🌱EPA Announces Emergency Exemption for Isocycloseram in Onion Farming
EPA is announcing a specific exemption request from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to use the insecticide isocycloseram (CAS No. 2061933-85-3) to treat up to 2,500 acres of bulb onion to control onion thrips. The applicant proposes the use of a new chemical which has not been registered by EPA. Due to the urgent nature of the emergency, the limited time available to authorize this request in time for the use season, and the recently concluded public participation process for the related proposed Section 3 product registration for the same use, EPA has eliminated the public comment period. Nonetheless, interested parties may still contact the Agency with information about this notice and treatment program.
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We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a revised draft environmental assessment relative to permitting the release of the blister mite, Aceria salsolae De Lillo and Sobhian (Acari: Eriophyidae), for the biological control of Russian thistle (Salsola tragus L.) within the contiguous United States. Based on the revised draft environmental assessment and other relevant data, we have reached a preliminary determination that the release of this control agent within the contiguous United States will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. We are making the revised draft environmental assessment available to the public for review and comment.
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