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EPA Extends Comment Period for Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Notifications, Non-notifications and Minor Formulation Amendments
Posted on October 16, 2017 by Lisa M. Campbell
By Lisa M. Campbell, Heather F. Collins, M.S., and Margaret R. Graham On October 5, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of extension of the comment period for the draft guidance Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) 2017-XX: Notifications, Non-notifications and Minor Formulation Amendment issued on September 6, 2017. Comments now must be received by EPA on or before December 5, 2017. The notice states that it will “allow stakeholders additional time to submit comments on the proposed guidance.” Eleven comments were filed in the docket, most of which expressed significant concern with changes EPA is proposing, in addition to requesting an extension to the previous deadline which was set to end on October 6, 2017. EPA states that PR Notice 2017-XX will update and clarify “the scope of changes accepted by notification, non-notification and minor formulation amendments for all pesticide products, and supersedes both PR Notices 95-2 and 98-10 in their entirety.” A full summary of the changes in the draft guidance is available in our blog item "EPA Releases Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Notifications, Non-notifications, and Minor Formulation Amendments." Some of the more substantive comments noted the following issues:
More information on this draft notice and other pesticide registration notice issues is available on our blog under key phrase Pesticide Registration Notice. |
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