Laws & Regulations

TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-18-0007-0008

This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-18-0007-0008.

Label Review Training - Table of Contents

Pesticide labels translate results of our extensive evaluations of pesticide products into conditions, directions and precautions that define parameters for use of a pesticide with the goal of ensuring protection of human health and the environment.

Label Review Training: Module 3: Special Issues, Page 17

This module further describes and provides strategies for reviewing some of the label parts introduced in Module 2 of the pesticide label training, such as precautionary statements, directions for use, worker protection labeling, and more.

EPA's Review Process for New Chemicals

Following receipt of a Premanufacture or exemption notice, EPA scientists and program managers meet to evaluate the notice and the notice undergoes many steps in the Agency's 90-day review process.

Inert Reassessment Document for Diethylene Glycol Abietate - CAS No. 10107-99-0

Diethylene glycol abietate is uncategorized as to list classification status. Based upon the reasonable certainty of no harm safety finding, diethylene glycol abietate can be classified as a List 4B inert ingredient

Current Best Practices for Preventing Asbestos Exposure Among Brake and Clutch Repair Workers

Covers concerns about asbestos exposure for mechanics, how to tell if asbestos brake or clutch components contain asbestos, work practices to follow, protecting yourself for home mechanics, disposal of waste that contains asbestos.

Plant-Incorporated Protectants Data Symposium

EPA held a public symposium on data that support registration of plant incorporated protectants (PIPs). It provided firsthand information on the scope of the scientific review process regarding the safety of PIPs and on the pesticide registration process.

PRN 2002-1: Lists of Pests of Significant Public Health Importance

This notice identifies pests of significant public health importance. This list does not, by itself, determine whether a pesticide product might be considered a "public health pesticide“ as that term is used in FIFRA. See Appendix A for the list.

A400 PRIA Fee Category

PRIA 3 fee determination for A400 fee category

Burden Reduction Comes in All "Spices"

Final rule revising pesticide crop grouping regulations for herbs and spices, resulting in significant burden reductions and cost savings to growers of nearly $52 million annually while maintaining current protections for human health and the environment

Modernizing the Regulatory System for Biotechnology Products

This Web page describes the continuing effort to modernize the federal regulatory system for biotechnology products as well as clarify various roles of EPA, FDA and USDA in evaluating new biotechnology products.

Insect Resistance Management for Bt Plant-Incorporated Protectants

Bt plant-incorporated protectants are plants genetically altered to produce proteins that are harmful to certain insect pests. Learn how EPA regulates them.