United States
                  Environmental Protection
                  Agency   	_^
                                      Prevention, Pesticides
                                      And Toxic Substances
                                      (7508WJ
EPA-738-F-95-030'
January 1996
                  R.E.D.   FACTS
                  Nabam
      Pesticide
Reregistration
                    All pesticides sold or distributed in the United States must be
               registered by EPA, based on scientific studies showing that they can be
               used without posing unreasonable, risks to people or the environment.   •
               Because?19fea,4Y^^S^itlmtif^ knowledge, the law requires that'
               pesticides^whiclirw3|re!g.r§t£r1fgis|e^d before November 1, 1984, be
               reregistered to ensure that they meet today's more stringent standards.
                   In evaluating pesticides for reregistration, EPA obtains and reviews a
               complete set of studies from pesticide producers, describing the human
               health.and environmental effects of each pesticide. The Agency develops '
               any mitigation measures or regulatory controls needed to effectively reduce
               each pesticide's risks. EPA then reregisters pesticides that can be used  -'•
               without posing unreasonable risks to human health or the environment.
                   When a pesticide is eligible for reregistration, EPA explains the basis
               for its decisipn in a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document.
               This fact sheet summarizes the information in the RED document for
               reregistration case 0641, Nabam.

                   Nabam is a fungicide/bactericide/algicide used in aquatic 'nonfood
               industrial, indoor nonfood, terrestrial nonfood and indoor food use sites.
               Nabam is currently registered for the control of algae, slime-forming
               bacteria and slime-forming fungi in the following:  air washer water
               systems, commercial/industrial water cooling systems (includes shipboard
             .  seawater cooling systems), evaporative condenser water systems, oil
               recovery drilling muds/packer fluids, pulp/paper mill water systems,
               secondary oil recovery injection water, fuels/oil storage tank bottom water
               additive, pasteurizer/warmer/cannery cooling water systems, specialty
               industrial products (flue gas desulfurization thickeners), and food
               processing water systems (cane and beet sugar mill processing water -
               regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)).

Reg U latQry       Nabam .was first registered in the United States in 1948 as a broad
    History   spectrum fungicide used to prevent crop damage by fungi, to protect
               harvested products from deterioration, and as an industrial microbiocide..
               Nabam and the other LKBC pesticides, mancozeb, maneb and metiram
               have been the subject of twa Special Reviews based on the presumption
   Use Profile

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                    that the EBDCs and their common metabolite, ETU, posed potential risks to
   .                 human health and/or the environment in the following areas:
                   . carcinogenicity, developmental toxicity, and acute toxicity to aquatic
                    organisms. Three additional areas of concern identified were thyroid
                    toxicity, mutagenicity, and skin sensitization.
                         EPA initiated the first Special Review in 1977 and concluded it in
                    1982, issuing a Final Position Document (PD 4) that required risk reduction
                    measures to prevent unreasonable adverse effects pending development of
                    additional data needed to better assess the risks.  An additional label
    ,                statement was required to warn users of hazards to fish, and additional
       ,             protective clothing was required to mitigate potential risks of
                    developmental and thyroid effects to applicators. Additional exposure data
 ,    .    •    '       were required to address mutagenic effects,, but it was determined that the
             •  .-     skin sensitization effect did aot ultimately "meet the. criteria for  a Special
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                    Dietary Exposure
                         Dietary exposure to residues of nabam from EPA-regulate'd uses is
                    not expected.     -...--'"                                     ,
                    Occupational  and Residential  Exposure
                         The toxicological endpoint of concern for occupational and residential
                    exposure to nabam is systemic tbxicity based on a rabbit developmental
                    study and from exposure to ETU. The calculated Margins of Exposure
                    (MOE = NOEL/exposure) for nabam are acceptable (greater than 100) for
                    all uses except two. Exposures to handlers using open pour liquid
       ,            _ formulations in cooling water systems (e.g. towers) and open pour solid
                    formulations to drilling muds & packing fluids and secondary & tertiary oil
                    recovery water systems are unacceptable (less than 100) without the
                    additionarrisk mitigation requirements imposed in the nabam RED.
                    Human Risk Assessment.
                        ' Human risk from dietary exposure was not assessed because nabam
                    has no registered'food uses under EPA purview.
                         Risks to handlers (mixers/loaders/applicators) of nabam and  its
                    contaminant ETU are acceptable except for open-pour liquid applications in
   -   .  . -  '         water cooling systems and open-pour solid applications to drilling muds
                    and packer fluids.  To minimize the risks to handlers from these scenarios,
 . •   -               EPA is requiring liquid formulations in water cooling systems (e.g. towers)
                    to be applied by mechanical loading delivery systems (such as metering
                    pump, gravity fed, manual pump, pressurized, probe, etc.) and is
                    prohibiting open-pour applications. The Agency is also requiring  that dry
                    formulations of nabam be placed in water-soluble packaging. Additipnally,
                    since all the exposure studies were  conducted with handlers wearing
                    chemical-resistant gloves and there were not sufficient data to predict the
                    probable exposure without chemicalrresistant gloves, EPA  is requiring use
                    of baseline PPE (chemical-resistant gloves) for all nabam end-use product
                    labeling.

