Archive for April, 2017
Meeting on Regulatory Reform Agenda for Pesticides
Apr 25th
In accordance with Executive Order 13777, EPA is seeking public input on regulatory actions that may be appropriate for repeal, replacement or modification. As part of that process, the Office of Pesticide Programs is announcing a public meeting from 8:30 to 11:30 pm ET, on the second day of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee meeting (May 4, 2017), to receive feedback on regulatory reform from a wide variety of stakeholders.
This meeting will be held at 2777 South Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. The registration deadline is Thursday April 27, May 4, 2017.
EPA Denies Petition to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances
Apr 13th
EPA recently posted the following article on the Agency’s Pesticide website:
“In this Order, EPA denies a petition requesting that EPA revoke all tolerances for the pesticide chlorpyrifos under section 408(d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and cancel all chlorpyrifos registrations under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The petition was filed in September 2007 by the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
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Order Denying Petition to Revoke All Tolerances for the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos (PDF)(45 pp, 4 MB, March 2017)”