United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Series

By Barolo, Daniel M.

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Title:	United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Series
Author:	Barolo, Daniel M.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago M. Barol, B. D. (n.d.). United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Series. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Excerpt: Office of Pesticide Programs Annual Report for 1995 NOTE: The following electronic version does not contain the graphs of the original (paper) version. The graphs have either been converted to tables or omitted where the text contained the same information. This version contains all of the text of the original version. Information on obtaining paper copies is provided in the metadata record that accompanies this document.

Table of Contents
Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Chapter 1: Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview Of Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 New Registrations In 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Other 1995 Registration Achievements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Reinvention/Risk Reduction Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Implementing Acetochlor Registration Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ensuring The Effectiveness Of Antimicrobial Pesticides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Efforts To Improve Pesticide Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Pesticide Chemistry Laboratory Support For Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Chapter 2: Reregistration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Steps In Reregistering Pesticides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1995 Reregistration Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Assessing Exposure To Turf Pesticides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Pesticide Chemistry Laboratory Support For Reregistration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Reducing Pesticide Spray Drift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Chapter 3: Special Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1995 Formal Special Reviews And Follow-up Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Limited Reintroduction Of Aldicarb Use On Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Chapter 4: Field Implementation and Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 A. Field Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Implementing The Worker Protection Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Endangered Species Protection Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Protecting Ground Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Certification And Training Of Pesticide Applicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 B. Communications, Public Response, and Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Outreach And Communications Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Responding To The Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Congressional Relations And Coordination With Other Federal Agencies . . . . . . . 32 National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP) . . . . . . . . 33 International Coordination And Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Regional, State, And Tribal Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Laboratory Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36