Environmental   Environmental  Fate
   Assessment        The Agency requires only a limited set of ecotoxicology and
                    environmental fate studies for microbiocides. While the hazard to aquatic
                    organisms from nabam has been characterized, a quantitative risk
                    assessment has not been conducted. Risks to aquatic organisms resulting
                    from the discharge of effluent containing nabam are regulated under the
                    NPDES permitting program of the  Agency's Office of Water. Labels for all.
         ,           nabam pesticide products must require that discharges to aquatic
         ,           environments comply with an NPDES permit            . '
                    Ecological  Effects
                       .   Existing studies show that nabam was found to be practically
                    nontoxic to birds on an acute oral and subacute dietary basis.and practically

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    Risk Mitigation
   Additional  Data
           Required
 Product Labeling
Changes Required
 nontpxic to bees. Available data indicate that nabam is slightly to
 moderately toxic to both cold and warm water fish and. moderately toxic to
 freshwater invertebrates. Additionally, nabam ranged from being highly
 toxic to practically nontoxic to estuarine/marine organisms. Ecological
 effects testing of ETU previously had been required; however, because of
 the current limited uses of nabam,.these tests are not required at this time.
 Ecological Effects Risk Assessment
      The Agency does not anticipate any exposure of concern to fish and
 wildlife, providing that all nabam products require that discharges to the
 environment comply with, all disposal laws or a NPDES permit.

      Xo lessen the risks of nabam to handlers, EPA is requiring the
 following risk mitigation measures.         - •                     ,
 o All liquMfdrMmf&WMn^^
 applied by mechaiiieafiMidM^ M&v®fyz®y$i®ffi$! (such?asj-sretering'pump,
 gravity fedi, manual pump, pressurized, probe, etc.).
 o Open-pour applications are prohibited.
 o Dry formulations of nabam must be marketed in water-soluble packaging.
 o Use of baseline PPE (chemical-resistant gloves) is required for all nabam
 end-use products.

      EPA is not requiring any additional generic studies for nabam
 however, several previously required studies still have data deficiencies.
 These  studies are upgradable with the submission of acceptable data. See
 Appendix B of the Nabam RED for specific data deficiencies.
      . For the reregistration of nabam products, the Agency is requiring
 product-specific data including product chemistry and acute toxicity
 studies, revised Confidential Statements of Formula (CSFs), and revised
 labeling.                     :                      "

      All nabam end-use products must comply with EPA's current
 pesticide product labeling requirements,^ arid with the following labeling
 requirements.  For the complete text of labeling changes required, please
 see the nabam RED document.
 Minimum (Baseline) PPE/Engineering Control Requirements
 The minimum (baseline) PPE for all occupational uses of nabam end-use
 products is:
       Minimum PPE:
       "Applicators and other handlers must wear:
      —long-sleeve shirt and long pants
       --chemical-resistant gloves*,                         '
..;••,:,;'*;''t§og|cs plus-shoes   . '      .•••'.-..'••.'

