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EPA has forwarded its proposed revisions to its human testing rule to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for comment, as required by FIFRA. According to an Oct. 13 Federal Register notice, [...]

In the Oct. 14 Federal Register (75 FR 63178), EPA issued a cancellation order, voluntarily requested by the registrant, Liphatech, Milwaukee, Wis., for the cancellation of its Rozol Prairie Dog [...]

On Oct. 6 (75 FR 61750), EPA issued a cancellation order, effective Oct. 31, for certain time-limited chloroneb product registrations. These are not the last products containing this pesticide registered [...]

On Oct. 8 (75 FR 62323), EPA issued a final rule amending its pesticide container and containment regulations in [section] 156.159 to provide an eight-month extension of the labeling compliance [...]

In the Oct. 8 Federal Register (75 FR 62387), EPA issued a notice announcing agency approval of applications submitted by Arkema, Inc., King of Prussia, Pa., to conditionally register the [...]

Companies faced with exceptional circumstances that are likely to prevent them from registering to comply with new REACH regulations in time for the Nov. 30 deadline could get a special [...]

On Sept. 29 (75 FR 60116), EPA issued a notice announcing the availability of the agency's final registration review decisions for the following biopesticides: * Docket No. EPA-HQ-OP-2009-0121: capsaicin; and [...]

EPA has withdrawn a pesticide science policy document that explains a statistical methodology for using USDA data on pesticide residues in the U.S. food supply in acute dietary exposure assessments. [...]

Grower groups in the western U.S. have called on EPA to draw up a clear process for developing and revising county bulletins that impose restrictions on pesticides to protect endangered [...]

A third bill has been introduced in Congress to exempt pesticides applied in accordance with FIFRA from permitting requirements under the Clean Water Act. The bill, H.R. 6273, was introduced [...]

European regulators have called for rational applications and a fair allocation of work as they advance full implementation of the zonal agrochemical registration system in the European Union. The calls [...]

After a prolonged period of industry consultation, China has issued a set of new policies to govern its pesticide industry. The policies aim to have 50% of pesticide manufacturers operating [...]

Members of CropLife America have 'increasing concerns' about the federal regulatory environment and worry that EPA is changing process and policies without consideration of the costs and headaches for farmers [...]

Nebraska: EPA has approved the state's update to water quality standards, which incorporate new federal limits on the pesticide diazinon and the detergent chemical nonylphenol, the Omaha Worid-Herald [...]

California: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Sept. 25 signed AB 1963, which requires laboratories conducting cholinesterase blood testing for determining exposure to pesticides to report the results to the Department [...]

On Sept. 23 (75 FR 57945), EPA issued a notice announcing the availability of the agency's proposed registration review decisions for the pesticides atonik and verbenone. Docket No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0832: Atonik [...]

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture took action on pesticide issues related to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Clean Water Act at its annual meeting held [...]

California: The California Department of Food and Agriculture this month announced the Alliance for Food and Farming will receive $180,000 from federal specialty crop grant funds 'to correct the misconception [...]

On Sept. 15 (75 FR 56013), EPA issued a final rule/ technical amendment to change references in several sections of 40 CFR part 180 based on a June 8, 2005 [...]

On Sept. 15 (75 FR 56107), EPA issued a notice announcing the agency's order for the cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the agency, for 76 pesticide [...]

On Sept. 17 (75 FR 56892), EPA issued a final rule amending [section]180.421 by establishing tolerances for residues of the fungicide fenarimol, alpha-(2-chlorophenyl)-alpha-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol, and its metabolites and degradates, in or [...]

Wastewater treatment facilities, environmental advocates and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation may seem like strange bedfellows, but all have come out against EPA's proposal to conditionally register a nanosilver [...]

Congress is back in session today for a measly four weeks before House representatives and certain senators head back to their districts to campaign in a divisive political climate. With [...]

Some 47 groups, led by Beyond Pesticides, wrote to Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) Aug. 30 opposing her recently introduced bill that would exempt FIFRA compliant pesticide applications from the permitting [...]

The Environmental Council of the States--an association for state environmental agency leaders--unanimously adopted a resolution last week at its annual meeting in support of TSCA reform. The three-page resolution highlights [...]

