EPA Publishes Final Rule on Registration Review

On August 9, 2006, the Registration Review Final Rule published in the Federal Register to satisfy a Congressional mandate to implement a new program to review existing pesticide registrations on a continuous 15-year cycle. The purpose of the new Registration Review program is to ensure that each pesticide continues to meet the requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as scientific knowledge evolves and program policies change. This new program goes into effect on October 10, 2006, and will gradually replace the Agency's pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment programs as they are completed.

The Registration Review program will become the framework for managing issues relating to existing pesticides. The program will ensure that the review of each pesticide is based on sound science and provides for public participation, transparency, and efficiency to protect human health and the environment. The Agency will continue to give priority to emerging risk issues as needed to protect human health and the environment.

The Registration Review program will operate continuously, encompassing all registered pesticides, and will adjust the scope and depth of the review in accordance with the complexity of issues associated with each pesticide. Pesticides subject to Registration Review should already have met the data requirements for registration established in 1984. EPA will evaluate the significance of any changes since the last review and decide whether they warrant the submission of additional data or further review of the pesticide?s registration. The Agency will then decide whether existing risk assessments can be used as the basis for a decision, and whether a pesticide continues to meet FIFRA requirements for registration.

For more information about the new program visit: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/. For available documents, which include the rule, public comments received and Agency responses, and other support documents, visit: http://www.regulations.gov and perform an advanced search for Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPP-2004-0404.




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