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Public Symposium on Regulation of Plant-Incorporated Protectants - Rebroadcast of Live Webcast on November 18, 2016

There will be a webinar on the data that support the registration of plant-incorporated protectants.

Register for January 24 Webinar on Controlling Public Health Pests

EPA to Hold Virtual Environmental Modeling Public Meeting

Environmental Modeling Public Meeting is a public forum for presentations on the Drinking Water Assessment Improvements for Surface Water Exposure

EPA Opens Public Comment Period on Cuprous Iodide Draft Ecological Risk Assessment

EPA is accepting comments on its determination that cuprous iodide, when used in a materials preservative embedded in specific fibers, plastics and films, is not expected to pose a discernable threat to terrestrial and aquatic organisms.

EPA Proposes Registration of Two Herbicides Containing New Active Ingredient

EPA is accepting comments on the proposed registration of two products containing Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ACK55 (P. fluorescens ACK55), a new microbial active ingredient to be used as a pre-emergent herbicide.

Comment Period Extended for Glyphosate Draft Biological Evaluation

EPA is extending the public comment period on the draft biological evaluation for glyphosate to give stakeholders more time to review and comment.

EPA Accepting Comments on Expanded Uses of Trichoderma asperellum strain T34 and B. amyloliquefaciens PTA-4838

Accepting public comments on proposals to expand the uses of two microbial active ingredients: Trichoderma asperellum strain T34 and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain PTA-4838 (B. amyloliquefaciens PTA-4838).

FIFRA SAP Meeting Minutes and Final Report for September 2020 Meeting on EPA’s NAMs

The meeting minutes and final report is available in docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0263 at regulations.gov. A link to the document is also posted on the FIFRA SAP meeting webpage.

EPA Proposes to Codify Certain Pesticide Product Performance Requirements to Improve Clarity and Reduce Burden

Proposed to codify product performance data requirements for products claiming efficacy against certain pests to increase the efficiency of the agency’s approval process and save registrants time and money.

EPA Proposes Updates to List of Pests of Significant Health Importance

Proposal to update theList of Pests of Significant Health Importance

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EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessments for Mosquito Control Tool

Efforts to protect public health and the environment, the agency is releasing draft human health and ecological risk assessments for naled – a critical tool for mosquito-borne disease control – for a 60-day public comment period.

EPA Reopens Public Comment Period on Proposed Interim Decisions for Neonicotinoids

Reopening the public comment period for 30 days on the proposed interim decisions for the neonicotinoids acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam

EPA Seeks Public Comment on Draft Proposal to Improve Pest Resistance for Plant-Incorporated Protectants

EPA is accepting comments on a draft proposal to improve current insect resistance management (IRM) strategies for pests affecting Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn and cotton plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs).

EPA Releases Draft Biological Evaluations for Atrazine, Simazine and Propazine

EPA is taking the next step in its regulatory review of atrazine, simazine and propazine, three widely-used herbicides used to control a variety of grasses and broadleaf weeds. Atrazine is used on about 75 million acres of agricultural crop land every year