New York State with NOD Apiary Products USA Inc. applied for and received
from the EPA a Special Local Needs (SLN) registration for Mite-AwayII
Single Application Formic Acid Pad.  It was granted September 17 (SLN No.
NY-040006)and the first truck load is being delivered to various NY
beekeepers on Monday, October 4.

NY State already had Section 18s in place for Checkmite+ and ApiLife Var,
and registrations for Apistan and Sucrocide (Sucrose Octanoate Ester), so
documentation of the need and requests from the industry were required for
the EPA to even consider the application.

The EPA did not want to support a SLN since the Section 3(full EPA
registration) is scheduled for completion by December 26.  However, they
were convinced to support the issue of a restricted SLN: apply before
October 31,04 and only to be used by beekeepers in NY with 500 or more
hives. To meet these restrictions Mite-AwayII will not be shipped after
October and a minimum order is a half pallet(480 pads).

Mite-AwayII is a pre-packaged, ready-to-use food grade formic acid
treatment.  For more information check out the website at www.miteaway.com
or call 866-483-2929.

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