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Third Meeting of the Pesticide Spray Drift Workgroup
DRAFT
Third Meeting of the Pesticide Spray Drift Workgroup
Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee
U.S. EPA, (One Potomac Yard)
4th Floor Conference Room (South Bldg.) – Room S-4370
2777 South Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA
September 6 & 7, 2006
Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006
9:00 a.m. Welcome - Jim Hanlon – EPA Office of Water (OW), Anne Lindsay – EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
9:20 a.m. Meeting Overview - Anne Lindsay – EPA OPP
9:30 a.m. Drift Reduction Technology Report - Jay Ellenberger – EPA OPP
9:45 a.m. DRT report discussion with workgroup
10:00 a.m. Permethrin Case Study - OPP – Jacqueline Guerry, Dave Brassard, Kevin Costello
Overview of Permethrin
- Status of Permethrin Reregistration Eligibility Decision
- Summary of All Use Patterns
- Reported Clean Water Act Listings and Ecological Incidents
- Current Spray Drift Language on Labels
10:30 a.m. BREAK
Discussion of Agricultural and Public Health Uses
- Application Methods [Ground(horizontal) boom, Airblast, and Aerial Applications]
- Discussion of efficacy considerations relating to application method
- Discussion of factors that contribute to spray drift relevant to each application method
- Revised label language relating to Spray Drift resulting from the RED
12:00 p.m. Public Comment
12:15 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m. Labeling Considerations
Background Information on Labeling
- What types of information appear in labeling
- Layout and structure of labeling
- FIFRA Misbranding provisions,
- Regulations: 40 CFR 156, WPS provisions,
- Policies:
- PR Notice 2005-1 for mosquito adulticide labeling
- PR Notice on mandatory vs. advisory statements
- General principles
- Protectiveness (science-based standard)
- Practicality: clarity/feasibility/flexibility
- Enforceability
2:00 p.m. Workgroup Charge & discussion
Breakout Groups
- Aerial application
- Ground (horizontal) boom application
- Airblast application
- Public health & areawide programs (such as mosquito control)
Menu of Measures for Reducing Drift/Labeling Worksheet
- Technology
- Training/education
- Weather/metrological considerations
- Application rates
- Location considerations (water bodies, schools, neighbors ...)
Charge question for breakout groups
- For your use pattern, suggest how labeling should be drafted to mitigate drift from pesticide applications.
- How will you know that what you have is better or good?
2:45 p.m. BREAK
3:00 p.m. Breakout Groups meet
5:30 p.m. Adjourn
6:30 p.m. Dinner Venue
Thurdsay, Sept. 7, 2006
8:30 a.m. Recap of yesterday’s meeting
8:40 a.m. General discussion of Breakout Group process
9:00 a.m. Breakout group discussions continue
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Breakout Group reports & Plenary Discussion
10:45 a.m. Aerial application
9:15 a.m. Ground (horizontal) boom application
9:45 a.m. Airblast application
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:20 a.m. Public health & area wide programs
10:50 a.m. Discuss recommendations with workgroup
11:45 a.m. Next steps
12:00 p.m. Public comment
12:15 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m. Discuss next steps for spray drift labeling
1:45 p.m. NPDES Rule Update - Allison Wiedeman, EPA-OW, Chief, Water Permits Division
2:00 p.m. Update on the June PPDC meeting - Training Programs Update, Farm workers & drift issues, Anne Lindsay (OPP)
2:15 p.m. Group discussion
2:30 p.m. Next steps for Spray Drift WG
3:00 p.m. Adjourn