This PR Notice advised applicants for registration or amended registration that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or “the Agency”) has identified circumstances where it is likely that the Agency can give expedited review and approval to Experimental Use Permit (EUP) applications. In response to requests from interested parties, the Agency has considered what conditions would allow for more timely determinations of whether EUP applications meet the requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996, without significantly increasing the resource burden to the Agency. Through this analysis, EPA has identified circumstances where it believes it can immediately begin to offer expedited review and approval of EUPs without interrupting the priority system described in PR Notices 97-2, 97-3, and 98-7. 

• PRN 2003-2: Expedited Review of Experimental Use Permits for New Uses of Conventional Methyl Bromide & Organophosphate Alternatives, and/or Reduced-Risk Pesticides (PDF)(6 pp, 858 K)