Tolerance Petitions
EPA receives petitions from pesticide registrants and others, such as
the USDA Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) proposing the
establishment and/or amendment of regulations for residues of pesticide
chemicals in or on various food commodities under section 408 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). EPA determines that the petition
contains data or information regarding the requirements for such petitions.
EPA does not fully evaluate the sufficiency of the submitted data or whether
the data support granting of the petition before making the petition available
to the public for comment. Additional data may be needed before EPA rules
on the petition.
The petitioner summary of the pesticide petition is published in the
Federal Register, as required by section 408(d)(3) of the FFDCA. The summary
of the petition was prepared by the petitioner and represents the views
of the petitioner. EPA publishes the petition summary verbatim without
editing it in any way. The petition summary announces the availability
of a description of the analytical methods available to EPA for the detection
and measurement of the pesticide chemical residues or an explanation of
why no such method is needed.
EPA accepts comments on the petition for 30 days after Federal Register
publication. These comments are entered in the docket for the pesticide,
and EPA considers them in its review of the petition.
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