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On Feb. 28 (72 FR 8989), EPA issued a notice announcing the receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations. Unless a request is withdrawn by August [...]

Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News once again presents its annual policy outlook, focusing on several key stakeholders in the pesticide and toxic chemical arena. This week we present the views [...]

EPA last week finalized its rule to reduce the reporting burden for companies subject to the agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program as stakeholders continued their criticism of the changes, [...]

The United States, Canada and Mexico have agreed to a regional partnership for assessing and managing the potential risks associated with industrial chemicals. President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper [...]

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Labor Department to release 28 years of workplace sampling for toxic substances, rejecting the Bush administration's claims that the information should be kept [...]

A new report from EPA's Office of Inspector General (IG) blames the improper registration process for an antimicrobial pesticide--which included allegations that a former branch chief pressured staff to approve [...]

The White House has proposed decreased funding for several toxic chemical programs, including chemical risk management and the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP), but is increasing funding for pesticide programs [...]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a regulatory notice issued Dec. 22, contends that state chemical security regulations would be preempted under interim federal rules, despite Congress's specific silence [...]

Bills that would direct EPA to establish a health advisory and national drinking water standard for perchlorate as well as a national monitoring program for the chemical were part of [...]

EPA has decided to regulate an alleged nanotech product for the first time--a nanosilver washing machine--but environmental groups, although generally commending the action, are concerned that the agency has left [...]

Pesticides can be applied to and near water to control pests without a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit, according to a rule finalized Nov. 20 by EPA. Industry groups immediately [...]

An EPA Board of Scientific Counselors subcommittee charged with reviewing the progress made by the agency's National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT) has recommended the center be made a permanent [...]

Danish Environment Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has called on fellow ministers to rally together in support of an EU law that will protect the world from the combined effects of [...]

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on April 20 approved a final rule that reverts reporting requirements for facilities covered by the Toxics Release Inventory Program to the requirements in effect prior [...]

By the morning of Nov. 14, about 1.2 million pre-registrations had been received by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). The agency is said to be processing around 500 bulk pre-registration [...]

Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) has asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) to use his executive power to ban polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a class of flame retardants, and requested that [...]

U.S. officials are hopeful that the newly-revived Codex ad hoc Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology will approve a revised proposal for new work on low-level (adventitious) presence of [...]

The Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) last week reached agreement on a final draft letter to EPA, which expressed concerns with the agency's Project Plan for polybrominated diphenyl ethers [...]

In the Nov. 8 Federal Register, EPA issued notices announcing the filing of the following pesticide petitions: * (71 FR 65504)(Docket No. EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0848): The Interregional Research Project No. 4, Princeton, [...]

On Nov. 8 (71 FR 65493), EPA issued a notice announcing the receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel and amend registrations to terminate uses of certain products containing [...]

Parties to the Montreal Protocol earlier this month authorized 91% of the United States' 5,890 metric ton request for methyl bromide critical use exemptions for 2008. American users were authorized [...]

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Nov. 3 led a group of senators in a letter to senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, asking the committee to direct EPA to restore [...]

An EPA advisory committee last week failed to endorse a working group report commenting on the agency's plans to better measure the performance of its Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), [...]

The rice industry, represented by the Virginia-based USA Rice Federation, and the Washington-based Center for Food Safety, a consumer advocacy group, have filed clashing comments on USDA's proposal to deregulate [...]

Multiple topics were discussed at last week's meeting of EPA's Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC), including the Endangered Species Act and the agency's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, but funding and [...]

EPA Nov. 2 released its free 'Tier2 Submit' software for use by facilities preparing annual electronic chemical inventory reports required under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know [...]

On Nov. 1 (71 FR 64265), EPA issued a notice announcing the receipt of an application from Stoller Enterprises, Inc., Houston, Texas, to register the biochemical plant growth regulator Technical [...]

On Nov. 1 (71 FR 64264), EPA issued a notice announcing the agency's approval of an application to register the pesticide product Racer TM Concentrate containing the active ingredient ammonium [...]

Comments directed at EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs can be sent: * By mail to Public Information and Records Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), Office of [...]

In the Nov. 1 Federal Register (71 FR 64268), EPA issued a notice announcing that Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Research Triangle Park, N.C., has filed a pesticide petition proposing to establish [...]

The USDA Agricultural Research Service last week reported that a common soybean field weed has promise as both a biodiesel resource and biobased fumigant. Researchers noted that pennycress seeds are [...]

EPA last week fined the California company International Rectifier HiRel Products $51,900 for allegedly failing to submit toxic chemical reports, in violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know [...]

The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) Process Improvement Workgroup met last week to discuss various registration and labeling issues, including online payment of PRIA fees, and status updates on the [...]

Two industry lawyers and one environmental group attorney last month debated the larger implications of an Aug. 24 federal court ruling, which rejected parts of a 2004 regulation that created [...]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) last week accused EPA of a 'stealth closure' of its Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) Chemical Library. Until reporters began calling, [...]

EPA has released its human health and ecological risk assessments for chlorflurenol. The agency will use the documents, comments and risk reduction proposals to decide whether chlorflurenol is eligible for [...]

EPA last week exempted a Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) protein and related genetic material from the requirement of a tolerance when it is produced in corn as a plant-incorporated protectant. The [...]

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) last week announced he would hold up the confirmation of EPA General Counsel nominee Roger Martella unless a proposed federal rule regarding the amount of benzene [...]

A federal judge has ruled that two nonprofit groups cannot show actual or imminent injury as a result of missed deadlines in EPA's efforts to screen chemicals for endocrine disrupting [...]

EPA earlier this month issued final guidance on reporting emissions of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and related chemicals as well as their presence in products to companies participating in the agency's [...]

On Oct. 27 (71 FR 63010), EPA issued a notice extending to Dec. 13 the deadline for comments on the agency's Aug. 9 announcement concerning the availability of the Reregistration [...]

In the Oct. 27 Federal Register (71 FR 63011), EPA issued a notice announcing that the Interregional Research Project No. 4, Princeton, N.J., has filed a pesticide petition proposing to [...]

The amount of organophosphate pesticides used on foods most frequently consumed by children declined by 52% from 1993 to 2004, suggesting that children's exposure to the class of pesticides has [...]

EPA has proposed a test rule requiring testing of four hazardous chemicals to address data needs for compliance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). Notice of [...]

As required by the Government Performance and Results Act, EPA last month submitted to Congress its 2006-2011 Strategic Plan describing the five-year road map the agency will use to achieve [...]

A University of Wisconsin-Madison integrated pest management (IPM) program, which helps state apple growers to reduce pesticide use without affecting fruit quality, received a $125,000 grant from EPA in order [...]

EPA is facing a legal battle over its revised air pollution standards for the 28,000 dry cleaners that use the toxic solvent perchloroethylene (perc). Industry groups and environmentalists have filed [...]

The EPA Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics last week launched a new Web page on nanotechnology under TSCA and the Nanoscale Material Stewardship Program. The page can be accessed [...]

On Oct. 20 (71 FR 61973), EPA issued a status report on chemicals under review, as well as the receipt of notices of commencement to manufacture those chemicals. Federal regulations [...]

The Organic Trade Association (OTA), based in Greenfield, Mass., last week released a plan encouraging Congress to support organic agriculture by incorporating provisions in the 2007 Farm Bill that would [...]