Laws & Regulations
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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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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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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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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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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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Presentations at 2013 Pollinator Summit --Dust Focus Group
These presentations covered pesticide exposure risks posed to honey bees by the dust from planting treated corn seed, and research on reducing dust by means such as talc replacement and standards for planter technology.
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Safety Information for Handlers of Pesticide Soil Fumigants
Certified applicators are required to provide this training to handlers in an application block or buffer zone. Information must include signs and symptoms of exposure, and where to find the Fumigant Management Plan and Worker Protection Standard.
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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).
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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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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 Requests Nominations of Reviewers to Assist the TSCA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals with Upcoming Reviews
EPA Requests Nominations of Reviewers to Assist the TSCA Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals with Upcoming Reviews
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EPA Finds Methylene Chloride Poses an Unreasonable Risk to Human Health
Final revised risk determination for methylene chloride
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Open Data Policies
Policies and guidance related to EPA open data including OPEN Government Data Act, Evidence Act, and 21C IDEA implementation. Includes specific information about scientific data policy.
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Label Review Training: Module 4: Applying the Principles of Pesticide Label Review, Page 7
This module of the label review training goes into detail about the four core principles of pesticide label review: clarity, accuracy, consistency with EPA policy, and enforceability.
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TSCA Section 5(a)(3)(C) Determination for Premanufacture Number (PMN) P-19-0134
This document describes EPA's pre-manufacture notice review determination under amended TSCA for P-119-0134.
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EPA Releases Updated 2020 TRI Data
Recent listserv on updated 2020 TRI data
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Certification of Annual LSL Consumer Notification
Lead Service Line Inventory Template - This spreadsheet template may be used by public water systems in Wyoming and on EPA R8 Tribal Lands for service line inventories.
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EPA Section 508 Policies and Procedures
Defines Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ), and the technical and functional performance criteria for ICT to comply with Section 508 accessibility standards.
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Read the Label Brochures - Vietnamese
information about the importance of keeping pesticides in their original container, how to prevent harm to the environment, and why you should buy the right product in the right amount for your needs
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Inert Ingredients Approved for Use in Minimum Risk Pesticide Products
List of Inert Ingredients for use in minimum risk pesticide products.