Maine EPA & USDA Pesticide Registration Queries

Topic

Received

Due

Expert contacts

Status & Reply to:

2008

Malathion use on gooseberries

2/12/08

ASAP

David Handley

Reply sent 2/25/08 to Teung.F.Chin@aphis.usda.gov.
No commercial gooseberry production in Maine, no info available on malathion use on gooseberry.

Japanese residue limits on amisulbrom, oxadiargyl, chromafenozide, daimuron, tiadinil, nitrapyrin, novaluron, fenhexamid, penthiopyrad, metaldehyde on wide array of crops and livestock.

January 8

February 1

Steve Johnson, James, Dwyer, Mark Hutton, David Handley

üDone. January 9. Information condensed to comprehensible message and sent to contacts with USDA contact info and request to include me as CC on any comments they send. Query probably irrelevant as only one of the chemicals appears to be registered in Maine. Formulated query sent to PRONewEngland state liaisons.

2007

European Union proposed pesticide tolerances comment period notification: many pesticides on many crops including honey, duck and goose meat, sugar beets, minor fruit and plant products, herbs and spices.

December 17

January 14

Tony Jadczak, Dick Brzozowski, Marjorie Peronto, Barb Murphy, Donna Coffin, Peter Sexton, David Handely, Renae Moran.

üDone. December 19, message sent to contacts with USDA contact info and request to include me as CC on any comments they send.

Malathion on various crops.

October 19

November 2

üNo Maine concerns based on prevoius queries.

Endosulfan label changes

October 10

Deadline not given

Mark Hutton, David Handley, David Yarborough, Frank Drummond, Renae Moran

üAsked for copies of comments to allen.jennings@usda.gov at USDA. Formulated query sent to PRONewEngland state liaisons.

Avitrol on New England crops.

August 24

August 31

PRONewEngland surveys

üDone. August 30 - Reply to Teung.F.Chin@aphis.usda.gov.
Birds reported as important pests on highbush blueberry, sweet corn, raspberry, strawberry, tomato, and beans. But very little Avitrol use reported.

DDVP on livestock: dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, poultry-laying hen, and poultry-broilers.

July 13

July 27

Dee Potter, Rick Kersbergen, Dave Marcinkowski, Gary Anderson, Don Hoenig, Dick Brzozowski, Kathy Hopkins, Donna Coffin, Chip Ridky

üDone. No significant usage reported by contacts. Replies sent July 27 to Don Atwood atwood.don@epa.gov, Eric Olson olson.eric@epa.gov, Susan Bartow bartow.susan@epa.gov, and Allen Jennings allen.jennings@usda.gov.

Nicotine on nursery, ornamental, and greenhouse crops.

May 8

May 29

Lois Stack, Mark Hutton

üDone. Nicotine not important. Reply and information on ME product registrations sent to, Colwell Cook cook.colwell@epa.gov, Wilfred Burr wilfred.burr@ars.usda.gov, and Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, ckk3@cornell.edu

Fusilade on asparagus, carrots, onions, garlic, endive, rhubarb, stone fruits, sweet potatoes and Tabasco peppers

May 7

ASAP

Mark Hutton, Renae Moran

üDone. Specialists given IR-4 email contacts and notified to send comments if they wanted to support continued registration on these crops.

Potential impact of proposed changes to rodenticide registrations on livestock producers. (Brodifacoum, Bromadiolone, Bromethalin, Chlorophacinone, Cholecalciferol, Difethialone, Diphacinone, Warfarin, Zinc Phosphide)

March 22

notification, not a query

UMaine Extension livestock staff

üDone. Message sent March 26.

Ferbam on cherry and grape

March 22

March 29

Renae Moran, David Handley

üDone. Reply to Kent Smith, kent.smith@ars.usda.gov

Data received by EPA on use of soil fumigants for potato, tomato, carrots.

March 22

notification, not a query

Steve Johnson, Jim Dwyer, Mark Hutton

üDone. Notification sent March 26.

Restoration request for use of captan on

cranberry, sweet corn, cabbage, cauliflower, celery plant bed & foliar, collards, cantaloupe, cucumber, eggplant plant bed & foliar, honeydew, kale, leeks, lettuce, muskmelon, mustard greens, peas, pepper plant bed and foliar, pimento plant bed and foliar, pumpkin, rhubarb, rutabaga, shallot, spinach plant bed, squash, tomato plant bed and foliar, turnip, watermelon, soybeans, pears pre-harvest, quince, crabapple, potato

March 12

March 26

Mark Hutton, Steve Johnson, Renae Moran, David Handley, David Yarborough, Charles Armstrong, Matt Williams,

üDone. Responses for all Maine crops sent to David Thomspon, dthompson@aesop.rutgers.edu

Methomyl on sweet corn and head lettuce: rates, applications, timing.

February 21

March 7

Mark Hutton

üDone.
Reply sent to Colwell Cook cook.colwell@epa.gov and Wilfred Burr wilfred.burr@ars.usda.gov

Thiodicarb on sweet corn and head lettuce: rates, applications, timing.

February 21

March 7

Mark Hutton

üDone.
Reply sent to Colwell Cook cook.colwell@epa.gov and Wilfred Burr wilfred.burr@ars.usda.gov

2006

Metaldehyde and iron phosphate for slug control in vegetables and small fruits.

December 11

December 22

David Handley

üDone. Reply send December 11 to John Falkner, Faulkner.John@epamail.epa.gov
Wilfred Burr, Wilfred.burr@ars.usda.gov,
Carrie Koplinka-Loehr ckk3@cornell.edu

Aldicarb for dry beans, field grown ornamentals, seed alfalfa, and soybeans.

