FYI, quoted below from:


EPA Pesticide Program Update
from EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs 06/09/03
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides

IN THIS UPDATE:

PESTICIDE FEDERAL REGISTER ITEMS FOR THE WEEK
OF JUNE 2-6, 2003

Title:  Exemptions from the Requirement of a Tolerance for
Thymol and Eucalyptus Oil on Honey and Honeycomb
Date of publication:  June 6, 2003
Citation:  Volume 68, Number 109, Pages 33876-33882
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/2003/June/Day-06/
p14198.htm
Purpose:  This regulation establishes time-limited exemptions
from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of thymol and
eucalyptus oil on honey and honeycomb. This action is in
response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under
section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of these pesticides
in beehives. This regulation eliminates the need to establish
a maximum permissible level for residues of thymol and
eucalyptus oil in or on honey and honeycomb. These time-
limited exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for
residues of the thymol and eucalyptus oil will expire and
are revoked on June 30, 2005.
Chemical(s):  Thymol and Eucalyptus Oil
Comments:  This regulation is effective June 6, 2003.
Objections and requests for hearings, identified by docket
ID number OPP-2003-0002, must be received on or
before August 5, 2003.
Contact:  Barbara Madden, Registration Division (7505C),
telephone number: (703) 305-6463; e-mail address:
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Patrick L. Larsen
Project Geoscientist
Stone Environmental, Inc.
Montpelier, VT USA
www.stone-env.com

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