After Lengthy Delay, EPA Proposes Clarifying 'Minimum Risk' Pesticides

摘要

EPA has proposed a long-awaited rule intended to clarify which active and inert pesticide ingredients meet federal criteria for posing "minimum risk" and thus enjoy a registration waiver, a rulemaking that sources say could address state officials' and the pesticide industry's longtime concerns about regulating the products. The rulemaking also signals that EPA's broader effort to address concerns among industry groups such as the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) with the minimum-risk provisions under section 25(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) may finally be picking up steam.