SFIREG Hot Issues Panel Presentation and Discussion

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SFIREG Hot IssuesPanel Presentation and
Discussion

• Wednesday, August 22
• Co-presenters Jack Peterson, AAPCO Immediate
  Past President
• Dave Fredrickson, SFIREG Chair
• Cary Giguere, SFIREG Working Committee -
  Pesticide Operations Maintenance
• Joe Zachmann, SFIREG Working Committee Water
  Quality Pesticide Disposal

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Notes on SFIREG

• State-FIFRA Issues Research Evaluation Group
• A network of state officials interested in
  federal/state co-regulation of pesticides under
  FIFRA
• Established by the Association of American
  Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) under
  cooperative agreement with EPA

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A Note on SFIREG (cont.)

• SFIREG
• Two Working Committees with Chairs and members
  separate from full SFIREG
• Water Quality Pesticide Disposal Committee
• Pesticide Operations Management Committee
• Research and develop specific issues issue
  papers ?workgroups
• Report to the full SFIREG

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A Note on SFIREG (cont.)

• SFIREG
• A full committee that acts as states decision
  body for issues forwarded to EPA
• Receive and provide to all State Lead Agencies
  (SLAs) reports on EPA activities and programs

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Association of American
American Association of

• 
  Pesticide Control Officials
• Members - officers charged by law with the
  execution of the state, territorial, provincial,
  and federal pesticide laws.
• Lobbying
• http//aapco.ceris.purdue.edu/
• Contact Grier Stayton - AAPCO-SFIREG_at_comcast.net
  or 1-302-422-8152

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Issues

• 25b
• Recycling rule
• for certification
• Cause marketing
• Drift
• SFIREG Issues

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SFIREG Pesticide Operations Mgmnt.

• E-Labeling - Use of electronic labeling as part
  of the pesticide registration process (Includes
  regulatory and process issues)
• NAFTA Labeling- focused on resolving barriers to
  creating North American pesticide market
• Part Issues Clarifying Enforcement Measures

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SFIREG Water Quality Pesticide Disposal

1. Container/Containment Container Recycling rules
   - research and input for OPP
2. Pesticide degradates and water quality
3. Cooperative agreement performance measures
4. Water resource pesticide benchmarks

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SFIREG WQ PD Activity
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EPA
Clean Water Act
Registration Review
OPP Field Programs
Pesticide of Interest or Concern
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Drought or Flood?

• For success of pesticide water quality programs
  at local, state and federal levels, evaluation
  tools are needed
• Groundwater and Surface Water risk benchmarks
  (reference points) to assess relative risk and
  measure progress

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OPP-OW Renewed Cooperation

• OPP and SFIREG finding ways to increase water
  quality data sharing with OW
• Feed into Clean Water Act/TMDL programs
• Feed into Safe Drinking Water Act programs
• OPP and SFIREG assembling benchmarks for states
  to evaluate water quality
• Useful in absence of state or federal regulatory
  values

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SFIREG Full Committee

• Implementation of new Container / Containment
  Rules
• Endangered Species Labeling and Enforcement
• Unenforceable Label Language
• Mold HVAC Policies and changes

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FULL SFIREG

• Fumigant Review Reregistration
• Certification Training Rule Revision
• WPS Revisions