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PA EPA ISSUES PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR SELF-CERTIFYING CHEMISTRY DATA ON PESTICIDES
Release Date: 01/23/98
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1998
EPA ISSUES PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR SELF-CERTIFYING CHEMISTRY DATA ON PESTICIDES
EPA has issued a notice permitting pesticide registrants to self-certify that product chemistry studies for certain pesticides have been conducted in accordance with Agency regulations. The new self-certification process applies only to data on the physical and chemical characteristics of new pesticide products composed of active and/or inert ingredients that already have been registered by EPA, and which are not expected to produce a new chemical. The program is voluntary and will simplify and accelerate the process for reviewing applications to register or re-register pesticides, while maintaining safeguards that protect human health and the environment. It will allow the Agency to focus on reviewing the more critical (e.g., acute toxicity, exposure, and effectiveness data) which must be submitted for review as necessary to protect public health and the environment. Under the new program, registrants of certain products will no longer be required to submit copies of their chemistry studies, but now have the option of submitting an EPA form summarizing their products’ physical and chemical characteristics, a statement certifying the results of the product chemistry studies performed, and a statement certifying that the studies were conducted in accordance with EPA’s Good Laboratory Practice regulations. If these documents are submitted in lieu of the actual chemistry studies, registrants are still required to maintain their study data and, if required, submit the data to EPA at the Agency’s request. EPA’s new self certification program is fully described in a Pesticide Registration notice (PR98-1). The PR98-1 and the self-certification forms are available on the Internet at “Laws and Regulation” https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr, or can be ordered from EPA’s Public Response and Program Resources Branch, 7502C, 401 M Street S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. For more information on the program, registrants may contact Dr. Sami Malak, 7505W, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, telephone: 703-308-9365,
e-mail: malak.sami@epamail.epa.gov.
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