Laws & Regulations
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Soil Fumigant Toolbox
This Toolbox provides training, outreach, and resource materials for applicators and handlers, communities, state/local agencies, and others interested in understanding and implementing the current requirements for safe use of these pesticides.
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Reducing Pesticide Drift
Provides information about pesticide spray drift, including problems associated with drift, managing risks from drift and the voluntary Drift Reduction Technology program that seeks to reduce spray drift through improved spray equipment design.
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Pesticide Registration Manual: Chapter 2 - Registering a Pesticide Product
This chapter discusses what information is required to be submitted to EPA when applying for a pesticide product registration and the process for reviewing the applications.
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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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Pesticide Registration Manual: Chapter 9 - Supplemental Distribution of a Registered Pesticide
This chapter provides information about the supplemental distribution of a registered pesticide or product.
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TSCA CBI Security Manual
Obtaining and adhering to TSCA CBI clearance procedures.
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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 16 - Transfer of Product Registrations and Data Rights
This chapter discusses specific information to be submitted to EPA for the transfer of product registration and/or data rights from one person or company to another.
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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.