Chemigation, Opportunity for Public Comment, US EPA, OPP

December 5, 2008 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs Labeling Committee Projects – Chemigation Opportunity for Public Comment 1December 5, 2008 Chemigation Opportunity for Public Comment INTRODUCTION The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is considering developing new guidance for the labeling of pesticide products applied through irrigation systems, or “chemigation.” Such guidance would supersede the existing Agency guidance on this subject contained in Pesticide Registration Notice 87-1 (PRN 87-1) published March 11, 1987. State pesticide regulatory officials representing the State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) requested EPA to consider this step in an issue paper submitted to the Agency in 2007. Specific reasons for the request are described below. The purpose of this paper is to allow any interested party to give the Agency preliminary, informal comments on the best approaches to take in developing useful guidance on chemigation labeling, before the Agency begins drafting a specific proposal that may be issued for public notice and comment. Comments on this paper should be submitted by February 6, 2009 to: opp_labeling_consistency@epa.gov. Do not submit information considered to be Confidential Business Information or otherwise protected from disclosure. Any comments submitted may be made available to the public. ...