[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53895-53902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26909]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-34128; FRL-6016-5]
Pesticide Reregistration Performance Measures and Goals
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's progress in meeting its
performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration during
1997. Publication of this notice meets the requirements of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and
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Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) section 4(l), as established by the Food
Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). EPA is completing the task of
reregistering all pesticides initially registered prior to November
1984, as mandated by the 1988 amendments to FIFRA (FIFRA 88).
Reregistration has become integrated with the reassessment of
tolerances required under the FQPA. The new law provides a continuation
of fees to support reregistration, and contains a number of
requirements to ensure that these fees are used properly by the Agency,
including annual publication of this account of program performance
measures and goals for reregistration, tolerance reassessment, and
expedited registration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by mail to: Public
Information and Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources and
Services Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington DC 20460. In person,
bring comments to: Rm. 119, CM2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA.
Comments must be identified by docket control number (OPP-34128).
Information submitted and any comments concerning this notice may be
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as
``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI). Information so marked will
not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40
CFR part 2. A copy of the comment(s) that does not contain CBI must be
submitted for inclusion in the public record.
Comments may be submitted electronically by following the
instructions under Unit III below. No CBI should be submitted through
e-mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Wanda Daughtry, Special
Review and Reregistration Division (7508W), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,
DC 20460. Office location, telephone number, and e-mail address: Rm.
3W63, Crystal Station 1, 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.
Telephone: (703) 308-8171; e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
EPA must establish and publish annually in the Federal Register its
performance measures and goals for pesticide reregistration, tolerance
reassessment, and expedited registration, under section 4(l) of FIFRA
as amended by FQPA. Specifically, such measures and goals are to
include:
The status of reregistration;
The number of products reregistered, canceled, or amended;
The number and type of data requests or Data Call-In
notices (DCIs) under section 3(c)(2)(B) issued to support product
reregistration by active ingredient;
Progress in reducing the number of unreviewed, required
reregistration studies;
The aggregate status of tolerances reassessed; and
The number of applications for registration submitted under
subsection (k)(3), expedited processing and review of similar
applications, that were approved or disapproved; plus
The future schedule for reregistrations; and
The projected year of completion of the reregistrations
under section 4.
FIFRA as amended in 1988 authorizes EPA to conduct a comprehensive
pesticide reregistration program--a complete review of the human health
and environmental effects of older pesticides originally registered
prior to November 1, 1984. Those pesticides that meet today's
scientific and regulatory standards may be declared ``eligible'' for
reregistration. In order to be so designated, an older pesticide must
have a substantially complete data base, and must be found not to cause
unreasonable risks to human health or the environment when used in
accordance with Agency approved label directions and precautions.
In addition, all pesticides with food uses must meet the new
standard of the Food Quality Protection Act. Under FQPA, EPA must make
a determination that pesticide residues remaining in or on food are
``safe''; that is, ``that there is reasonable certainty that no harm
will result from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue''
from dietary and other sources. In determining allowable levels of
pesticide residues in food, EPA must perform a more comprehensive
assessment of each pesticide's risks, considering:
Aggregate exposure (from food, drinking water, and residential
uses).
Cumulative effects from all pesticides sharing a common mechanism
of toxicity.
Possible increased susceptibility of infants and children.
Possible endocrine or estrogenic effects.
FQPA requires the reassessment of all existing tolerances
(pesticide residue limits in food) and tolerance exemptions within 10
years, to ensure that they meet the safety standard of the new law.
Pesticides posing the greatest potential risks are to be reevaluated
first. Specifically, EPA must reassess 33% of the almost 10,000
existing tolerances and exemptions within 3 years (by August 1999), 66%
within 6 years (by August 2002), and 100% in 10 years (by August 2006).
EPA will meet FQPA's tolerance reassessment requirements primarily
through the reregistration program. Schedules have been coordinated,
integrated, and revised so that in the course of making reregistration
eligibility decisions, EPA also will complete much of tolerance
reassessment within the time frames mandated by the new law.
When the accelerated reregistration program instituted by FIFRA 88
is completed in approximately the year 2002, registration review as
mandated by the FQPA will be underway. Under this new program, EPA is
to review every pesticide registration on a suggested 15 year cycle.
The tolerance reassessment program after 2002 will be accomplished
through the registration review program as will the periodic updating
of all pesticide registrations.
