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Last week, NALP submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Action on the Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges from the Application of Pesticides (EPA-HQ-OW-2020-0005). The NPDES general permit is required by federal law to be renewed on a five year cycle, with the current general permit expiring on October 31, 2021. The […]
As part of the ongoing reregistration process for all pesticide products in the United States, and in this case for the herbicide glyphosate specifically, NALP submitted comments on EPA’s recently released draft biological evaluation report. In our comments, we articulated our concern that the assumptions used by EPA in deriving their conclusions do not comport […]
Today, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing interim decisions for clopyralid, dithiopyr and triclopyr to address ecological risks. The interim decision (ID) for dithiopyr finalizes enforceable mitigation measures to address spray drift risks of concern. The IDs for clopyralid and triclopyr finalize enforceable mitigation measures to address potential residues in compost in addition […]
The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (mercifully shortened to AAPCO) met virtually this past week. AAPCO is the association that our pesticide regulators belong to as the interact with one another and with the EPA as co-regulators of pesticides. Of interest to the lawn and landscape industry was an extended discussion on the topic […]
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice in the Federal Register of November 27, 2020, opening a 60-day comment period on the draft nationwide biological evaluations for the registration review of the pesticide glyphosate relative to the potential effects on threatened and endangered species and their designated critical habitats. This document extends the comment period for […]
In January 2021, EPA continued its testing which showed the PFAS were most likely formed from a chemical reaction during the container fluorination process which then leached into the pesticide product. After completing a robust quality assurance and quality control process, EPA can confirm that it has detected eight different PFAS from the fluorinated HDPE […]
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opened nominations in the Federal Register to serve on it’s Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) and Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS). To be considered for appointment qualified nominees most hold elected or appointed positions with local, tribal, state or territorial governments. The SCAS has been in place since 1996 […]