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Best Practices for Ground Application – Webinar Materials

EPA’s “Best Practices for Ground Application” webinar is tailored for growers, pesticide applicators, pest management professionals, and other interested stakeholders who work in crop production.

EPA Updates Aquatic Life Benchmarks for Registered Pesticides and Antimicrobial Chemicals

EPA, in collaboration with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and the U.S. Geological Survey, has released an updated version of the Aquatic Life Benchmarks.

EPA Takes Action to Prevent Poisonings from Herbicide

EPA Releases Final Biological Evaluations of Carbaryl and Methomyl’s Impacts on Endangered Species

EPA is releasing its final biological evaluations (BEs) for carbaryl and methomyl, which find that these insecticides are “likely to adversely affect” a number of threatened and endangered species and their designated critical habitats.

EPA Proposes to Conditionally Register Combination Insecticide for Residential Outdoor Use

EPA is accepting public comments on its proposed decision to conditionally register the first residential outdoor use of the insecticides cyclaniliprole and flonicamid on roses, flowers, shrubs, and small (non-fruit bearing) trees.

Science Advisory Council for Exposure (ExpoSAC) Policy 3 Revised March 2021

Asbestos

The EPA asbestos web site contains general information on asbestos sources, exposure and health effects, what to do if you suspect asbestos, training, and laws and regulations.

Green Engineering

Green Engineering is the design, commercialization and use of processes and products that are feasible and economical while reducing the generation of pollution at the source and minimizing the risk to human health and the environment.

Repellents: Protection against Mosquitoes, Ticks and Other Arthropods

Includes how to apply them safely, which ones to use based on your unique situation, repellent safety and effectiveness, disease risk from mosquito and tick bites, protection time, active ingredients, EPA regulation and registration, and product labeling.

Protecting Endangered Species from Pesticides

EPA's Endangered Species Protection Program helps promote recovery of listed species. The ESPP determines if pesticide use in a geographic area may affect any listed species. Find needed limits on pesticide use in Endangered Species Protection Bulletins.

2020 Chemical Data Reporting Resources

Provides links to CDR documents and tools that can be used for CDR reporting

Organizational Planning Meeting for the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Inorganic Byproducts Negotiated Rulemaking: Agenda and Presentations

The agenda and presentations for the Organizational Planning Meeting for the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Inorganic Byproducts Negotiated Rulemaking

Register for the April 9, 2020, Webinar on 2020 Chemical Data Reporting Requirements

EPA will host a webinar to provide an overview of the 2020 Chemical Data Reporting requirements

TSCA Chemical Data Reporting Fact Sheet: Chemical Substances which are the Subject of Certain TSCA Actions

This fact sheet provides guidance for people who may be subject to the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule on how their requirements for reporting for 2016 may be affected when chemical substances are the subject of certain TSCA actions.

Minimum Risk Pesticides Exempted from FIFRA Registration

The website provides information on the criteria that must be met for a product to qualify for the FIFRA exemption.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Disinfectants

View the latest information from EPA and find resources related to disinfection and Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Pesticide Labels

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.

Integrated Pest Management

Provides basic information on integrated pest management in schools, including information on the components of an IPM program and guidance on how to get started. Includes identification and control of pests, educational resources, and contact information

Bed Bugs: Get Them Out and Keep Them Out

Prevent, identify, and treat bed bug infestations using EPA’s step-by-step guides, based on IPM principles. Find pesticides approved for bed bug control, check out the information clearinghouse, and dispel bed bug myths.

Federal Certification to Apply Restricted Use Pesticides in Indian Country

This website provides information about the EPA Plan for the Federal Certification of Applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides within Indian Country, including plan requirements, how to become certified, how to register for training, and who is certified.