>>Does anyone on the BEE-L know how the quest to have formic acid approved for
>>use in the U.S. doing?
>>The last thing that I read about it was that the studies were in the hands of
>>the quality assurance division of the IR-4 and should have gone to the EPA in
>>March.
>>Ralph Harrison
 
>I attended a seminar a few weeks ago and the consensus among the scientist
>attending, was that formic acid would be approved, at least for limited use,
>by the end of the year.  They made their assumptions based on their
>discussions with the USDA.
>>Frank Humphrey
 
We were told at our association meeting that EPA was holding up the
approval of formic acid and would require many months before approval.  I
wrote to my congressman, he wrote to EPA, & they responded that the
approved producer (will look up the name after EAS next week, if anyone
wants it -- think it is Mann Lake) had not yet submitted a proposal.  I
called the producer, and was told that they had submitted two proposals,
both rejected (EPA doesn't recognize rejected proposals), and that a third
proposal was imminent.  When asked if we might look for approval by this
fall, the answer was: don't count on it.
Dick Chapin
Montrose, PA
Susquehanna Beekeepers' Assn.
 
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