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Pesticide News Story: FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel to Review Preliminary Interpretation of a Three-Year Atrazine Monitoring Program
For Release: November 30, 2007
On December 4-7, 2007, EPA will be presenting to the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) its preliminary review and interpretation of the results of a three-year atrazine monitoring program conducted in small streams and creeks associated with corn and sorghum production. As a condition of re-registration, atrazine registrants were required to develop a monitoring program to determine the extent to which atrazine concentrations in streams may be exceeding levels that could cause effects to aquatic communities. If the thresholds were exceeded, then a watershed-based mitigation program could be required.
In this SAP meeting, EPA will be asking the Panel to comment on the Agency’s approach and methodologies for interpreting the results of this ecological monitoring program. Information concerning how to participate in this SAP meeting is available on EPA’s Web site at https://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap/. Further information on EPA’s regulatory actions and risk assessments for atrazine are available through https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/atrazine/.