II. FQPA and Program Accountability
One of the hallmarks of FQPA is enhanced accountability. EPA has
incurred several additional obligations under the new law, including
the requirement to publish annually this summary of the program's
performance measures and goals for reregistration, tolerance
reassessment, and expedited registration. The following sections
describe EPA's progress in the areas specifically identified by FIFRA
section 4(l).
A. Status of Reregistration
Through the reregistration program, EPA is reviewing current
scientific data for older pesticides and effecting changes to improve
their safety. Pesticides that have sufficient supporting human health
and environmental effects data and do not pose unreasonable risks may
be declared ``eligible'' for reregistration. EPA presents this finding
in a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document. So far, the
Agency has completed 171 REDs out of a universe of 612 cases, or groups
of related pesticide active ingredients subject to reregistration.
(About 8 of the 171 are voluntary cancellations that were counted as
REDs because significant progress had been made in developing RED
documents at the time that the requests for cancellation were
received.) An additional 231 cases were voluntarily canceled before EPA
invested significant resources in
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developing their REDs. A total of 402 cases (66%), therefore, have
completed the reregistration process, leaving 210 reregistration cases
(34%) to complete reregistration by the year 2002.
The 171 completed REDs include 265 active ingredients and encompass
about 6,194 products. Seventy-one (71) of these REDs have food uses,
and about 1,572 tolerances are associated with these pesticides. (Note:
Tolerances for the 53 food use REDs that were completed before FQPA was
enacted must be revisited during the next several years to ensure that
they meet the safety standard of the new law, as factored into the
Agency's Tolerance Reassessment Schedule.)
EPA has completed 30 REDs since the FQPA was enacted in August
1996, and 18 of these REDs have food uses. About 415 tolerances were
reassessed for these post-FQPA REDs.
Reducing pesticide risks is an important aspect of the
reregistration program. In developing REDs, EPA works with pesticide
registrants to develop voluntary measures or regulatory controls needed
to effectively reduce risks of concern. Every RED includes some risk
reduction measures. The options for reducing risks are extensive, and
include voluntary cancellation of pesticide products or uses, declaring
certain uses ineligible or not yet eligible (and then proceeding with
follow-up action to cancel the uses or require additional supporting
data), restricting use of products to certified applicators, limiting
the amount or frequency of use, improving use directions and
precautions, adding protective clothing and equipment requirements,
requiring special packaging or engineering controls, employing ground
water, surface water, or other environmental and ecological safeguards,
and others.
EPA's goal is to complete about 40 REDs each fiscal year, and to
reassess tolerances for 33% of the tolerances existing as of August 3,
1996 by August 1999, with priority given to the food use pesticides
that appear to pose the greatest risk.
B. Product Reregistration; Numbers of Products Reregistered, Canceled,
and Amended
At the conclusion of the reregistration process, after a pesticide
has been declared eligible for reregistration and when product specific
data and revised labeling have been received, reviewed, and accepted by
EPA, pesticide products may be reregistered. For products with multiple
active ingredients, amendments are issued as each active ingredient is
reregistered--the product is reregistered when all of its active
ingredients are eligible for reregistration, thus completing the
process. Alternatively, pesticide producers, or registrants, may
voluntarily cancel their end use product registrations. In other
situations, registrations may be suspended temporarily by the Agency if
registrants have not submitted required product specific studies within
the timeframes specified, or have not paid registration maintenance
fees.
At the end of fiscal year 1997, the status of the 5,622 pesticide
products associated with completed reregistration eligibility decisions
(or REDs) was as follows:
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Products reregistered.................. 931
Products amended....................... 56
Products canceled...................... 1683
Products suspended..................... 146
Products pending action................ 1658
Products not due for action............ 1148
TOTAL.................................. 5,622 products associated with
completed REDs
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In the list above, ``products pending action'' are awaiting
decisions by EPA. ``Products not due for action'' are not yet ready for
product reregistration decisions; they are associated with REDs that
are completed but not yet mailed to registrants for their responses, or
they have product specific data that are not yet due to be submitted to
EPA.
During fiscal year 1997, EPA completed 387 product reregistration
actions, although the target was to complete only 300 actions. The
Agency's goal is to complete 900 to 1,200 product reregistration
actions during fiscal year 1998. Several significant process
improvements are being implemented which should enable the Agency to
meet this goal, including:
Establishment of a technical review section within the lead
division to provide expedited.
in-house review of product specific data called in by EPA.
