Laws & Regulations
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TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-18-0011
This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-18-0011.
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TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-18-0239 and P-18-0240
This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-18-0239 and P-18-0240.
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EPA Proposes Significant New Use Rules for Flame Retardants In Support of Risk Evaluations
EPA Proposes Significant New Use Rules for Flame Retardants In Support of Risk Evaluations
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TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-19-0088
This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-19-0088.
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TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-19-0072
This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-19-0072.
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Fact Sheet on Measures Required to Protect Workers from Fumigant Exposures
These safety measures increase protections for fumigant handlers and other agricultural workers and bystanders from exposure to the soil fumigant pesticides chloropicrin, dazomet, metam sodium, metam potassium, and methyl bromide.
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Chloropicrin and 1,3-D Fumigant Management Plan Phase 2 Templates
Plans for soil fumigant pesticide products that contain chloropicrin or 1,3-dichloropropene should include application block information, tarp plan, sign posting for treated area and buffer zone, and other requirements.
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Paladin® EC (Dimethyl Disulfide, DMDS) Fumigant Safe Handling Guide
Certified pesticide applicators are required to provide safety information to handlers working in an application block or buffer zone, including instruction on personal protective equipment, air monitoring, respiratory protection, and exposure mitigation.
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Methyl Bromide and Chloropicrin Safety Information for Handlers
Labels for these kind of pesticides require that soil fumigant handlers receive safe handling training before participating in field fumigation, according to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) and Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs).
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Dazomet Fumigant Management Plan Phase 2 Templates
These templates provide a framework for reporting application block information, buffer zones, emergency response plan, tarp plan, soil conditions, air monitoring, and more for pesticide products containing the active ingredient dazomet, such as Basamid G.
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Dimethyl Disulfide (DMDS) Fumigant Management Plan Template Phase 2
These templates provide a framework for developing your FMP, including sections on your supervising pesticide applicator, buffer zones, emergency response plan, handler information, tarp plan, soil conditions, signage, and air monitoring plan.
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Soil Fumigant Labels
The 2012 updated pesticide labels include new safety requirements for buffer zones and related measures. Find labels for each different type of fumigant: chloropicrin, dazomet, dimethyl disulfide, metam sodium/potassium, and methyl bromide.
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Buffer Zone Sign Template
The certified pesticide applicator is required to post a comparable sign, designating a buffer zone around the soil fumigant application block in order to control exposure risk. It must include the "don't walk" symbol, product name, and applicator contact.
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Paladin® (Dimethyl Disulfide, DMDS) Fumigant Safe Handling Guide
This liquid pre-plant soil fumigant pesticide poses potential exposure risk concerns, so the product label and Fumigant Management Plan (FMP) address personal protective equipment, air monitoring, and respiratory protection.
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Pesticide Registration Manual: Title Page For a Newly Submitted Study
Certain information should be included on the title page of a study submitted to EPA in support of pesticide registration. See a template for these elements.
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Pesticide Registration Manual: Chapter 19 - How to Obtain Publications
This chapter provides information on how and where to obtain publications.
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Pesticide Registration Manual: Chapter 8 - Inert Ingredients
This chapter describes how EPA reviews inert ingredients as part of the pesticide product review process.
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Metam Sodium and Metam Potassium Fumigant Management Plan Phase 2 Templates
These templates provide a framework for structuring and reporting a plan for this type of pesticide product. Required data fields include application block size, buffer zone signage, soil conditions, and tarp plans.
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Agency Response to Greenpeace International on Petition about Regulation of Bt
Agency response to Greenpeace International related to the registration and use of genetically engineered plants expressing bacillus thuringienses endotoxins.
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EPA Proposes New Protections for Communities from Fuels Made Using Plastic Waste Based Feedstocks
EPA Proposes New Protections for Communities from Fuels Made Using Plastic Waste Based Feedstocks