APS Regulatory Alert

To: APS U.S. Members

Subject: Comments Requested on EPA Experimental Use Permit/Tolerances

Date: Friday, January 09,

Pesticide Experimental Use Permits - EPA seeks public comments by January 29 on the paperwork and regulatory burdens associated with extension of an existing Information Collection Request, titled "Application for Experimental Use Permit (EUP) to Ship and Use a Pesticide for Experimental Purposes Only." The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requires that before a pesticide product may be distributed or sold in the U.S., it must be registered by EPA. However, section 5 of FIFRA authorizes EPA to issue experimental use permits (EUPs) to allow companies to transfer, sell or distribute unregistered pesticide products labeled for experimental use for the purpose of gathering data necessary to support the application for registration. This information collection program is designed to provide EPA with data necessary to determine whether to issue an EUP under section 5 of FIFRA. For additional information contact: Nancy Vogel, Field and External Affairs Division at

+1.703.305.6475; fax: +1.703.305.5884; e-mail: mailto:Vogel.Nancy@EPA.gov

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EPA seeks comment on regulation to extend the time-limited tolerances for residues of cyprodinil, 4-cyclopropyl-6-methyl-N-phenyl-2-pyrimidinamine in or on onion, dry bulb; onion, green; and strawberry. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). The tolerance will expire on December 31, 2004.This regulation is effective December 31, 2003. Objections and requests for hearings, identified by docket ID number OPP-2003-0394, must be received on or before March 1, 2004. For additional information contact: Shaja R. Brothers, Registration Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: +1.703.308.3194; e-mail: mailto:brothers.shaja@epa.gov

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