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     *For the glove statement, use the statement established for nabam
     through the instructions in Supplement Three of PR Notice 93-7.
Engineering Control Requirements
For liquid formulations;    ,'    •  '
     In the "Directions For Use" portion of the label referring to these uses,
     registrants must insert the following language:
          "This product must be loaded and transferred only using a
          metering-pump system or a closed loading/application system
     ,     for the following uses: (list each of the following uses for
          which the end-use product is labeled: air washer water systems;
          -commercial/industrial water cooling systems (includes
          shipboard seawater cooling systems); evaporative condenser
          . water systems; pasteurizer/warm er/cannery cooling water-
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          systems; and jleat,exchanger wateisyaterns.}. Open pouring is
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For dry formulations:
          All nabam end-use products formulated as a dry formulation
          must be placed in water-soluble packaging.
Other  Labeling Requirements
Registrants must specify on labeling the complete directions for use for
each use pattern: site of application, type of application, timing of
application, equipment used for application, and the rate of application
(dosage).
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Products Intended Primarily for Occupational Use
The Agency is requiring that the following statements be located on labels
of all end-use products containing nabam that are. intended primarily for
occupational use.
     Application Restrictions
     "Do not apply this product in a way that will contact workers or other
     persons."  ,
     User Safety Requirements  .
     1. Registrant: place the following statement on the end-use product
     label if coveralls are required for pesticide handlers:
     "Discard clothing or other absorbent materials that have been
     drenched or heavily contaminated with this product's concentrate. Do
     not reuse them."
     2. Registrant: place the following statement on the end-use product
     label:
     "Follow manufacturer's instructions fqrcleaning/maintaining
     PPE. If no such instructions exist for washables, use detergent
     and hot water. Keep and wash PPE  separately from other
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 Regulatory
Conclusion
     User Safety Recommendations            ;
   .  •    "Users should wash hands before eating, drinking, chewing
          gum, using tobacco, or using the toilet."
     •    "Users should remove clothing immediately if pesticide gets
          inside. Then wash thoroughly and put on clean clothing."
     •    "Users should remove PPE immediately after handling this
          product. Wash the outside of gloves before removing. As soon
   . -    as possible, wash thoroughly arid change into clean clothing."
     Skin Sensitizer Statement             .
     "This product may cause skin sensitization reactions in some people."
Clarification of Oil Drilling Mud Use
The following statement must be added to the labels for terrestrial non-food-
oil/gairftiSfe                 fluids:
     "For uselntt^i*e"stfi-atWel$^oril^.'te «as not assessed oecd.uac nauam
And the following statement must be added to the precautionary labeling:
     "Do not apply in marine and/or estuarine oil fields."
The following statement must be added to the labels for aquatic non-food
industrial oil/gas drilling muds and packer fluids:
     "For use in offshore wells only."
For use in both terrestrial arid offshore oil/gas drilling muds and packer
fluids, the following statement must be added:
     "This product niay be used for terrestrial and offshore oil/gas drilling
     muds and packer fluids."

     The use of currently registered products containing nabam in
accordance with approved labeling will not pose unreasonable risks or
adverse effects to humanjs or the environment. Therefore, all uses of these
products are eligible for reregistration.
     Nabam products will be reregistered once the required product-
specific data, revised Confidential Statements of Formula, and revised
labeling are received and accepted by EPA.
   For More
Information
     EPA is requesting public comments on the Reregistration Eligibility-
Decision (RED) document for nabam during a 60-day time period, as
announced in a Notice of Availability published in the Federal Register.  To
obtain a copy of the RED document or to submit written comments, please
contact the Pesticide Docket, Public Response and Program Resources
Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP), US EPA, Washington, DC 20460, telephone 703-305-5805.
     Electronic copies of the RED and this fact sheet can be downloaded.
from the Pesticide Special Review and Rerigistratiott Information System

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at 703.-308-7224. They also are available on the Internet on EPA's gopher
server, GOPHER.EPA.GbV, or using ftp on FTP.EPA.GOV, or using
WWW (World Wide Web) on WWW.EPA. GO V.
     Printed copies of the RED and fact sheet can be obtained from EPA's
National Center for Environmental, Publications and Information
(EPA/NCEPI), PO Box'42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-0419, telephone
513-489-8190, fax 513-489-8695.          :            ,       '
     Following the comment period, the nabam RED document also will
be available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285
Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, telephone 703-487-4650.
     For more information about EPA's pesticide reregistration program,
the nabam RED, or reregistration of individual products containing nabam,
please contact the Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508W),
OPP, US' BPAirMasM-agtOFr?fiC"2046Qr teteptorielOS-SiQS-^SOeOs' --
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in recognizing and managing pesticide poisoning symptoms, please contact
the National Pesticides Telecommunications Network (NPTN). Call toll-
free i-800-858-7378, between 9:30 am and 7:30 pm Eastern Standard
Time, Monday through Friday.                                  •

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