1. Herbicide Registration & Environmental Impact
Chapter 4

2. Applicant Must Provide
Extensive Data on Pesticide
Show effectiveness
Show that it is safe

3. Authority to Regulate Pesticides
Federal level
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
Several sections of Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act (FDCA)
State
Require registration if:
Differ from federal due to
special local needs
emergency pest problems
most be consistent with federal requirements

4. Registration Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Pesticides
Before they are distributed
Before they are sold

5. Who is responsible for what?
FDCA (Food, Drug, Cosmetic Act)
establishes tolerance levels in food
FIFRA (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide Act)
involves the control of pesticides
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
regulations for enforcement of FIFRA

6. EPA Administered by EPA
assure health & environmental concerns balance against benefits of use
product is useful
poses no undue environmental or health hazard
has an appropriate label

7. Pesticide Classification
General - use
Restricted - use
more toxic to humans
require a warning label
precautionary safety handling procedures
a special permit for their use
applied by a certified applicator
mixers, loaders, & applicators wear protective clothing

8. Other Registration Procedures
Experimental Use Permit (EUP)
Special registration procedure
24(c) Section and
Section 18
unique circumstances

9. Information Required Extensive on effectiveness & safety
Emphasis on safety
fate in the environment
environmental impact

10. Research A major cost of a pesticide New herbicide
20 to 50 million dollars
6 to 10 years to develop

11. Research Data Required
Efficacy
General Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Crop Residues
Toxicology
Fate in the Environment
Environmental Impact