December 8

January 16

Rick Kersbergen, Matt Williams, Lois Stack

üDone.
December 8 - Reply to Teung.F.Chin@aphis.usda.gov.
No Maine concerns.

Siduron herbicide on turf and lawns

December 7

January 16

David Yarborough, Lois Stack

üDone.
Reply sent to Harold Coble at harold_coble@ncsu.edu

Malathion on lowbush and highbush blueberries

October 24

October 30

Frank Drummond, David Yarborough, Dave Bell, David Handley

üDone. Reply sent October 25 to Teung.F.Chin@aphis.usda.gov
Proposed label change not a serious concern for either crop.

Malathion on Christmas trees

September 29

October 10

Charlene Donahue, Dee Potter, Calvin Luther

üDone. Reply sent 10/9. Proposed changes do not seem to be a problem for Maine growers.

Dimethoate (all uses: vegetable, pear, field corn, wheat, soybean, conifer seed trees, ornamentals)

August 18

September 12

Jim Dwyer, David Handley, Mark Hutton, Rick Kersbergen, Renae Moran, Lois Stack, Matt Williams, Charlene Donahue

üDone August 18. No concerns for Maine crops.

Copper fungicides (all uses: vegetables, small fruit, tree fruit, field crops, ornamentals)

August 16

October 10

Seanna Annis, Jim Dwyer, David Handley, Mark Hutton, Steve Johnson, Rick Kersbergen, Renae Moran, Lois Stack, Matt Williams, Dave Yarborough

üDone August 17. No concerns for Maine crops.

Malathion query response tables

July 14

no date given

See May 26 query

üDone. Message sent to Paul Whatling, PW.US@cheminova.com,
that Maine comments were not reflected in EPA tables.

MCPB herbicide for canning peas

July 10

ASAP

Mark Hutton

üDone July 21. Registration changes not a concern in Maine. Sent to Harold Coble, USDA harold_coble@ncsu.edu

Imidan REI extension and ban for use in pick your own orchards

June 26

August 8

Glen Koehler

üDone. Comments sent to EPA July 24. Notification to subscribers of Apple Pest Report solicited grower input. Grower comments to EPA docket led to reversal of EPA proposal.

Aliphatic solvents, dormant oils, mineral oils, etc. on forage corn

June 23

July 1

Rick Kersbergen

üDone. Reply sent June 26: No use known. Sometimes mineral oil is used as a carrier and dust reduction additive to mineral mixes for cattle.

Gregg.Bentley@epa.gov Wilfred.burr@ars.usda.gov

Malathion on Alfalfa, Barley, Beans (Lima, snap), Bermuda grass, Blueberry-high-bush, Blueberry-low-bush, Clover, Dry beans, Forage corn, Forage grasses, Lupine as forage or green manure, Lupine as ornamental, Oats, Rye, Sweet corn, Vetch as green manure, Winter wheat.

May 26

May 30

Lois Berg Stack, David Yarborough, Matt Williams, Rick Kersbergen, Mark Hutton, David Handley, Frank Drummond.

üDone. Replies for all targetted crops sent May 30 to
Teung.F.Chin@aphis.usda.gov.

Proposed changes not a problem, with potential exception of constraint on number of applications and minimum interval to control blueberry maggot on lowbush blueberry being inadequate where pest pressure is high.

Aldicarb on Alfalfa, Beans/Peas, Dry Beans/Peas, Potatoes, Soybeans, Sugar Beets, Sunflower

May 26

July 17

ME pesticide registration database link on PRO

üDone. Not registered in Maine. Replies sent to
Teung.F.Chin@aphis.usda.gov

Carobofuran on pine forests, grapes, melons (except watermelons), barley, ornamentals, spinach, flax, oats, soybeans, sugar beets, sunflower, wheat, cranberry

March 6

March 20

Matt Williams, Rick Kersbergen, Lois Stack, Renae Moran, Mark Hutton

üDone. Replies sent for all crops

PCNB

March 6

March 31

Matt Williams, Rick Kersbergen, Mark Hutton

üDone. Replies sent for all crops

EPA biochemical and microbial pesticide registration changes

March 23

June 6

Eric Sideman, Mary Yurlina, Gary Fish, Lebelle Hicks

üDone. No concerns expressed. Replied to EPA Nathanael Martin in martin.nathanael@epa.gov

Dimethoate on woody ornamentals, Xmas trees

March 23

March 31

Lois Stack, Ann Gibbs, Charlene Donahue, Don Ouellette, Dee Potter

üDone. Replies sent sent 3/29/06.
Not significant for woody ornamentals. Xmas growers oppose but I have not seen that response (might have gone to Teung directly). If they send response to me I will forward. Reply to: Teung.F.Chin@usda.gov

Botran on snap beans, celery, lettuce, grapes, apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, prunes, sweet cherries, Christmas trees, conifers.

March 23

April 12

Mark Hutton, David Handley, Renae Moran, Charlene Donahue, Bruce Watt

üDone. Replies sent April 7, 2006
Response sent 3/29/06. Xmas trees not significant. Other crops no response = no concern. Reply to Kent Smith ksmith@ars.usda.gov

Permethrin on alfalfa, soybeans, tree fruits, and numerous vegetables.

March 29

ASAP

Matt Williams, Rick Kersbergen, Renae Moran, Mark Hutton, Jim Dill, Jim Dwyer

üDone April 1. Replies sent.
Keith Dorschner dorschner@aesop.rutgers.edu

Copper fungicides

Jan 06

no reply required

Steve Johnson

üDone. Query defined and forwarded. No concern expressed.

Dimethoate on various crops

Jan 06