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EPA Pesticide Program Updates: August 23, 2001Pesticide Program Update from EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, August 23, 2001 IN THIS UPDATE:
EPA Web Site Offers Database on Emergency ExemptionsThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a searchable database that provides Web visitors easy access to information about Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Section 18 Emergency Exemptions. Under FIFRA Section 18, EPA may grant permission to states and Federal agencies to use a pesticide for an unregistered use for a limited time if EPA determines that emergency conditions exist.The Section 18 Web page, available at http://www.epa.gov/opprd001/section18/, details current and recent actions under Emergency Exemptions. Users may search the database by site (the crop being treated with the pesticide), chemical, the applicant, or by a specific date or date range. We provide the following information in the database: the pesticide, the site, the pest problem creating the emergency, the state or Federal agency that applied for the exemption, the date of the application, and EPA's response. For established tolerances, we also provide the tolerance expiration date and related Federal Register publication date for the related tolerance. The Agency updates the Emergency Exemption database every 2 weeks. The database integrates the EPA Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary, which we created for purposes of consolidating all the major pesticide vocabularies into one. Separate access to the Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary is available at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/foodfeed/. Additional Diazinon Cancellation Requests for Indoor and Certain Agricultural Uses PublishedOn August 1, EPA published in the Federal Register the Notice of Receipt of Cancellation Requests and Amendments for diazinon. It states that eight registrants have requested that registrations for end-use products for all indoor and certain agricultural uses be canceled. Retail sale of existing stocks of products labeled for indoor uses listed in this notice, except mushroom houses, will not be lawful after December 31, 2002. Retail sale of existing stocks labeled for canceled agricultural uses or outdoor non-agricultural uses will be allowed until 1 year after issuance of the final cancellation order. Retail purchasers may continue to use canceled products in accordance with existing labels.An earlier request for cancellation of diazinon technical products was published on January 10, 2001, and the cancellation order terminating those registrations became effective when it was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2001 (66 FR 21967). Later notices of voluntary cancellation will be published for end-use products not included in the May 30 and August 1 notices. EPA must receive comments on the August 1 notice by August 31, 2001, identified by docket number OPP-34225F. The Federal Register notice is available on EPA's Web site. Information on the December agreement between EPA and the registrants is available at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/diazinon.htm. Diazinon Product and Use Cancellation Order PublishedOn July 19, 2001, EPA published a final cancellation order, effective immediately, for the insecticide diazinon. This order follows up on the May 30 notice of receipt of requests for cancellation and amendment of diazinon product registrations from three companies.The Agency received comments from growers, trade associations, and other interested parties requesting that EPA continue to permit the use of diazinon products on certain agricultural crops that had been proposed for cancellation. The July 19 notice describes these comments and EPA's response. In particular, the use of diazinon on spinach, strawberries, and tomatoes will continue because there appears to be a nationwide need for the use of diazinon on these crops. Several specific needs for diazinon on crops in specific states that were identified may be addressed through "special local needs" registrations issued by those states. See the Federal Register notice for details. Existing stocks of diazinon labeled for indoor use may be sold until December 31, 2002. Existing stocks of diazinon labeled for use on any of the canceled agricultural crops may be sold by the registrant until July 19, 2002, and by persons other than the registrant until stocks are exhausted. The Federal Register notice is available on EPA's Web site. Information on the December agreement between EPA and the registrants is available at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/diazinon.htm. An earlier request for cancellation of diazinon technical products was published on January 10, 2001, and the cancellation order terminating those registrations became effective when it was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2001 (66 FR 21967). Later notices of voluntary cancellation will be published for end-use products not included in the May 30 notice. |
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