EPA Pesticide Program Updates from EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs 02/24/04 http://www.epa.gov/pesticides ************************************************************* IN THIS UPDATE: Pesticide Federal Register Items for the Week of February 16-20, 2004 The Office of Pesticide Programs published the following 8 items in the Federal Register during the past week: * Availability of Court Orders in Washington Toxics Coalition v. EPA Litigation * Spirodiclofen; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food * Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit * Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit * Aminoethoxyvinylglycine hydrochloride (aviglycine HCl); Pesticide Tolerance * Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food * Ethoxy Dodecyl Phenol; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food * FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting Title: Availability of Court Orders in Washington Toxics Coalition v. EPA Litigation Date of publication: February 17, 2004 Citation: Volume 69, Number 31, Pages 7478-7480 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/February/Day-17/p3364.htm Purpose: This action is directed to certain pesticide registrants, states, certified applicators, and licensed pesticide dealers. This Notice may also be of particular interest to persons in California, Oregon and Washington who may wish to use a pesticide near salmon supporting waters. The Court has defined salmon supporting waters in its January 22, 2004 Order. This action may also be of particular interest to distributors, retail sales businesses, and pesticide applicators in California, Oregon and Washington and registrants of pesticides containing the active ingredients subject to the Court's injunction. Since other entities may also be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. Chemical(s): Various Comments: Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0037. Contact: Arty Williams, Field and External Affairs Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: 703-305-5239; fax number: 703-308-3259; e-mail address: williams.arty@epa.gov. * Title: Spirodiclofen; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerances for a Certain Pesticide Chemicalin or on Food Date of publication: February 18, 2004 Citation: Volume 69 , Number 32, Pages 7632-7635 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/February/Day-18/p270.htm Purpose: EPA has received a pesticide petition (PP 2F6469) from Bayer CropScience, proposing to amend a tolerance for residues of Spirodiclofen; 3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-oxo-1-oxaspiro [4,5]dec-3-en-4-yl ester 2,2-dimethyl-butanoic acid, in or on the raw agricultural commodities citrus fruit group at 0.3 parts per million (ppm), citrus pulp, dried, at 0.4 ppm, citrus oil at 20 ppm, pome fruit group at 0.8 ppm, pome fruit pomace, wet, at 6.0 ppm, stone fruit group at 1.0 ppm, tree nut group at 0.05 ppm, almond hulls at 20 ppm, pistachios at 0.05 ppm, grape at 2.0 ppm and grape, raisin at 4.0 ppm. Spirodiclofen, 3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-oxo-1-oxaspiro[4,5]dec-3-en-4-yl ester 2,2-dimethyl- butanoic acid, and/or its enol metabolite, 3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4- hydroxy-1-oxaspiro [4,5]dec-3-en-2-one, in or on the raw agricultural commodities cattle, fat, at 0.01 ppm and cattle, meat by-products, at 0.05 ppm. EPA has determined Chemical(s): Spirodiclofen; Comments: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2003-0213, must be received on or before March 19, 2004. Contact: Rita Kumar, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, telephone number: (703) 308-8291; e-mail address:kumar.rita@epa.gov.* Title: Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit Date of publication: February 18, 2004 Citation: Volume 69, Number 32, Pages 7635-7636 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/February/Day-18/p304.htm Purpose:EPA has issued an experimental use permit (EUP) to Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC), This EUP allows the use of 0.220 pounds of the male sea lamprey sex pheromone 3- ketopetromyzonol sulfate on 33 acres of river water to evaluate the control of sea lamprey. The program is authorized only in the State of Michigan. The EUP is effective from April 1, 2004 to October 31, 2004. Chemical(s): 3-ketopetromyzonol sulfate: Comments: EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0026. Contact: Andrew Bryceland, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), telephone number: (703) 305-6928; e-mail address: bryceland.andrew@epa.gov.* Title: Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit Date of publication: February 18, 2004 Citation: Volume 69, Number 32, Pages 7636-7637 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/February/Day-18/p304.htm Purpose: EPA has issued an experimental use permit (EUP) to Great Lakes Fishery Commision (GLFC). This EUP allows the use of 0.220 pounds of the sea lamprey migratory pheromone petromyzonol sulfate on 16.7 acres of river water to evaluate the control of sea lamprey. The program is authorized only in the States of Michigan, New York, and Vermont. The EUP is effective from April 1, 2004 to October 31, 2004. Chemical(s): Pheromone petromyzonol sulfate : Comments: EPA has established an official public docket for this action under docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0027. Contact: Andrew Bryceland, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), telephone number: (703) 305-6928; e-mail address: bryceland.andrew@epa.gov.