Pesticide Registration Review Program Update

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1 Pesticide Registration Review Program Update Washington Small Fruit Conference November & December 2017 Yu-Ting Guilaran, Director Pesticide Re-evaluation Division Office of Pesticide Programs US Environmental Protection Agency

2 Overview Mission and Regulatory Framework Registration Review Program Update Overview Status of specific active ingredients Emergency Exemption Requests - Section 18s

3 EPA Office of Pesticides Mission Ensure that pesticides are safe and available to growers and other users Make best possible regulatory decisions to protect public health and the environment Be consistent with core principles Sound science pesticide decisions based on best available data and current science Transparency to growers, regulated community, and public Continue to meet Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) standards 3

4 Pesticide Registration Review Regulatory Framework Statutory Mandate FIFRA Section 3(g) Requires review of each registered pesticide every 15 years First round of registration review started in Oct Scope ~725 cases encompassing over 1,100 pesticide active ingredients (A.I.) Conventional, antimicrobial, and biopesticides Statutory Deadline EPA must complete review of all pesticides by 10/1/2022 4

5 Pesticide Registration Review Process and Public Participation Public Comment Opportunities Open Docket (Preliminary Work Plan - PWP) & Final Work Plan (FWP) Draft Risk Assessment (DRA) Final Risk Assessment and Proposed Interim Decision (PID) Interim or Final Decision (ID)

6 Pesticide Registration Review Process Preliminary & Final Work Plan Use/usage of pesticides, anticipated risk assessments, and associated data gaps Overall schedule Draft Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments Stakeholders often provide clarifications of use(s) or additional refinement information Proposed Interim Decision Proposes risk management decisions based on stakeholder discussions (e.g. registrants, grower groups, USDA, etc.) Revise risk assessments, as needed, and respond to comments Interim or Final Decisions Response to comments on the proposed interim decisions Finalizes the interim decisions with label change information, if applicable 6

7 Pesticide Registration Review Status 457 conventional pesticide cases All preliminary work plans completed All final work plans completed DCIs expected to be completed in early 2018 By October 2022, OPP must complete: ~180 draft risk assessments ~270 proposed interim decisions ~300 final or interim decisions 7

8 Registration Review Status Update Captan Oxamyl Methomyl Malathion Diazinon Phosmet Pyrethroids Neonicotinoids 8

9 Registration Review Update Captan Registration review began in 2013 Received comments from the Northwest Horticultural Council on tolerance issues (trade irritants) and on important uses of captan to growers Expects to release draft risk assessments in 2018 Expects to issue Proposed Interim Decision in late 2018 (or early 2019)

10 Registration Review Update Oxamyl Registration review draft risk assessments posted for public comments in September 2017 Comment period closed on November 13, 2017 Expects to issue Proposed Interim Decision in mid 2018

11 Registration Review Update Methomyl Expects to release Draft risk assessments in early 2018 One of the pilot chemicals for Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation with the Services Expects to issue Proposed Interim Decision in 2019

12 Registration Review Update Malathion Draft Human Health risk assessment was published in 2016 Comments were received from Washington Friends of Farms and Forests and The Minor Crop Farmer Alliance emphasizing the benefits of malathion use on small fruits and minor crops Final Biological Evaluation completed in January 2017 Expects to issue Proposed Interim Decision in late 2019 (or early 2020)

13 Registration Review Update Diazinon The draft human health risk assessment was published in May 2017 the comment period closed on July 24, 2017 Final Biological Evaluation published in January 2017 Expects to issue Proposed Interim Decision in late 2019 (or early 2020)

14 Registration Review Update Phosmet (Imidan) Draft human health risk assessment released for public comment in May 2017 comment period closed on September 22, 2017 Expects to issue Proposed Interim Decision late 2019 (or early 2020)

15 Registration Review Update Pyrethroids In 2016, EPA released a streamlined draft ecological risk assessment for pyrethroids (~20 chemicals) Public comment period closed in July 2017 In 2016 and 2017, EPA released most of the draft human health risk assessments We expect to completed the remaining ones in early 2018 Information from pyrethroid registrants that may refine pyrethroid hazard evaluation Expects to issue Proposed Interim Decision in late 2018

16 Registration Review Update Neonicotinoids Agency released preliminary pollinator assessment in 2016 for imidacloprid and in 2017 for clothianidin, thiamethoxam, and dinotefuran Expects to release draft ecological assessments for other taxa and remaining draft human health assessments in early 2018 Expects to issue the final pollinator assessments, as well as the proposed interim decision, in mid

17 Emergency Exemption Requests Recent trend of emergency exemption requests included: New active ingredients Chemistries that require cumulative assessment, or Older chemistries, including those previously cancelled EPA strongly encourage State Lead Agencies (SLA) to request a pre-consultation meeting for emergency exemptions We aim to make a decision within 50 days Partners with the SLAs to meet the needs of stakeholders faced with emergency situations

18 Thank you! Questions?