Laws & Regulations
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EPA Evaluation of Pet Spot-on Products: Analysis and Plans for Reducing Harmful Effects
Information about EPA's evaluation of Pet Spot-on products to include analysis and mitigation plans.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.