California environmental and public health groups were left with little to cheer at the end of this year's legislative session, as lawmakers rejected the vast majority of bills aimed at [...]

The Canadian government has issued a final revised risk management strategy for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and a draft screening assessment and risk management scope document for hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD). The [...]

Maine: The Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources is urging Mainers to sign up for free disposal of banned and/or unusable pesticides by Oct. 1. This fall, the [...]

EPA 'appreciates the methodological improvements' made in the latest draft biological opinion on the potential effects of certain pesticides on endangered or threatened Pacific salmon and steelhead (salmonid) species, the [...]

On Aug. 18 (75 FR 51036), EPA issued a notice summarizing the emergency exemptions granted by the agency under FIFRA. The following exemptions were granted during the period Oct. 1, [...]

On Aug. 18 (75 FR 51040), EPA issued a notice announcing that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bureau of Pesticides, Tallahassee, Fla., has issued an experimental use [...]

EPA is seeking volunteers for a pilot program to test a new initiative under which the most current version of some pesticide labeling would be available to users via the [...]

The International Center for Technology Assessment is asking EPA to amend a draft PR notice dealing with false and misleading pesticide product brand names to also address 'the hundreds of [...]

Australia enacts chemical reform legislation--The Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Amendment Act 2010, which contains five amendments to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994, is now in effect, [...]

On Aug. 11 (75 FR 48669), EPA issued a notice announcing the agency's cancellations, voluntarily requested by the registrants, to cancel registrations for numerous pesticides. EPA issued a notice Jan. [...]

EPA announced on Aug. 13 that it is proposing to conditionally register, for four years, an antimicrobial pesticide product, HeiQ AGS-20, which contains nanosilver--making the product the first nanopesticide EPA [...]

California: EPA this month responded to a request from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that it reconsider its registration of methyl iodide based on a California Department of Pesticide Regulation risk [...]

With mid-term elections and lame-duck status looming, only a few weeks potentially remain for the 111th Congress, minimizing the prospects for legislation clarifying that pesticides do not require a National [...]

On Aug. 4 (75 FR 46847), EPA issued a final rule amending [section]180.479 by establishing tolerances for residues of the herbicide halosulfuron-methyl, methyl 3-chloro-5-[[[[(4,6-dimethoxy-2pyrimidinyl) amino]carbonyl]amino]sulfonyl]-1methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylate, and its metabolites and degradates [...]

On Aug. 6 (75 FR 47475), EPA issued a final order again denying objections by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to agency actions establishing tolerances for the pesticides acetamiprid [...]

EPA has indicated it will seek public comment on a petition filed by Earthjustice asking the agency to suspend and cancel all uses of methyl iodide, also known as iodomethane. [...]

EPA has again denied objections to the establishment of tolerances for the insecticides acetamiprid and pymetrozine and the plant growth regulator mepiquat. The decision, issued Aug. 6, is the end [...]

Groups that protested the suspension of USDA's Agricultural Chemical Usage reports are glad they're back and happy with the new online format. USDA resumed the series on July 28 with [...]

Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) on Aug. 5 introduced a bill (S. 3735) clarifying that pesticides applied in accordance with FIFRA do not require Clean Water Act [...]

On July 30 (75 FR 44954), EPA issued an order to cancel registrations, voluntarily requested by the registrants and accepted by the agency, of 191 pesticide products. EPA issued a [...]

On July 30 (75 FR 44946), EPA issued a notice announcing that the Minnesota Department of Agriculture has requested a specific exemption to use the pesticide spirotetramat (CAS Reg. No. [...]

On July 28 (75 FR 44181), EPA issued a proposed order to require the submission of various data necessary to support the continuation of tolerances for the pesticide mevinphos. Under [...]

On July 28 (75 FR 44256), EPA issued a notice announcing the receipt of requests from registrants to voluntarily cancel their pesticide registration for products containing rotenone. These requests would [...]

EPA opened a 60-day comment period last week on a petition filed earlier this year by three chemical companies asking the agency to promulgate a rule establishing procedures for creating [...]

It's more of the same on the state legislative front. At least 31 pesticide--and toxic chemical-related bills have been enacted already in 2010, from pesticide registration fee increases to specific [...]