EPA Publishes Registration Review for Neonicotinoid Risk Assessments
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On Thursday, May 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the aquatic ecological assessment for imidacloprid, the combined preliminary pollinator risk assessment for clothianidin and thiamethoxam, and the draft bee assessment for dinotefuran, and opened a public comment period on these three assessment documents. The notice also announced the availability of EPA's Registration Review Update for Four Neonicotinoid Insecticides. The Registration Review Update describes the next steps and information needs for the Agency's registration review of the neonicotinoids.
Included in the announcement is a summary document that responds to certain comments received on the Preliminary Pollinator Assessment for imidacloprid, issued in January 2016. Of note in the summary document is that the Agency expects to use available residential and ornamental exposure data and available toxicity data to assess the non-agricultural uses of the neonicotinoids in the final pollinator risk assessments expected in 2018.
This registration review information was previously published in January, but due to the Regulatory Freeze the publication has now been reissued with a July 24, 2017 comment deadline. NPMA will be working on comments that demonstrate NPMA’s BMPs and the minimal impact structural use patterns have on pollinator health.
