Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations.

Request for Public Comment on Proposed Stipulated Injunction Involving 66 Pesticides and the California Red-legged Frog.
Center for Biological Diversity vs EPA.

Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations.

Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations.

Cancellation of Pesticides for Non-payment of Year 2005 Registration Maintenance Fees.

Proposed pesticide tolerance for residues of trifluralin in mint oil at 2.0 ppm.
This document proposes to establish a tolerance for residues of trifluralin in mint oil under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). The amendment substantially rewrote section 408 of FFDCA. As a result, the revisions made it necessary, once again, to establish tolerances on certain commodities, such as mint oils, that had previously been deemed unnecessary.
• The Agency concluded that trifluralin is a ``Group C'' (limited evidence of carcinogenicity) carcinogen with a Q1* of 0.0077 (mg/kg/day); (Based on male rat thyroid follicular cell tumors combined).
Note from FAN:
-- EPA included a lot of studies in this Notice. However, no study that found thryoid tumors was presented.
-- There is no discussion of endocrine disruptors, or the need to include Trifluralin in a study for endocrine disruption. in this Notice.
• Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA allows EPA to establish a tolerance (the legal limit for a pesticide chemical residue in or on a
food) only if EPA determines that the tolerance is ``safe.'' Section 408(b)(2)(A)(ii) of FFDCA defines ``safe'' to mean that ``there is a
reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue, including all anticipated dietary exposures and all other exposures for which there is reliable information.'' This includes exposure through drinking water and in residential settings, but does not include occupational exposure.
• Section 408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA requires EPA to give special consideration to exposure of infants and children to the pesticide
chemical residue in establishing a tolerance and to ``ensure that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to infants and children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue....''. Note from FAN: EPA did not include any "safety factor" for children in setting this tolerance.
• In a rat metabolism study of urinary metabolites conducted in 1989, "A minimum of 20-30 non-conjugated metabolites and an additional 10-20 conjugated metabolites were present in the urine" - Information on the percentage of the administered dose excreted in the urine was not provided. Note from FAN: "EPA has not made a common mechanism of toxicity finding as to trifluralin and any other substances and does not appear to produce a toxic metabolite produced by other substances."
• US EPA documents released with this Notice (public comments due Jan 24, 2005).

• August 30, 2004 - Trifluralin Risk Assessment Overview (10 pages)
• May 7, 2004 - Trifluralin: Human Health Risk Assessment (55 pages)
• October 2, 2003 - Toxicology Disciplinary Chapter for the Tolerance Reassessment Eligibility Decision Document Trifluralin (PC Code: 036101) (66 pages)
• August 31, 2004 - Report of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Risk Management Decision (TRED) for Trifluralin  (3 pages)
• Sept 21, 2004 - Clarification of the Trifluralin Drinking Water Assessment for the HED Tolerance Reassessment and Characterization on Relative Differences for USGS NAWQA Ground Water Monitoring Data and Its Comparison to SCI-GROW Model Predictions as presented in the NRDC objection (Imidacloprid FR) and the trifluralin TRED (D308490)  (2 pages)
• May 12, 2004 - Review of "Dissipation of Transferable Residues of Benefin and Trifluralin on Turf Treated with a Formulation of the Pesticides"  (15 pages)
• May 2, 2003 - Report of the Hazard Identification Assessment Review Committee - Trifluralin (P.C. Code 036101) - (32 pages)
• May 5, 2004 - Residential Exposure Assessment and Recommendations for the Tolerance Reassessment Evaluation Decision (TRED) Document for Trifluralin (50 pages)
• March 8, 2004 - Trifluralin. Anticipated Residues, Acute, Probabilistic, Chronic and Cancer Dietary Exposure Assessments for the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (68 pages)
• March 9, 2004 - Trifluralin: Health Effects Division (HED) Metabolism Assessment Review Committee (MARC) Decision Document. Meeting Date: 4 February 2004. PC Code: 036101 (4 pages)
• March 4, 2004 - Trifluralin: Residue Chemistry Chapter for the Tolerance Reassessment Evaluation Decision (TRED) Document (75 pages)
• Dec 3, 2003 - Trifluralin - Drinking Water Assessment for Tolerance Reassessment Eligibility Decision (PC Code: 036101; DP Barcode: D296624 (109 pages)
• March 9, 2004 - Review of Trifluralin Incident Reports DP Barcode D300064, Chemical# 036101 (11 pages)

Restrictions of use near "salmon supporting waters." Re: Washington Toxics Coalition et al. vs. EPA Litigation.
Pursuant to a January 22, 2004 Court Order, EPA has developed a point of sale notification regarding urban use pesticide products containing any of seven active ingredients. As further directed by the Court, EPA is hereby notifying retailers of lawn and garden pesticides in urban areas of California, Oregon and Washington through which ``salmon supporting waters'' pass that they are to make the point of sale notification whenever products containing these seven active ingredients are sold. The Court's Order also requires defendant-intervenors (groups representing pesticide manufacturers, growers and other pesticide users) to distribute the point of sale notifications to sales outlets in these urban areas on or before April 5, 2004.

