EPA Rejects Call For Early Use Of Harmonized Pesticide Assessment Method

摘要

Epa is rejecting calls from water utilities to consider early use of its pending methodology for harmonizing the way that its water and pesticides offices screen pesticide risks to aquatic life for use in registration decisions, prompting concerns that utilities will bear the burden of new water quality requirements rather than pesticide manufacturers. EPA said in a recent response summary in accordance with its registration review for Permethrin - an insecticide used on cotton, cheat, maize and alfalfa - that while it will consider the comments from several organizations that represent publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) as it continues to develop its "Common Effects Assessment Methodology," the approach being jointly developed by the Office of Water (OW) and the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is not yet ready for use in registration decisions.