Pesticide Registrations and Actions

Other Actions

• On June 8, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a 2-year stay in the case of Cotton Council v. EPA (see April Chemically Speaking).  The rehearing requested by several stakeholders was not addressed in the announcement, leading to speculation that it will not be heard en banc.  (EPA email, 6/8/09).

•  The EPA is accepting comments on the proposed restricted entry interval (REI) modifications to endosulfan insecticide products.  The REIs are being lengthened from 2 or 3 days for crops such as cucumber, watermelon, and squash, to 18- to 22-days.  Affected stakeholders should contact the PIO for assistance or information regarding the comments. 
• On May 15, the EPA issued a final rule revoking all the tolerances for the insecticide carbofuran (Furadan®).  Tolerances of include sweet corn, cotton seed, cucumber, melon, pepper, potato, rice, sorghum, strawberry, squash, and sugarcane, will expire/are revoked at the end of 2009.  (Federal Register, 5/15/09).
• Pasteuria Bioscience in Alachua FL announced that it has received registration from the EPA for the nematicidal fungi Pasteuria usgae.  Pasteuria Bioscience has developed a technology that allows the rapid and cost-effective growth of multiple strains of Pasteuria manufactured through traditional fermentation methods.  The first product that will target sting nematode in the golf and sports turf markets should be available later in the year.  Products for agricultural crops will soon follow.  (Pasteuria Press Release, 6/8/09).