Type of Assessment:
Registration Review
Title:
Open For Comments:
Feb 22, 2023, 12:00 AM
Comments Due:
Mar 27, 2023, 11:59 PM
Summary:
EPA received applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing sulfoxaflor, a currently registered active ingredient. Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to comment on the application. Applications to Register New Uses. In July 2019, EPA’s Office of PesticideProgram granted a number of amendments to add new uses and make other labeling changes to three existing sulfoxaflor products registered for use under FIFRA. Those amendments were challenged in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Center for Food Safety v. Reagan, 56 F.4th 648 (9th Cir. 2022). Petitioners in that case contended that EPA failed to provide notice and opportunity for comment under FIFRA section 3(c)(4) on the 2010 application for use of sulfoxaflor on citrus, cotton, cucurbits, soybean, and strawberry crops and, for uses registered in 2016, removal of restrictions limiting use to post-bloom applications on berries, canola, okra, ornamentals, pome fruit, potato, stone fruit, fruiting vegetables, nuts, succulent and dry beans; prohibiting use on crops grown for seed; prohibiting tank mixing; and removing a 12’ on-field aerial buffer. The Court agreed with the Petitioners on this issue, requiring EPA to issue a new FIFRA section 3(c)(4) notice with an opportunity for comment on those uses. This notice is intended to address that part of the Court’s mandate.
