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Pesticide News Story: Schedule for Next Four Years of Registration Review Available
For Release: November 8, 2007
EPA has issued an updated 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). This program began in fiscal year (FY) 2007 after the final rule became effective. This updated schedule provides the timetable for opening dockets for the next four years of the registration review program – FY 2008 to 2011 and includes information on the FY 2007 cases.
The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003 was recently amended and extended. The Act provides for the continuation of annual pesticide maintenance fees and authorizes their use for registration review. The Act also requires EPA to complete registration review decisions by October 1, 2022 for all pesticides registered as of October 1, 2007. To ensure meeting this requirement, EPA will begin opening approximately 70 dockets annually beginning in fiscal year 2009 and continuing through 2017 so that almost all currently-registered pesticides have dockets opened by 2017. Some biopesticide dockets will be opened in 2018 through 2020. EPA expects a total of 722 pesticide cases comprising 1,135 pesticide active ingredients to undergo registration review by 2022.
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.
- The current schedule is available.
- Background information on the program.
- An explanation of the schedule.