DATE: 01/06/2006

This is a request for information from Steve Toth at the SRIPMC. Please note the following request for information regarding copper rates on selected crops. Please circulate to the experts in your respective states/territories and submit any responses to the Southern Region IPM Center Information Response Monitoring System by Friday, June 9, 2006. (This is a much easier request than past copper information requests)

Thanks.

Darrell Hensley

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Attached is a cover letter and a table from EPA covering the crops that
they have perceived as the heaviest users of the coppers. It is
critical that each of you review these Maximum application rates, the
Maximum seasonal rates and the Minimum re-treatment intervals. Do these
possible rates and restrictions fit your individual crop use patterns?

While we do need response from the crops included on the table we also
need to hear about any cropping system that does not find the range of
rates and restrictions amenable to their use patterns. Please note that
the highest rates which are for Filbert(Hazelnut) in Oregon and
Washington should be viewed as special case and the general range of
application rates should be considered with it omitted.

While your comment should go to the CSTF c/o Ron Landis,
rlandis@landisintl.com, please copy to me. Please be aware that the
Agency is requesting a rapid turn around for this response; I know that
for many of you this is a very busy time but please try to fit this
review and response into your schedules, particularly if you see that
any of the rates or restrictions on retreatment intervals will constrain
your use of copper to manage disease problems in your cropping systems. The Agency has requested that responses be in by June 9.

If there are those that you believe are not on this master list or that
you think should review this table, please forward it. If there are any
of you who are seeing this via a third party please be sure to include
you phone number in your response so that I may add you to my coppers
master list.

Finally please feel free to call or email me if you have any questions
about this mailing.

Ted Rogers
Biologist, Senior Policy Analyst
USDA Office of Pest Management Policy
202-720-3846
trogers@ars.usda.gov
http://www.ars.usda.gov/opmp/


Please respond online using the following URL:

http://www.sripmc.org/requests/answer.cfm?RID=158


Please respond even if the requested action does not impact your state(s).

Coppers Refined Use Rates Document May 25 2006.doc