Establishment of an in-house label review team.
Development of an improved, tailored tracking system.
Development and use of a clearer, more understandable Data Call-In
package for registrants of end use products going through
reregistration.
With these improvements in place, EPA expects to eliminate the
backlog of pending product reregistration decisions within the next few
years.
C. Number and Type of DCIs Issued to Support Product Reregistration by
Active Ingredient
The number and type of data requests or Data Call-In notices (DCIs)
issued by EPA under FIFRA section 3(c)(2)(B) to support product
reregistration for pesticide active ingredients included in fiscal year
1997 REDs are shown in the following Table 1.
Table 1. -- Data Call Ins Issued to Support Product Reregistration for FY-97 REDs
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Number of Product Number of Acute
Case No. Case Name Number of Products Chemistry Studies Toxicology Studies Number of Efficacy
Covered in RED Required\1\ Required Studies Required
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2415............................... Methylene bis- 59.................... 19................... 48................... 0
thiocyanate (MBT).
3147............................... Vancide............... 2..................... 19................... 12................... 0
2725............................... Troysan............... 59.................... 19................... 288.................. 0
0144............................... Diflubenzuron......... 32.................... 18................... 18................... 0
0187............................... Pendimethalin......... 58.................... 17................... 102.................. 0
0181............................... Metribuzin............ 71.................... 17................... 72................... 0
0076............................... Sulprofos\2\.......... 0..................... 0.................... 0.................... 0
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0263............................... Dichlobenil........... 32.................... 17................... 30................... 0
2555............................... Propoxur.............. 147................... 17................... 450.................. 0
2755............................... Brodifacoum........... 38.................... 13................... 18................... 1
2760............................... Bromadiolone.......... 27.................... 13................... 12................... 1
2765............................... Bromethalin........... 18.................... 14................... 108.................. 1
2075............................... Butralin.............. 2..................... 17................... 12................... 0
2100............................... Chlorophacinone....... 60.................... 18................... 30................... 2
2205............................... Diphacinone........... 105................... 16................... 30................... 2
2210............................... Diphenylamine......... 3..................... 19................... 18................... 0
2810............................... Pival\3\.............. 2..................... 0.................... 0.................... 0
2465............................... PNP\2\................ 1..................... 0.................... 0.................... 0
0039............................... Terbacil.............. 12.................... 19................... 6.................... 0
2665............................... Thiobencarb........... 23.................... 17................... 18................... 0
2710............................... Triclopyr............. 37.................... 19................... 108.................. 0
0026............................... Zinc Phosphide........ 59.................... 13................... 30................... 2
0247............................... BT.................... 186................... 1.................... 930.................. 1
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\1\In an effort to reduce the time, resources, and number of animals needed to fulfill acute toxicity data requirements, EPA ``batches'' products which
can be considered similar from an acute toxicity standpoint. For example, one batch could contain five products. In this instance, if 6 acute
toxicology studies were required, only 6 studies would be needed rather than 30 studies. Factors considered in the sorting process include each
product's active and inert ingredients (identity, percent composition, and biological activity), type of formulation (e.g., emulsifiable concentrate,
aerosol, wettable powder, granular, etc.), and labeling (e.g., signal word, use classification, precautionary labeling, etc.). The Agency does not
describe batched products as ``substantially similar'' since all products within a batch may not be considered chemically similar or have identical
use patterns.
\2\Voluntary Cancellation
\3\Not Eligible for Reregistration
D. Progress in Reducing the Number of Unreviewed, Required
Reregistration Studies
EPA is making good progress in reviewing scientific studies
submitted by registrants in support of pesticides undergoing
reregistration. Over 27,000 studies (27,159) have been received by the
Agency through the reregistration program. About 75% (20,283) of these
studies either have been reviewed (19,007 or 70%), or have been found
to be extraneous (1,276 or 5%). (Extraneous studies is a term used to
classify those studies that are no longer needed because the guideline
or data requirement has been satisfied by other studies or has
changed.) EPA still must review 25% (6,876) of all studies received to
complete the reregistration program.
The proportion of studies received that have been reviewed by EPA
has increased during the past year. At the end of fiscal year 1996,
only 69% of all studies received in support of reregistration had been
reviewed, compared to 75% at the end of 1997. Thus, the reregistration
study review ``backlog'' has decreased; only 25% of all studies
received currently are awaiting review, compared with 31% a year ago.
