Pesticide Registration Notice PR 98-4. Notice to Manufacturers, Formulators,Producers, Distributors and Registrants of Pesticide Products. Additional Guidance on Final FIFRA Section 6(a)(2) Regulations for Pesticide Product Registrants

摘要

On September 19, 1997, EPA published in the Federal Register the final rulecodifying EPA's interpretation and enforcement policy regarding section 6(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), which requires pesticide registrants to report information concerning unreasonable adverse effects of their products to EPA (62 FR 49370). The purpose of the rule is to clarify what information to submit, how and when to submit it, as well as which failures to report information, or delays in reporting, will be regarded by EPA as violations of FIFRA section 6(a)(2), actionable under FIFRA section 12(a)(2)(B)(ii) and 12(a)(2)(N). Additional issues were raised which the Agency has decided to address in this PR notice. In addition to providing guidance on the details of the June 19, 1998 Final Rule and Technical Corrections and other matters, this PR notice notifies registrants of the elimination of a reporting requirements for at least one year.