Unit 13 Regulation of Pesticides

1. Unit 13 Regulation of Pesticides Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

2. Pesticide Classifications • General use • Restricted use • Under supervision of certified applicator • Record keeping required

3. Certification of Applicators • Private applicators • Commercial applicators • Delegated to the states

4. Registration Requirements • Composition warrants proposed claims • Labeling complies with FIFRA • No unreasonable risks to people or the environment • Economic, social & environmental costs and benefits • No unreasonable risk to the environment

5. Risk evaluation factors • Carcinogenicity • Reproductive effects • Immunological effects • Neurological effects • Impact on groundwater • Impact on wildlife and fish • Toxicity • Available alternatives

6. Regulatory web sites • http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ • http://www.agr.state.nc.us/fooddrug/pesticid/index.htm • http://www.agr.state.nc.us/str-pest/

7. Registration • 15 year duration • Conditional/emergency registration • Cancellation • After 15 year review • For unreasonable risk

8. Requirements for maintaining registration • Manufacturers must keep records • Report adverse effects • Developer’s data kept confidential

9. Pesticide residues in foods (tolerances) • Set by EPA in conjunction with FDA • Regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act • Delaney Amendment (1958) - repealed 1996 • Monitoring - EPA, FDA, & USDA jointly

10. State programs • Authorized under FIFRA • Numerically largest area of environmental enforcement

11. State programs • 24(c) authority • w/in state • valid for 90 days if disapproved by EPA • tolerance or exemption established under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act • EPA may w/dr authority if state cannot exercise adequate controls