-2-
trifluoromethylaniline moiety (calculated as triflumizole) in or on apples at
0.5 ppm; grapes at 2.5 ppm; pears at 0.5 ppm; meat of cattle, goats, hogs,
horses, poultry, and sheep at 0.05 ppm; milk and eggs at 0.05 ppm; meat
byproducts of poultry at 0.1 ppm; and meat byproducts and fats of cattle,
goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.5 ppm. The proposed analytical method for
determining residues is chromatography and mass spectroscopy.(PM 21)
Food/Feed Additive Petition Amendments
3. FAP 1H5295. DowElanco, Quad IV, 9002 Purdue Rd., Indianapolis, IN
46268-1189, has submitted an amendment to feed additive petition (FAP) 1H5295
that proposes amending 40 CFR 186.1000 by establishing a regulation permitting
residues of insecticide chlorpyrifos (O,O-diethyl O-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-
pyridyl) phosphorothioate) in or on the commodity tomato pomace at 65 parts
per million. Previous notices regarding FAP 1H5295 have appeared in the
Federal Register of June 10, 1981 (46 FR 30629) and February 8, 1984 (49 FR
4838). (PM 19).
4. FAP 2H5639. In a notice published in the Federal Register of
December 9, 1992 (57 FR 58211), it was announced that Valent U.S.A. Corp. had
submitted food additive petition (FAP) 2H5639 proposing that 40 CFR part 185
be amended to establish a tolerance of 15 ppm for raisins and 160 ppm for
orange oil and to establish under 40 CFR part 186 a tolerance of 45 ppm for
raisin waste, 35 ppm for grape pomace, wet and dry, and 8 ppm for orange pulp,
dry. The notice of the petition superseded the notice of the petition that
had appeared in the Federal Register of June 10, 1992 (57 FR 24647). Valent
has submitted a further amendment to the petition, proposing to establish
tolerances for fenpropathrin in or on the following food and feed commodities:
in 40 CFR part 185 (food additives) by establishing a tolerance of 15 ppm for
raisins and a tolerance of 160 ppm for citrus oil; and in 40 CFR part 186
(feed additives) by establishing a tolerance of 45 ppm for raisin waste; 35
ppm for grape pomace, wet and dried; and 8 ppm for citrus pulp, dried. (PM
15).
5. FAP 6H5497. In a notice issued in the Federal Register of March 19,
1986 (51 FR 9514), it was announced that Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc., 74 Amity
Rd., Bethany, CT, 06524-3402, proposed amending 21 CFR part 193 (now 40 CFR
part 185 after redesignation in the Federal Register of June 29, 1988 (53 FR
24666)) by establishing a regulation permitting the combined residues of the
fungicide triflumizole and its metabolites in or on certain agricultural
commodities as follows: apples, dried at 3.0 ppm; apple pomace, dry at 1.0
ppm; apple pomace, wet at 3.0 ppm; grape juice at 1.0 ppm; grape pomace, dry
at 1.0 ppm; grape pomace, wet at 4.0 ppm; raisins at 1.0 ppm; and raisin waste
at 2.0 ppm. Uniroyal has submitted an amended notice of filing that proposes
amending 40 CFR part 185 by establishing tolerances for triflumizole and its
metabolites in or on apple pomace at 2.0 ppm; grape pomace at 15.0 ppm; and
raisin waste at 10.0 ppm. (PM 21).
Federal Register: March 10, 1993
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA) NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE
IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (NAPIAP) REREGISTRATION NOTIFICATION NETWORK
(RNN)
The intent of this network is to inform interested parties of recent or
impending pesticide use cancellations and tolerance revocations. To the best
of our knowledge the uses mentioned here, unless otherwise indicated, will not
appear on any label registered by the USEPA following their expected
cancellation. We would recommend that you express any concerns or questions
you may have to the contact mentioned below or your NAPIAP State Liaison
Representative. If you wish to contact us at USDA, our phone number is (301)
504-8846, and our fax number is (301) 504-8063.
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ETHION -- FMC Corporation will voluntarily delete the use of ethion on APPLES,
BERMUDA GRASS, CHERRIES, GRAPES, MELONS, PEARS, SUMMER SQUASH, TURF and
ORNAMENTALS(GREENHOUSE) due to the cost of studies for reregistration. They
plan to support the one remaining use on citrus. If anyone wishes to supply
the necessary data on any of the crops being deleted, FMC will support the
ethion on those uses. Otherwise, these proposed deletions will become final
on 5/25/93.
For additional information contact:
Ms. Linda Dansbury
FMC Corporation
Phone (215) 299-6520
Fax (215) 299-6256
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ETRIDIAZOLE -- Uniroyal Chemical Company has requested the (Terrazole)
deletion from their product, Terrazole 4 Flowable, of FESCUE SEED and RYE
GRASS SEED. They have not marketed these uses for over 10 years and plan to
drop them due to the cost of reregistration. Unless the registrant withdraws
the cancellation request, this action will become final on 6/29/93. Existing
stocks in the hands of users or dealers, if they exist, may be distributed,
sold or used until exhausted.
For additional information contact:
Mr. Will Cummings
Uniroyal Chemical Co.
Phone (203) 393-2163
Fax (203) 393-2290
Initial source: Federal Register 58: 16828
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METHIOCARB -- AMVAC Chemical Corporation is deleting CITRUS and (Mesurol)
AVOCADOS from their registration of methiocarb (Metaldehyde-Methiocarb
Granules 2-1). The basic producer of this insecticide-miticide-mollusicide-
repellent, Miles Inc., has decided to drop all food uses of methiocarb due to
the cost of reregistration. This action will be final on 5/25/93. Existing
stocks in the hands of retailers or users may be sold and used as labeled
until exhausted.
For additional information contact:
Ms. Jeannie Vasquez
AMVAC Chemical Corporation
Phone (213) 264-3910
Fax (213) 887-9221
Initial source: Federal Register 58: 11234
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SULFUR -- Prince Agri Products, Inc. has requested the voluntary cancellation
of their product, Corn King Sulphurized Oil, due to the cost of
reregistration. This is the last remaining use of sulfur on CATTLE and HOGS.
Unless the registrant withdraws the cancellation request, this action will
become final on 6/29/93. Existing stocks in the hands of users or dealers may
be distributed, sold or used until exhausted.
For additional information contact:
Ms. Gail Dixon
Prince Agri Products, Inc.
Phone (217) 222-8854
Fax (217) 222-5098
Initial source: Federal Register 58: 16828
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The reregistration notification network is a cooperative effort of the
USDA-NAPIAP, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), IR-4, and the
National Agricultural Chemicals Association (NACA). 4-28-93
SHORT BRIEFS
Acceptable farm worker risk of one in 10,000 (10 to the minus 4) is too
high, EPA has decided, and the agency plans to use a range of less risk for
farm workers and certain others occupationally exposed to pesticides, an
agency official said
Final emergency exemption (FIFRA section) 18 policy, expected to be
issued by EPA during the week of May 3. It is expected to provide for
revocation of existing exemptions for pesticides which might be cancelled
based on the Delaney clause court decision and to prohibit granting future
exemptions for these pesticides.
Cyprocanozole has been given a B-2 carcinogen classification by the
Health Effects Division, OPP, EPA, which will probably request review of the
classification by the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP).
EPTC voluntary cancellation on sweet potatoes, flax, table beets and
green peas will be requested by Zeneca, Inc., formerly ICI Americas, because
of the cost of residue studies required for reregistration. The company said,
however, that reregistration of EPTC (Eptam) for these uses would be supported
if the required data were provided by IR-4 or another party.
WGS 4/93
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