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EPA PROPOSES TO REVOKE RESIDUE LIMITS FOR PREVIOUSLY CANCELED PESTICIDE USES
Release Date: 04/09/99
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1999
EPA PROPOSES TO REVOKE RESIDUE LIMITS FOR
PREVIOUSLY CANCELED PESTICIDE USES
PREVIOUSLY CANCELED PESTICIDE USES
EPA is proposing to revoke over 200 tolerances (pesticide residue limits) that had previously been established for pesticides used on a variety of food products. This proposal follows-up earlier actions on canceled pesticides or uses. The review of these tolerances is part of the tolerance reassessment process that EPA is conducting under the Food Quality Protection Act. EPA has reassessed more than 2,300 tolerances of the approximately 3,200 needed to meet the August 1999 goal of reassessing 33% of tolerances existing when the law was enacted. There are 15 active ingredients associated with this proposal. During the 60-day comment period following publication of the proposal, EPA is providing pesticide manufacturers, growers and other potentially affected groups with an opportunity to comment on these revocations and other changes mentioned in the proposal. Copies of the proposed rule, which was published in the Federal Register on April 7, may be obtained from: https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST.
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