Put this letter with the
IRED PHORATE
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t —- - UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
I t^M^7 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
USE
AU6272001 OFF.CEOF
PREVENTION, PESTICIDES AND
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
CERTIFIED MAIL
Dear Registrant:
On March 13,2001, the Special Review and Reregistration Division (SRRD) of the
Environmental Protection Agency (hereafter referred to as EPA or the Agency) mailed the
Interim Registration Eligibility Decision (IRED) for Phorate to all registrants with phorate
pesticide registrations. Since that time, SRRD has identified certain errors in the printed version
of the document and has made some minor edits to the IRED document. Please note that the
changes do not impact the regulatory decisions or data requirements as stated in the March 2001
document. This letter is to inform you what changes were made and where the revised or
inadvertently omitted language should be in the IRED document. The Agency will soon post the
revised IRED for Phorate on the EPA website at the following internet address
www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm.
The following changes have been made to the March 2001 document:
On page 43 in the "PPE Requirements Established by the RED1" section, the amended labeling
language "Mixers, loaders, applicators and other handlers must wear:" should be:
Loader, applicators, and other handlers must wear:
* long sleeved shirt and long pants,
* shoes plus socks
In addition loaders must wear:
* chemical-resistant gloves
On page 44 in the "Engineering Controls" section, in the amended labeling language, the filter
type N* should be N2 wherever mentioned (i.e., refer the reader to footnote 2).
On page 44 in the "Engineering Controls" section, the second paragraph of the amended labeling
language reads "Applicators must use an enclosed cab that meets the definition in the Worker
Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides for dermal protection or in an open cab must use
the PPE listed above. In addition the applicator:" The correct language is:
"Applicators must use an enclosed cab that meets the definition in the Worker Protection
Standard for Agricultural Pesticides for dermal protection. In addition the applicator:
must wear PPE specified above,
Internet Address (URL) • http://www.epa.gov
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must either use an enclosed cab that also provides equivalent respiratory
protection "
Changes were also made to Appendix A. Table of Use Patterns Eligible For Reregistration. On
page 52, the row for the Corn, Field Broadcast Prior to tassel emergence air use has been
deleted since aerial application is prohibited and all uses must be soil incorporated. These
measures are required to mitigate avian risk as well as drinking water concerns.
On page 53, the row for the Peanuts Soil banded at pegging ground use has also been deleted
since phorate use on peanuts at pegging is prohibited due to drinking water concerns.
On page 55, a row for use on Lilies and Daffodils (field grown) has been inserted after
Radishes grown for seed (and before Sorghum). It was inadvertently omitted in the March 2001
document and should read as:
Lilies and Daffodils (field grown)
Soil incorporated at
plant or as side
dressing after
planting (For State
Registrations Only)
10%G
[CA87006900]
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N/A
As mentioned above,.the Agency will post the correct Phorate IRED soon, but if you have
any questions concerning the pesticide phorate or any questions about the changes to the printed
phorate IRED previously mailed to you, please feel free to contact John Pates, the Chemical
Review Manager (CRM) for phorate at (703) 308-8195 or John Leahy, SRRD Team Leader for
phorate at (703) 305-6703. Please note that as of August 13th, I have been reassigned within OPP
and I am no longer the Chemical Review Manager for phorate but I will assist John Pates (the
new CRM) during the transition,period.
Sincerely,
Ben Chambliss
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