Availability of Court Orders in Washington Toxics Coalition v. EPA Litigation. The Order (with some exceptions) enjoins, vacates and sets aside EPA's authorization of certain pesticides' uses within 20 yards for ground applications and 100 yards for aerial applications, adjacent to salmon supporting waters in California, Oregon and Washington, effectively establishing buffer zones around those waters. This order applies to 38 pesticides, including the fluoridated
Diflubenzuron, Oxyfluorfen, Trifluralin.
The Court's January 22 Order, which carries an effective date of February 5, 2004, and other related materials, including the Court's previous Orders, are available at:
January 22, 2004
August 8, 2003
July 16, 2003
July 2, 2002

Cancellation of Certain Pesticides.

034704 WA-96-0036 - Clean Crop Trifluralin 4EC

067959-00001 - Trifluralin Technical

Requests to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registration:
EPA Reg. No. 000264-00584. Sedagri Trifluralin 480. Aventis

Request to voluntarily cancel pesticide registration
Verdant: Rose Guard

Request to Voluntarily Cancel pesticide registrations:
Aceto Agriculllture Chemicals: Triflur AT 4
Amvac Chemical Corp.: Alco Trifluralin Emulsifiable Concentrate.

DOW AGRO - Request to Voluntarily Cancel Two Pesticide Registrations:
Treflan E. C. - EPA Reg. No. 062719 TX-96-0007
Treflan M. T. F. - EPA Reg. No. 062719 WI-95-0006

Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations:
- Pursell Industries. Verta Green Sprayable Herbicide for Pro Turf with Team. EPA Reg. Nos. 008660-00144 and 008660-00145.
- Platte Chemical. Clean Crop Trifluralin EC. EPA Reg. Nos. 034704-00226 and 034704-00242.
- Lange-Stegmann Fertilizer. Crabgrass Control Plus Lawn Food. EPA Reg. No. 043854-00001

Request to voluntarily cancel pesticide registrations:
- DOW ELANCO - Treflan TR-10 Granules
- John Nelson, University of Arizona. Treflan E.C.

Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations:
- Agan Chem. Triflurex (Trifluralin) Technical. EPA Reg. No. 011603-00013
- Contract Packaging Inc. Pro "1" Pre-Emergence Herbicide. EPA Reg. No. 067572-00073

• DOW ELANCO - Request to Voluntarily Cancel Pesticide Registration for
• Treflan E.C. Weed. EPA Reg No. 062719 WA-91-0011.

• DOW ELANCO - Request to Voluntarily Cancel Pesticide Registration for
• Treflan 5. EPA Reg. No. 062719-00118

• Request to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations.
• Riverdale Chemical Co. Riverdale Team 1.50% Feed. EPA Reg. No. 000228-00258
• Riverdale Chemical Co. Riverdale Team 10% Feed. EPA Reg. No. 000228-00259

• DOW ELANCO - Requests for Amendments to Delete Uses from label in Certain Pesticide Registrations:
• Trifluralin Technical Trifluralin Forage legumes. EPA Reg. No. 062719-00099
• Treflan TR-10 Trifluralin Forage legumes. EPA Reg. No. 062719-00131
• Treflan HFP Trifluralin Forage legumes. EPA Reg. No. 062719-00250

• Request to delete certain uses for pesticide registration of
• Industria Prodotti Chimici. VLN Trifluralin Technical. Delete uses on label for Forage legumes. EPA Reg. No. 033660-00036

• Requests to voluntarily cancel pesticide registrations:
• American Cyanamid. Tri-5 Herbicide. EPA Reg. No. 000241-00332
• Bayer. Salute 4EC Herbicide. EPA Reg. No. 003125-00375
• Tyler. Greensward Team. EPA Reg. No. 052200-00003
• Tyler. Greensward Premium. EPA Reg. No. 052200-00004

• Request to delete uses in pesticide registrations.
• Lewis & Harrison: Trifluralin Technical Trifluralin Forage (legumes); Flutril 5EC; Flutrix 4EC ATT; Flutrix 4EC
• DOW ELANCO: Trifluralin Technical Trifluralin Forage (legumes); Treflan TR-10 Trifluralin Forage (legumes); Treflan HFP

• Voluntary request to cancel 19 pesticide registrations: -
• 16 from DOW ELANCO; 2 from GRIFFIN; 1 from Westrade.

• Request to voluntarily cancel pesticide registration:
• Agway Inc.: Agway Green Lawn with Team

DOW ELANCO - Revocation of Food Additive Regulation in peppermint oil and spearmint oil. Final Rule.
EPA is taking this action because peppermint oil and spearmint oil are not ready-to-eat commodities, and residues of trifluralin are not likely to concentrate in ready-to-eat foods containing peppermint and spearmint oil.

DOW ELANCO - Proposed Revocation of Food Additive Tolerances.
EPA is proposing to revoke tolerances for residues of the herbicide trifluralin in or on peppermint oil and spearmint oil, and to withdraw a prior final rule revoking those tolerances.

• DOW ELANCO - Request to voluntarily cancel pesticide registration:
• Spike Treflan 6G