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STAFF PAPER #22

TRAC 7/28/97

OP TOLERANCE REASSESSMENT PROCESS

RISK ASSESSMENT Individual Pesticide Risk Assessment (Action milestone #4)*** Cumulative Risk Methodology (conclude development)& Selection of "best available" data (Action milestone #4) Cumulative (food only) Risk Assessment (ID major drivers for risks to children & women of childbearing age) (Action milestone #4) Residential & Water Methodology (conclude development) and selection of "best available" data (Action milestone #4) Final Cumulative & Aggregate Risk Assessment (Action milestones #4-7)
RISK MANAGEMENT - Tolerance reassessments (FQPA) Pesticide-Specific tolerance reassessments (e.g., no uses/residues, risk exceeders) (meet statutory standard) (Action milestones #1-3 Food-specific tolerance reassessments (focus on "major drivers") (Action milestones #5-7) Complete FQPA tolerance reassessments (Action milestones #5-7)
RISK MANAGEMENT-Reregistration (FIFRA '88) Risk Mitigation Efforts
- Worker
- Residential (children)
- Spray drift
- Ecological
- Ground/surface water
(meet statutory standard) Implement risk mitigation/transition (Action milestones #1-3)
Risk mitigation efforts/start transition for chemicals & products (Action milestones #5-7) Risk mitigation efforts/start transition for chemicals & products (Action milestones #5-7) Risk mitigation efforts/start transition for chemicals & products (Action milestones #5-7) Risk mitigation efforts/start transition for chemicals & products (Action milestones #5-7)

*All science processes to be peer reviewed and go through "notice and comment" before use in final agency risk assessments.
**All risk management activities to involve consultation with public interest, grower, and industry community as appropriate & to incorporate "risk management principles" under development by the TRAC.
***"Action milestone" numbers correspond to boxes/circle numbers on the Straw Risk Management Decision Process flow diagram (staff paper #15,  TRAC 7/13/98).


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