A more detailed account of the number and percent of studies
received, reviewed, and awaiting review by reregistration list appears
the following in Table 2.
Table 2. -- Review Status of Studies Submitted for Pesticide Reregistration
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Total
Studies Reviewed + Extraneous Studies Awaiting Studies
Review Received
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List A........................................................ 10,061 + 291 = 10,352 (80%) 2,656 (20%) 13,008
List B........................................................ 5,541 + 663 = 6,204 (67%) 2,999 (33%) 9,203
List C........................................................ 2,126 + 228 = 2,354 (73%) 873 (27%) 3,227
List D........................................................ 1,279 + 94 = 1,373 (80%) 348 (25%) 1,721
Lists A through D............................................. 19,007 + 1,276 = 20,283 (75%) 6,876 (25%) 27,159
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E. Aggregate Status of Tolerances Reassessed
Tolerance reassessment has been part of the reregistration process
since the FIFRA 88 accelerated reregistration program began. EPA
reassessed over 1,500 tolerances in the course of making reregistration
decisions regarding the 171 pesticides for which REDs have been
completed.
Enactment of the FQPA in August 1996 brought a new safety standard-
-``reasonable certainty of no harm''--for pesticides used on food
commodities. All non-occupational sources of exposure including food,
drinking water, and residential use must now be considered in
establishing new tolerances. All existing tolerances must be reassessed
over a 10 year period to consider aggregate exposure from those
sources, as well as the cumulative effects of pesticides and other
compounds with common mechanisms of toxicity, estrogen/endocrine
effects, and the special sensitivities of infants and children. EPA
must reassess approximately 1/3 (one third) of the nearly 10,000
existing tolerances and tolerance exemptions every 3 years, giving
priority to pesticides posing the greatest potential risks, so that
tolerance
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reassessment under FQPA will be completed by August 2006.
To meet the first statutory deadline, EPA plans to reassess 33% of
the approximately 9,600 existing tolerances and tolerance exemptions,
or complete about 3,200 tolerance reassessment actions, by August 1999.
Since FQPA was enacted in August 1996, EPA has completed 30 REDs, 18 of
which have food uses, and in so doing has reassessed over 400
tolerances. Current Agency plans call for reassessing an additional
1,500 tolerances during 1998.
F. Applications for Registration requiring Expedited Processing -
Numbers Approved and Disapproved
During fiscal year 1997, EPA considered and approved the following
numbers of applications for registration requiring expedited processing
(``fast track'' applications):
Me-too product registration/fast track: 589
Amendments/fast track: 3,273
TOTAL: 3,862 applications processed by expedited means
Regarding numbers of applications disapproved, the Agency generally
notifies the registrant of any deficiencies in the application that
need to be corrected or addressed before the application can be
approved.
On a financial accounting basis, EPA devoted approximately 26 FTEs
to reviewing and processing applications for me-too product
registrations and fast-track label amendments. The Agency spent $2
million in direct costs (not including administrative expenses,
computer systems, management overhead, and other indirect costs) during
fiscal year 1997 on expedited processing and reviews.
G. Future Schedule for Reregistrations
EPA's schedule for completing future reregistration eligibility
decisions has been reconstructed to embrace the FQPA requirement that
the Agency reassess all existing tolerances over a 10 year period to
ensure consistency with the law's new safety standard, considering the
pesticides that appear to pose the most risk first. EPA's
reregistration and tolerance reassessment goals are integrated, as
reflected in schedules that will enable the Agency to complete the
FIFRA reregistration program by 2002, and complete tolerance
reassessment by August 2006.
EPA has prioritized pesticides for reregistration review and
tolerance reassessment based on their potential risks, as explained in
the tolerance reassessment schedule published in the Federal Register
on August 4, 1997 (62 FR 42020-42030) (FRL-5734-6) (Raw and Processed
Food Schedule for Pesticide Tolerance Reassessment). Three priority
groups have been created; pesticides in Group 1 generally appear to
pose the greatest risks so they will be examined first. Group 1
includes the organophosphate (OP), carbamate, and organochlorine
classes of pesticides, probable and possible human carcinogens, high-
hazard inert ingredients, and any pesticides that exceed their
reference dose (the amount believed not to cause adverse effects if
consumed daily over a 70-year lifetime). Group I also includes
pesticides for which REDs were substantially complete prior to
enactment of FQPA, even though they are not among those that appear to
pose the greatest potential risks. Pesticides in Group 1 are the
Agency's highest priority for both tolerancereassessment and
reregistration.
