APS REGULATORY ALERT

USDA Issues Interim Rule regarding citrus canker quarantine; EPA announces Reregistration Eligibility Decision for PCNB
Date: September 7, 2006

EPA has announced its Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the pesticide propiconazole. Propiconazole is used as a conventional fungicide on agricultural crops, ornamentals, and turf and is used as an antimicrobial material preservative and wood preservative. Available in the August 23 Federal Register. http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2006/August/Day-23/p13859.htm

EPA has announced the availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for the fungicide Triadimenol, upon which public comments are due by October 30, 2006. Contact: John Pates at +1.703.308.8195; fax: +1.703.308.7070; e-mail: Pates.John@EPA.gov. EPA August 30 Federal Register. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/E6-14318.htm

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a Final Rule which amends its regulations to allow untreated oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit from Mexico to be moved overland by truck or rail to Corpus Christi and Houston, TX, for export to another country by water; and requiring that such citrus be shipped in sealed, refrigerated containers and insect-proof packaging and via routes that avoid citrus production areas. For complete information see the August 23 Federal Register. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/E6-13986.htm