Plant-Incorporated Protectant Rules

Administrator Whitman signs three Plant-Incorporated Protectant Rules that formalize and strengthen EPA's framework for federal oversight of a class of pesticides produced and used in living plants; rules published in the Federal Register, Thursday, July 19, 2001. Also published is a supplemental proposal soliciting additional public comment on other aspects of EPA's program for this class of pesticides; 30-day comment period.

Plant-Incorporated Protectants Comment Period Extended an Additional 30 Days
PRESS RELEASE: Plant-Incorporated Protectant Rules Affirmed By Administration; Comments Invited On Supplemental Notice And Report (HTML Version) (PDF Version)
Plant-Incorporated Protectant Rule Package Fact Sheet (PDF Version)
Questions and Answers on the Biotechnology Final Plant-Pesticide/Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIPS) Rules (PDF Version)
Regulations under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act for Plant-Incorporated Protectants (Formerly Plant-Pesticides) Federal Register : July 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 139, Pages 37771 - 37817) (PDF Version) (Text Version)
Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for Residues of Nucleic Acids that are Part of Plant-Incorporated Protectants (Formerly Plant-Pesticides) Federal Register : July 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 139, Pages 37817 - 37830) (PDF Version) (Text Version)
Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for Residues Derived Through Conventional Breeding From Sexually Compatible Plants of Plant-Incorporated Protectants (Formerly Plant-Pesticides) Federal Register : July 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 139, Pages 37830 - 37854) (PDF Version) (Text Version)
Plant-Incorporated Protectants (Formerly Plant-Pesticides), Supplemental Proposal Federal Register: July 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 139, Pages 37855 - 37869) (PDF Version) (Text Version)

Plant-Incorporated Protectant Rules

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