EPA's tentative schedule for reviewing clusters or waves of
priority Group 1 pesticides for both tolerance reassessment and
reregistration during the next several years appears in the following
Table 3. The waves are intended to give a general sense of which
chemicals will be looked at first, second, and third within the highest
priority Group. The final schedule could vary from this listing based
on a variety of scheduling factors including the scheduling of some
non-food pesticides for reregistration decisions as resources permit.
Table 3.-- Priority Group 1 Pesticides Subject to Reregistration Review and Tolerance Reassessment under FQPA
(Waves 1-11)
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Chemical Chemical Class or Toxicology Concern
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WAVE 1
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Ethion.............................................. organophosphate
Fenamiphos.......................................... organophosphate
Fenthion............................................ organophosphate
Naled............................................... organophosphate
Phorate............................................. organophosphate
Profenophos......................................... organophosphate
Terbufos............................................ organophosphate
Formetanate HCI..................................... carbamate
Chlorothalonil...................................... B2 carcinogen
Captan.............................................. B2 carcinogen
Folpet.............................................. B2 carcinogen
Telone.............................................. B2 carcinogen
Vinclozolin......................................... B2 carcinogen
Dicofol............................................. organochlorine
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WAVE 2
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Azinphos-methyl..................................... organophosphate
Chlorpyrifos........................................ organophosphate
DEF................................................. organophosphate
Dimethoate.......................................... organophosphate
Isofenphos.......................................... organophosphate
ODM................................................. organophosphate
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Propetamphos........................................ organophosphate
Iprodione........................................... B2 carcinogen
Bendiocarb.......................................... carbamate
Carbofuran.......................................... carbamate
Methomyl............................................ carbamate
Thiodicarb.......................................... carbamate
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WAVE 3
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Bensulide........................................... organophosphate
DDVP................................................ organophosphate
Disulfoton.......................................... organophosphate
Malathion........................................... organophosphate
Phosmet............................................. organophosphate
Benomyl............................................. carbamate
Alachlor............................................ B2 carcinogen
Propachlor.......................................... chloroacetanilide
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WAVE 4
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Diazinon............................................ organophosphate
Ethyl Parathionorganophosphate......................
Methyl Parathion.................................... organophosphate
Pirimiphos-methyl................................... organophosphate
Sulfotepp........................................... organophosphate
Temephos............................................ organophosphate
Al and Mg Phosphide phosphide fumigants (inhalation
hazard)............................................
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WAVE 5
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Acephate............................................ organophosphate
Dicrotophos......................................... organophosphate
Ethoprop............................................ organophosphate
Methamidophos....................................... organophosphate
Methidathion........................................ organophosphate
Fonofos............................................. organophosphate
Non-RED Organophosphates1.............................
Food-Use Organophosphates:..........................
Cadusafos (post-84)...............................
Coumaphos (pre-FQPA RED)..........................
Chlorpyriphos-methyl (post-84)....................
Fenitrothion (pre-FQPA RED).......................
Mevinphos (pre-FQPA RED)..........................
Monocrotophos.....................................
Phostebupirim (post-84)...........................
Chlorethoxyfos (post-84)..........................
Tetrachlorvinphos (pre-FQPA RED)..................
Trichlorfon (pre-FQPA RED)........................
Non-Food Use Organophosphates:......................
Isazophos-methyl (post-84)........................
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Phenmedipham........................................ carbamate
Asulam.............................................. carbamate
CIPC................................................ carbamate
Desmedipham......................................... carbamate
Propamocarb hydrochloride (pre-FQPA RED)............ carbamate
Aldicarb............................................ oxime carbamate
Oxamyl.............................................. oxime carbamate
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Aldoxycarb (post-84)................................ oxime carbamate
Molinate............................................ thiocarbamate
.................................................. C carcinogen
Tri-allate.......................................... thiocarbamate
.................................................. C carcinogen
EPTC................................................ thiocarbamate
Pebulate............................................ thiocarbamate
Vernolate........................................... thiocarbamate
Butylate............................................ thiocarbamate
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WAVE 7
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Lindane............................................. organochlorine, B2
Endosulfan.......................................... organochlorine
Methoxychlor........................................ organochlorine
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WAVE 8
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2-Phenylphenol......................................
