The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate five chemicals as high-priority substances for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the agency announced July 24.
EPA is proposing to change several current pesticide tolerances that the agency "determined were necessary or appropriate during the registration review conducted under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act," or FIFRA. EPA is proposing "several tolerance actions" that it determined "were necessary or appropriate during registration review for the following pesticide active ingredients: terbacil, bromacil, metolachlor and S-metolachlor, etridiazole, triclopyr, deltamethrin, cyfluthrin and isomer beta-cyfluthrin, cyproconazole, fluroxypyr, pyraflufen-ethyl, etoxazole, acequinocyl, pinoxaden, flonicamid and d-phenothrin." The changes could impact tolerance levels allowed for a range of food and agricultural goods, including coffee beans, tomatoes, leafy greens, fish and more. Comments are due by Sept. 20.
The EPA and North Kingstown, Rhode Island-based Ocean State Jobbers have settled over allegations that the company, operating as Ocean State Job Lot, violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by misbranding bug zapper pesticide devices.
The EPA has set a time-limited tolerance for residues of the herbicide metamitron in or on raw sugar beets, the agency said in a final rule effective July 10. The regulation, which establishes a maximum permissible level for residues of metamitron in or on sugar beets, is aimed at controlling the weed population of Palmer amaranth and was requested by the Colorado and Nebraska agriculture departments. Objections or requests for hearings are due by Sept. 9.
One of the biggest issues that EPA inspectors face when overseeing vehicles and motorized engine imports is coming across vehicles that are not compliant with emissions standards and may have emissions controls missing, an EPA enforcement inspector said during a presentation last week held jointly by EPA and NCBFAA.
The EPA set pesticide tolerances for residues of spiromesifen in or on oranges and orange oil, the agency said in a final rule effective June 26. Bayer CropScience requested the tolerances. Objections and requests for hearings are due by Aug. 26.
The EPA is setting exemptions from pesticide tolerances for residues of certain chemicals when put to specific uses, it said in a final rule released June 20. The exemptions, effective June 21, will apply to certain residues of poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), polymer with 1,2-ethandiol, 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol, hexanedioic acid, 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,3- benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,1′-methylenebis[4-isocyanatobenzene] and 2-ethyl-2- (hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol. These chemicals are exempt from pesticide tolerances when “used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation,” the agency said. The EPA said agricultural producers, food manufacturers or pesticide manufacturers may be affected. The agency is accepting feedback, including objections and requests for hearings, until Aug. 20.
Comments are due by July 29 on an EPA proposed rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to restrict the use and handling of the solvent n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) (see 2406060008), according to a June 14 notice in the Federal Register. The substance is used in the manufacturing and production of electronics, polymers, agricultural chemicals and petrochemical products, the agency said in a June 5 news release.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new reporting requirements for 65 chemicals under significant new use rules. The proposed SNURs would require notification to EPA at least 90 days in advance of a new use by importers, manufacturers or processors, it said in a pair of notices published June 11. Importers of chemicals subject to these proposed SNURs would need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements should these proposed rules be finalized, EPA said. Exporters of these chemicals would become subject to export notification requirements. Comments on the proposed SNURs are due by July 11.
An EPA proposed rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) would restrict the use and handling of the solvent n-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), which is used in the manufacturing and production of electronics, polymers, agricultural chemicals and petrochemical products, the agency said in a June 5 news release.