Laws & Regulations
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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
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Buffer Zone Fact Sheets
New requirements for buffer zones and sign posting contribute to soil fumigant mitigation and protection for workers and bystanders. The buffer provides distance between the pesticide application site and bystanders, reducing exposure risk.
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TSCA CBI Security Manual
Obtaining and adhering to TSCA CBI clearance procedures.
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Fumigant Management Plan - Phase 1 Templates
FMPs are required by pesticide labels, so EPA provides chemical-specific soil fumigant templates and samples in PDF and Word formats. Choose the appropriate template for products containing chloropicrin, dazomet, metam sodium/potassium, or methyl bromide.
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1,3-Dichloropropene and Chloropicrin Combination Products Fumigant Safe Handling Guide
These soil fumigant pesticide products' labels require safety training according to the Worker Protection Standard WPS. Steps to mitigate exposure include air monitoring, respiratory protection, and proper tarp perforation and removal.
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Implementation Schedule for Soil Fumigant Safety Measures
This fact sheet summarizes the soil fumigant pesticide product label changes that are going into effect during each of two phases. New requirements cover worker protection, training, good agricultural practices, buffer zones, sign posting, and more.
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Metam Sodium and Metam Potassium Fumigant Safe Handling Guide
Safety training is required for certified pesticide applicators and handlers to handle soil fumigants. Measures to mitigate exposure include personal protective equipment, air monitoring, respiratory protection, and emergency preparedness.
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Methyl Bromide Fumigant Management Plan Phase 2 Templates
Templates provide a checklist and framework for elements including certified pesticide applicator details, application block, buffer zones, sign posting, tarp plan, soil conditions, air monitoring, and good agricultural practices (GAPs).
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Chloropicrin Fumigant Management Plan Phase 2 Templates
These forms provide a framework for detailing the FMP elements of pesticide products containing the active ingredient chloropicrin, including application block, buffer zones, emergency response plan, tarp plan, soil conditions, and air monitoring.
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Fact Sheet on Training and Exam Options for Pesticide Applicators
New pesticide label requirements for training protect applicators, other fumigant handlers and bystanders from soil fumigant exposures. Find criteria details and content check list for approval of training programs.
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Phase 2 Site-Specific Fumigant Management Plans and Post-Application Summaries
New soil fumigant pesticide requirements protect handlers and other workers from exposure risks. FMP elements include application block information, tarp plan, buffer zone and sign posting requirements, air monitoring, and hazard communication.
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Emergency Preparedness and Response Requirements
To reduce exposure risks to people who may be near a buffer zone, soil fumigant pesticide applicators are required to either provide on-site monitoring of the perimeter, or provide emergency response information directly to neighbors.
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Dazomet Fumigant Safe Handling Guide
Dazomet is the active ingredient in Basamid G soil fumigant pesticide. Wear personal protective equipment such as respirators when handling Basamid granules or making an application, mitigate exposures, and recognize signs of vapor inhalation.
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Presentations on Soil Fumigation Requirements - PDF Format
These provide training, outreach, and other resource materials for applicators and handlers, communities, state and local agencies, and others interested in understanding and implementing the current requirements for safe use of soil fumigant pesticides.
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Presentations on Fumigant Requirements
These provide training, outreach, and other resource materials for applicators and handlers, communities, state and local agencies, and others interested in understanding and implementing the current requirements for safe use of soil fumigant pesticides.
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Soil Fumigant Fact Sheet Compilation
These cover information about buffer zones and the sign posting requirements, fumigant management plans, certified pesticide applicators and handlers, and resources for tribal and state lead agencies (SLAs) and residents of agricultural communities.
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Film Permeability Determination Using Static Permeability Cells
The permeability of tarps to soil fumigant pesticides varies depending on the active ingredient chemical: dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), methyl bromide, chloropicrin, or other. The diffusion rate can be represented by the mass transfer coefficient (MTC).