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Register for Oct 25 Webinar on Best Practices for Pesticide Ground Application

EPA is hosting a webinar titled “Best Practices for Ground Application” on October 25, 2018 and it is tailored for growers, pesticide applicators, pest management professionals, and other interested stakeholders who work in crop production.

EPA Seeks Comment on Proposal to Harmonize Human Subjects Research Regulations with Revised Common Rule

On December 6, 2018, EPA published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for public comment.

Atrazine Human Health Risk Assessment Now Available for Public Comment

EPA is releasing the atrazine draft human health risk assessment for public comment.

EPA Releases Draft Policy to Reduce Animal Testing for Skin Sensitization

The document, Draft Interim Science Policy: Use of Alternative Approaches for Skin Sensitization as a Replacement for Laboratory Animal Testing, describes the science behind the non-animal alternatives that can now be used to identify skin sensitization.

Drinking Water Infrastructure Grants - Tribal Set-Aside Program

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA), as amended in 1996, established the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to make funds available to drinking water systems to finance infrastructure improvements.

Land Revitalization - Coal Plant Reuse and Redevelopment

Coal Plant Reuse and Redevelopment

Fact Sheet: Benzidine-Based Chemical Substances

EPA's existing chemicals programs address pollution prevention, risk assessment, hazard and exposure assessment and/or characterization, and risk management for chemicals substances in commercial use.

Environmental information for Idaho

Find links to some of EPA's priority work on air, water, land and waste cleanups, pesticides, and other environmental issues in Idaho.

Developmental Neurotoxicity Study Guidance

This guidance covers review and interpretation of DNT data and was developed collaboratively by EPA and Health Canada, with the goal of more consistent reviews of DNT data.

The Use of Data on Cholinesterase Inhibition for Risk Assessments of Organophosphorous and Carbamate Pesticides

This revised science policy emphasizes the weighing of all relevant evidence when selecting endpoints for the hazard assessment of anticholinesterase pesticides.

Consideration of the FQPA Safety Factor and Other Uncertainty Factors in Cumulative Risk Assessment of Chemicals Sharing a Common Mechanism of Toxicity

This guidance document provides OPP's current thinking on application of the provision in FFDCA about an additional safety factor for the protection of infants and children in the context of cumulative risk assessments.

Exception for Limited Contact Activities and Irrigation Tasks under the Worker Protection Standard

An exception to the worker protection standard allows, under specified conditions, workers to enter pesticide treated areas during an REI to perform certain tasks. Learn about the necessary conditions.

EPA Celebrates National Farmworker Awareness Week by Highlighting Pesticide Safety Education Projects

The EPA is seeking public comment on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s opinion for the insecticides carbaryl and methomyl.

NAFTA Guidance Document on Data Requirements for Tolerances on Imported Commodities in the United States and Canada

The purpose of this document is to provide detailed guidance on data requirements that meet the North American Free Trade Agreement standards for the establishment of pesticide import tolerances or maximum residue levels in Canada and the United States.

Federal Certification Standards for Pesticide Applicators

Learn about how to comply with federal law and regulations that require any person who applies or supervises the use of restricted use pesticides (RUPs) be certified as a private or commercial applicator.

Guidance on Cumulative Risk Assessment of Pesticide Chemicals that have a Common Mechanism of Toxicity

This document provides guidance to OPP scientists for evaluating and estimating the potential human risks associated with such multichemical and multipathway exposures to pesticides. This process is referred to as cumulative risk assessment.

Questions and Answers for Reporting for the 2006 Partial Updating of the TSCA Chemical Inventory Database: Inorganic Chemicals Addendum

This document addresses specific questions related to reporting inorganic chemicals under the IUR and is an addendum to the Questions and Answers for Reporting for the 2006 Partial Updating of the TSCA Chemical Inventory Database (Questions and Answers Document).