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EPA UPDATES STATE REGULATORS ON VARIOUS PESTICIDE ISSUES -- Topics included details on the draft pesticide container recycling rule slated for proposal later this year; an emerging issue with pre-registration reviews of a pesticide's potential water-quality risks; degradate data-tracking for 14 pesticide active ingredients; EPA's antimicrobial testing program; potential enforcement conflicts with implementing the Endangered Species Protection Program; and updates to EPA's Label Review Manual.
RETIRING EPA PESTICIDE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL SHARES PARTING THOUGHTS -- EPA's Jack Neylan recently retired after a distinguished 40-year career in pesticide enforcement, but not before granting an exclusive, candid interview with Insider on what is, what was, and what needs to come at headquarters and in the regions.
A PESTICIDE.NET PROFILE OF JACK NEYLAN -- Tracing Jack Neylan's career at EPA, from its inception in 1970 through the present, provides a roadmap on the history of pesticide enforcement in the United States.
PESTICIDE SPRAY DRIFT REPORT FINISHED, MINUS CONSENSUS ON 'HARM' -- After tortuous debate between industry and environmentalists, a final report emerges with a number of recommendations for regulating pesticide spray drift, but without agreement on what constitutes harm and thus how to stop it. One prominent environmentalist goes so far as to accuse EPA of using the process to justify, rather than eliminate, spray drift.
STATE PESTICIDE REGULATORS ADDRESS WATER QUALITY ISSUES -- State regulators are tackling the issue of using antimicrobials in agricultural chemigation systems; pesticide use, in general, in home irrigation systems; new water-quality performance measures for "pesticides of interest"; a public, web-based database being developed for pesticide water-quality reporting by the states; and pesticide container and recycling issues, including a concern that the Ag Container Recycling Council program may not remain available.
CALIFORNIA TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON METAM SOIL FUMIGANTS -- State regulators want additional safety restrictions on the use of metam soil fumigants, which are among the most widely used agricultural pesticides in California and throughout the rest of the U.S.
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