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Pesticide News Story: Schedule for First Four Years of Registration Review Available
For Release: October 6, 2006
EPA has issued a schedule for the registration review program, the periodic review of all registered pesticides mandated by section 3(g) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The schedule takes effect on October 10, 2006, the effective date of the registration review program.
This schedule is a timetable for opening dockets for the first four years of the registration review program and shows how EPA plans to begin meeting its statutory goal of reviewing all registered pesticides every 15 years. EPA expects a total of about 676 registration review cases, comprising about 1,075 pesticide active ingredients, to undergo registration review. To review each of these pesticides every 15 years, the Agency plans to make decisions on 45 or more registration review cases (about 70 pesticide active ingredients) each year.
Each pesticide’s place on the schedule is generally determined by its baseline date -- the date of its last substantive review -- with the oldest cases going first. The baseline date for a pesticide that was subject to reregistration is the date of the Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) or Interim RED. The baseline date for pesticides that were not subject to reregistration is the registration date of the first product containing the active ingredient. Although the schedule generally is constructed chronologically, some registration review cases in years two through four are grouped in the schedule for greater efficiency. For example, pesticides that are chemically related or use-related (e.g., organophosphate and carbamate chemical classes, the coppers group, and the pyrethroids, pyrethrins, and syngergists group) would be reviewed during the same time frame.
EPA is announcing this schedule as provided in Sections 155.42(d) and 155.44 of the Procedural Regulations for Registration Review: Final Rule. The Agency may consider issues raised by the public or registrant when reviewing a posted schedule, to schedule a pesticide registration review, or to modify the schedule of a pesticide registration review as appropriate. This schedule will be updated at least once every year.
- Background information on the program is provided at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/
- An explanation of the schedule is at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/explanation.htm
- The current schedule is available at: https://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/schedule.htm