Search Results for keywords:"Office of Pesticide Programs"

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  • 2024-31469 — Draft Pesticide Registration Notice; Establishment of a Plan To Track the Adoption of Bilingual Labeling on End Use Pesticide Product Labels; Notice of Availability and Request for Comment
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 99
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting public comments on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice about tracking bilingual labeling on pesticide product labels. This effort, required by the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2022, aims to monitor how Spanish translations are added to pesticide labels to improve accessibility for farmworkers. The agency emphasizes that while the draft is a guide and not legally binding, it seeks to enhance environmental justice and compliance with safety instructions. Public comments are due by February 3, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to know what people think about a new plan to add Spanish to pesticide labels so everyone understands how to use them safely. They're inviting comments from the public until February 3, 2025.

  • 2021-02576 — Battelle Memorial Institute; Transfer of Data (October 2020)
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 8785
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will transfer certain pesticide-related information, potentially considered Confidential Business Information (CBI), to the Battelle Memorial Institute. This is due to Battelle being awarded a contract to support the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) under specific regulations ensuring the information is properly secured and used only for intended purposes. Battelle will gain access to this information by February 16, 2021, and it will aid their work on the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP), covering areas like toxicological testing and computational toxicology.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA is letting a company called Battelle Memorial Institute look at some secret stuff about pesticides so they can help with a special project. They promise to keep this secret information safe and only use it really carefully.