Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
H.R. 7940
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Agriculture
Sponsor Name
Neguse
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Colo.
Issue
10
Volume
50
Update Issue
24
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. H4218

would amend FIFRA to fully protect the safety of children and the environment, and remove dangerous pesticides from use.

S. 4406
Update Type
Bills Introduced
Committee Name
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Sponsor Name
Udall
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.M.
Issue
10
Volume
50
Update Issue
24
Update Volume
50
Congress Number
116
Congressional Record Number
166 Cong. Rec. S4728

would amend FIFRA to fully protect the safety of children and the environment, and remove dangerous pesticides from use.

85 FR 15168
03/17/2020
Update Type
Notices

EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on draft biological evaluations for the registration review of the pesticides carbaryl and methomyl under the ESA. 

85 FR 15168
Volume
50
Issue
5
Update Volume
50
Update Issue
9
84 FR 55314
10/16/2019
Update Type
Notices

EPA announced the availability of draft human health and ecological risk assessments for the registration review of paraquat dichloride.

84 FR 55314
Volume
49
Issue
12
Update Volume
49
Update Issue
30
84 FR 52502
10/02/2019
Update Type
Notices

EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on its document titled Antimicrobial Performance Evaluation Program (APEP): A (Draft) Risk-Based Strategy to Ensure the Effectiveness of Hospital-Level Disinfectants, which provides a framework to ensure that registered hospital-level disinfectants and tuberculocide products continue to meet Agency efficacy standards once they are in the marketplace.

84 FR 52502
Volume
49
Issue
12
Update Volume
49
Update Issue
28
H.R. 1029
Update Type
Chamber Action
Issue
8
Volume
48
Update Issue
19
Update Volume
48
Congress Number
115
Congressional Record Number
164 Cong. Rec. S4771

which would amend FIFRA to improve pesticide registration and other activities under the Act, and extend and modify fee authorities, was passed by the Senate. 

83 FR 20004
05/07/2018
Update Type
Proposed Rules

EPA withdrew several rulemaking efforts listed in the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda for which the Agency no longer intends to issue a final regulatory action, including the groundwater and pesticide management plan rule (proposed June 26, 1996) and registration requirements for antimicrobial pesticide products (proposed September 17, 1999).

83 FR 20004
Volume
48
Issue
7
Update Volume
48
Update Issue
14
83 FR 12385
03/21/2018
Update Type
Notices

EPA announced the availability of a Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice 2018-1, "Determination of Minor Use under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Section 2(ll),"  which describes the method used by EPA for evaluating whether a minor use does not provide "sufficient economic incentive;" it supersedes PR Notice 97-2. 

83 FR 12385
Volume
48
Issue
5
Update Volume
48
Update Issue
9
In re Bayer Cropscience LP

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Pesticide Program Office (“Pesticide Program” or “Program”) issued a cancellation notice for flubendiamide, a pesticide conditionally registered in 2008 and 2009 for sale, distribution, and use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”), 7 U.S.C. §§ 136-136y. The Pesticide Program asserts that flubendiamide’s registrants, Bayer CropScience LP (“Bayer”) and Nichino America, Inc. (“Nichino”), refused to comply with a key condition of their registrations.

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