* Title: Aminoethoxyvinylglycine hydrochloride (aviglycine HCl); Pesticide Tolerance Date of publication: February 18, 2004 Citation: Volume 69, Number 32 , Pages 7596-7606 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/February/Day-18/p3371.htm Purpose: This regulation establishes a tolerance for residues of aminoethoxyvinylglycine hydrochloride (aviglycine HCl) in or on apple, pear and the stone fruits crop group 12, excepting cherries. Valent BioSciences Corporation requested this tolerance. Chemical(s): Aminoethoxyvinylglycine hydrochloride (aviglycine HCl): Comments: This regulation is effective February 18, 2004. Objections and requests for hearings, identified by docket ID number OPP-2003-0389, must be received on or before April 19, 2004. Contact: Denise Greenway, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), telephone number: (703) 308-8263; e-mail address:greenway.denise@epa.gov. * Title: Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food Date of publication: February 20, 2004 Citation: Volume 69, Number 34 , Pages 7946-7949 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/February/Day-20/p3718.htm Purpose: Cal Agri Products, LLC has filed a petition for the extension of the existing exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues in or on growing crops and raw agricultural commodities for potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP), also known as monopotassium phosphate, to include uses as an active ingredient for insect control. KDP is a ubiquitous element in nature and is a common ingredient in many consumer and industrial products used worldwide. Chemical(s): Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate: Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0017, must be received on or before March 22, 2004. Contact: Driss Benmhend, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), telephone number: (703) 308-9525; e-mail address: benmhend.driss@epa.gov. * Title: Ethoxy Dodecyl Phenol; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food Date of publication: February 20, 2004 Citation: Volume 69, Number 34, Pages 7949-7953 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2004/February/Day-20/p3719.htm Purpose: Cal Agri Products, LLC (CAP) has filed a petition for the exemption from the requirement of tolerance for residues in growing crops and raw agricultural foods for ethoxy dodecyl phenol (EDP), when used as a pesticide active ingredient. EDP is a common component in industrial and consumer products with considerable data demonstrating its safety for use in and around foods (21 CFR 178.3400). EDP is also a common inert ingredient in agricultural pesticides and has been categorized by EPA as a List 4B inert ingredient, identifying it as a compound of minimal toxicological concern. Chemical(s):Ethoxy Dodecyl Phenol; Comments: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number OPP-2004-0016, must be received on or before March 22, 2004. Contact: Driss Benmhend, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7511C), telephone number: (703) 308-9525; e-mail address: benmhend.driss@epa.gov. * Title: FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting Date of publication : February 20, 2004 Citation: Volume 69 , Number 34 , Pages 7943-7945 http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-MEETINGS/2004/February/Day-20/m3717.htm Purpose: There will be a 4-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review refined (Level II) terrestrial and aquatic models for probabilistic ecological assessments of pesticides. The FIFRA SAP will meet on March 30-31, 2004 to review Level II terrestrial models and April 1-2, 2004 to review Level II aquatic models. Chemical(s):N/A Comments: Comments should be identified by docket identification number OPP-2004-0005 and submitted no later than noon, eastern time, March 25, 2004. The meeting will be held on March 30 through April 2, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Washington-National Airport, 1489 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. The telephone number for the Crowne Plaza Washington-National Airport is (703) 416-1600. Contact: Paul I. Lewis for the Level II terrestrial model session and Myrta Christian for the Level II aquatic model session, DFOs, Office of Science Coordination and Policy (7201M), telephone number: (202) 564-8450; fax number: (202) 564-8382; e-mail addresses: lewis.paul@epa.gov or christian.myrta@epa.gov. * *Mailing address for all listed staff: Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460 ************************************************************* EPA distributes its Pesticide Program Updates to external stakeholders and citizens who have expressed an interest in OPP activities and decisions. 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