Ethylene oxide (ETO)................................
Propylene oxide.....................................
Mancozeb............................................ alkylenebis(dithiocarbamate)
Maneb............................................... alkylenebis(dithiocarbamate)
Metiram............................................. alkylenebis(dithiocarbamate)
Cacodylic Acid...................................... organo arsenical
Propargite.......................................... organosulfur
TPTH................................................ organotin
Oxythioquinox....................................... quinoxaline
Terrazole........................................... Thiazole
PCNB................................................ aromatic hydrocarbon derivative
Formaldehyde........................................
Paraformaldehyde....................................
Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate...................... diphenyl ether
Thiram..............................................
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WAVE 9
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Carbaryl............................................ carbamate
Atrazine............................................ 1,3,5-triazine
Simazine............................................ 1,3,5-triazine
Propazine (section 18 use only)..................... 1,3,5-triazine
Cyanazine (to be canceled in 1999 & phased out by
2002).............................................. 1,3,5-triazine
Oxadiazon...........................................
Imazalil............................................ benzimidazole
Oxyfluorfen......................................... diphenyl ether
Permethrin.......................................... pyrethroid
Thiabendazole....................................... benzimidazole
Thiophanate methyl.................................. benzimidazole
Lactofen............................................ diphenyl ether
Sodium salt of fomesafen............................ diphenyl ether
Diclofop-methyl..................................... 2-(4-aryloxyphenoxy) propionic acid
Fenoxaprop-ethyl.................................... 2-(4-aryloxyphenoxy) propionic acid
Quizalofop-ethyl.................................... 2-(4-aryloxyphenoxy) propionic acid
Sodium salt of acifluorfen.......................... dimethyldithiocarbamate
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WAVE 10
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Cypermethrin........................................ pyrethroid
Propiconazole....................................... azole
Triadimefon......................................... azole
Fenbuconazole....................................... azole
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Myclobutanil........................................ azole
Tebuconazole........................................ azole
Triflumazole........................................ azole
Triadimenol......................................... azole
Difenoconazole...................................... azole
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WAVE 11
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Diphenamid..........................................
Dipropyl isocinchomeronate..........................
DNOC................................................
TCMB................................................
Tetradifon..........................................
2,4-D............................................... aryloxyalkanoic acid
Cycloate............................................
Chloramben..........................................
Chloroxuron.........................................
Diethatyl ethyl.....................................
Hexythiazox.........................................
Benfluralin......................................... 2,6-dinitroaniline
Ethalfluralin....................................... 2,6-dinitroaniline
Oryzalin............................................ 2,6-dinitroaniline
Pendimethalin....................................... 2,6-dinitroaniline
Trifluralin......................................... 2,6-dinitroaniline
Butralin............................................ 2,6-dinitroaniline
Dinocap............................................. dinitrophenol derivative
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\1\ These Organophosphates (OPs) are not in the reregistration queue--REDs were completed for them prior to
FQPA, or they are not subject to reregistration (initially registered prior to November 1, 1984). However, for
most, tolerances still must be reassessed under FQPA. The other OPs are scheduled for REDs in Waves 1 through
5.
H. Projected Year of Completion of Reregistrations
EPA is committed to completing the pesticide reregistration program
by the year 2002.
III. Electronic Submissions and Public Response
This notice is not subject to a formal public comment period.
Nevertheless, EPA welcomes input from interested parties and the
general public. Public responses to this notice should be submitted to
the address in the ADDRESS section above, with an additional copy sent
to Wanda Daughtry, Special Review and Reregistration Division, at the
address and telephone number listed above in the section titled, ``FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.''
The official record for this notice, as well as the public version,
has been established under docket number OPP-34128 (including comments
and data submitted electronically as described below). A public version
of this record, including printed, paper versions of electronic
comments, which does not include any information claimed as CBI, is
available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The official record is located at the
address in ``ADDRESS'' at the beginning of this document.
Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at: opp-
[email protected]. Electronic responses must be submitted in ASCII file
format, avoiding the use of special characters and any form of
encryption. Comments will also be accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1/
6.1 file format or ASCII file format. All comments in electronic form
must be identified by the docket control number OPP-34128. Electronic
responses to this schedule may be filed on line at many Federal
Depository libraries.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection.
Dated: September 30, 1998.
Lynn R. Goldman,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic
Substances.
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