U.S. EPA Considers Pesticide Applications
WASHINGTON - Jan 16/13 - SNS -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the United States has received petitions to establish maximum residue levels (MRL) for pesticides for use on pulses.
The EPA is accepting comments on the petitions until February 15, after which a final decision will be made.
In making the announcement, the EPA strssed it is "taking public comment on the requests before responding to the petitioners. EPA is not proposing any particular action at this time. EPA has determined that the pesticide petitions described in this document contain the data or information prescribed in FFDCA section 408(d)(2); however, EPA has not fully evaluated the sufficiency of the submitted data at this time or whether the data support granting of the pesticide petitions. After considering the public comments, EPA intends to evaluate whether and what action may be warranted. Additional data may be needed before EPA can make a final determination on these pesticide petitions."
Applications of interest to the pulse and specialty crop industry include:
Insecticide Methoxyfenozide
PP 2E8118. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0912). Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to establish tolerances in 40 CFR 180.544 for residues of the insecticide methoxyfenozide, (3-methoxy-2 methylbenzoic acid 2-(3,5-dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) hydrazide) including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the raw agricultural commodities under paragraph (a) in or on herb subgroup 19A, except chive at 400 ppm; date at 7 ppm; caneberry subgroup 13-07A at 6 ppm; sorghum, grain, forage at 9 ppm; sorghum, grain, stover at 15 ppm; sorghum, grain, grain at 4 ppm; sorghum, sweet, forage at 9 ppm; sorghum, sweet, stover at 15 ppm; sorghum, sweet, grain at 4 ppm; sorghum, sweet, stalk at 9 ppm; grain, aspirated grain fractions at 80 ppm; pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C, except pea, blackeyed, seed and pea, southern, seed at 0.5 ppm; fruit, small, vine climbing, except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13-07F at 1 ppm; berry, low growing, except cranberry, subgroup 13-07G at 1.5 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11-10 at 1.5 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 at 2 ppm; sugar apple at 0.6 ppm; cherimoya at 0.6 ppm; atemoya at 0.6 ppm; custard apple at 0.6 ppm; ilama at 0.6 ppm; soursop at 0.6 ppm; and biriba at 0.6 ppm. Additionally, the petition requested to establish tolerances in 40 CFR 180.544, under paragraph (d)(2) for indirect or inadvertent residues of methoxyfenozide in or on rapeseed subgroup 20A at 1.0 ppm and sunflower subgroup 20B at 1.0 ppm. Per a recent 2012 decision on tolerances, EPA stated adequate single methods are available for tolerance enforcement in primary crops and animal commodities. Analytical methodology for the magnitude of residue studies was based on Dow AgroSciences method GRM 02.25 "Determination of Residues of Methoxyfenozide in High Moisture Crops by Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry Detection". Contact: Laura Nollen, (703) 305-7390, email address: nollen.laura@epa.gov.
Amending Tolerances
In addition, the IR-4 requests to concurrently amend 40 CFR 180.582 by removing tolerances for residues of pyraclostrobin, carbamic acid, [2-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]methyl]phenyl]methoxy-, methyl ester and its metabolite methyl-N-[[[1-(4-chlorophenyl) pyrazol-3-yl]oxy]o-tolyl] carbamate (BF 500-3); expressed as parent compound, in or on the raw agricultural commodity berry, group 13 at 4.0 ppm; fruit, citrus, group 10 at 2.0 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 1.5 ppm; grape at 2.0 ppm; strawberry at 1.2 ppm; vegetable, bulb, group 3 at 0.9 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 1.4 ppm; borage, seed at 0.45 ppm; castor oil plant, seed at 0.45 ppm; Chinese tallowtree, seed at 0.45 ppm; crambe, seed at 0.45 ppm; cuphea, seed at 0.45 ppm; echium, seed at 0.45 ppm; euphorbia, seed at 0.45 ppm; evening primrose, seed at 0.45 ppm; flax seed at 0.45 ppm; gold of pleasure, seed at 0.45 ppm; Hare's ear mustard, seed at 0.45 ppm, jojoba, seed at 0.45 ppm; lesquerella, seed at 0.45 ppm, lunaria, seed at 0.45 ppm; meadowfoam, seed at 0.45 ppm; milkweed, seed at 0.45 ppm; mustard, seed at 0.45 ppm; Niger seed, seed at 0.45 ppm; oil radish, seed at 0.45 ppm; poppy, seed at 0.45 ppm; rapeseed, seed at 0.45 ppm; rose hip, seed at 0.45 ppm; safflower, seed at 0.45 ppm; sesame, seed at 0.45 ppm; stokes aster, seed at 0.45 ppm; sunflower, seed at 0.45 ppm; sweet rocket, seed at 0.45 ppm; tallowwood, seed at 0.45 ppm; tea oil plant, seed at 0.45 ppm; and ternonia, seed at 0.45 ppm, upon approval of the tolerances listed under "New Tolerances" for PP 2E8069. In plants, the method of analysis is aqueous organic solvent extraction, column clean up and quantitation by LC/MS/MS. In animals, the method of analysis involves base hydrolysis, organic extraction, column clean up and quantitation by LC/MS/MS or derivatization (methylation) followed by quantitation by GC/MS. Contact: Andrew Ertman, (703) 308-9367, email address: ertman.andrew@epa.gov.
Insecticide Methoxyfenozide
PP 2E8118. (EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0912). Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), 500 College Road East, Suite 201 W, Princeton, NJ 08540, requests to amend the tolerances in 40 CFR 180.544 for residues of the insecticide methoxyfenozide, (3-methoxy-2-methylbenzoic acid 2-(3,5-dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) hydrazide) including its metabolites and degradates, upon approval of the proposed tolerances listed under "New Tolerances" for PP 2E8118 in paragraph (a), the petition also requests to amend the tolerances in paragraph (d)(2) from herb and spice, group 19, except coriander, leaves at 4.5 ppm to spice subgroup 19B at 4.5 ppm. In addition, it is proposed that the tolerances for residues of methoxyfenozide in or on pea, dry, seed at 2.5 ppm; bean, dry, seed at 0.24 ppm; coriander, leaves at 30 ppm; grape at 1.0 ppm; strawberry at 1.5 ppm; fruit, pome, group 11 at 1.5 ppm; vegetable, fruiting, group 8 at 2.0 ppm; and okra at 2.0 ppm be removed upon the approval of the proposed tolerances listed under "New Tolerances" for PP 2E8118. Contact: Laura Nollen, (703) 305-7390, email address: nollen.laura@epa.gov.
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