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James Fischer <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 30 Jan 2014 16:25:32 -0500
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Now here's something on which we can all agree - pesticides should stay put,
and not pollute and contaminate surrounding areas. 
I would expect that many of us would have suggestions on how the EPA could
better evaluate "drift".

Below is EPA's notice, cut-and-pasted in full:

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EPA Seeks Public Comment on Draft Guidance Documents for Evaluating
Pesticide Spray Drift

Proposals Would Further Protect Communities near Fields Where Crops Are
Grown
EPA is announcing the availability of two draft guidance documents for
public comment. These documents describe how off-site spray drift will be
evaluated for ecological and human health risk assessments for pesticides.
EPA is seeking to strengthen its protections for people and the environment
from exposure to pesticides that drift from fields to nearby areas,
including homes, schools and playgrounds. The Agency has a long-standing
history of robust, routine assessments on every chemical to protect
consumers from pesticide risks from treated food, workers who apply
pesticides, and consumers who use pesticides in and around homes. These new
approaches add to these routine assessments and will allow the Agency to
estimate off-site drift, another step to protect communities living near
fields where crops are grown from these exposures. 
The January 29, 2014, Federal Register Notice specifically seeks public
input on these approaches that include: 

* a policy for conducting human health risk assessments associated with the
potential for exposure from off-site drift during pesticide applications and


* an updated method for estimating environmental exposures associated with
spray drift. 

The 60-day public comment period will close on March 31, 2014. Following the
public comment period, EPA will analyze the comments, make appropriate
modifications to these policies and finalize them. The policies will then be
used in pesticide risk assessment. 

For more information, see Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0676-0001 at
www.regulations.gov.

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