Registration / Reregistration

Agenda

University of California, Davis

April 28 - May 2, 2008

[updated 4/15/08]

Day One
Monday, April 28, 2008

The Pesticide Review Process

Class Location – Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) (bus pick-up at hotel 8:00 a.m.)
8:15 a.m. Registration/Refreshments
8:30 Welcome and Course Overview
Course Goal: for participants to come away with a fuller understanding of the registration /reregistration process in the context of the state/federal relationship.
Dea Zimmerman, PREP coordinator & regional and state liaison, U.S. EPA, Government and International Services Branch, Field and External Affairs Division, Office of Pesticide Programs;
Sanaa Jarrahian, program assistant & PREP logistical coordinator, UC Davis Extension; and
Suzanne Forsyth, academic coordinator & PREP program manager, UC Davis Extension.
9:00 Icebreaker & Introductory Exercise
 
10:00 Break
10:15 OPP’s Mission and Organization & Roles of OECA/Regions/States
Richard Dumas, senior policy advisor, Special Review and Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA; David Stangel, environmental protection specialist, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Agriculture Division, U.S. EPA; & Dea Zimmerman, PREP coordinator & Office of Pesticide Programs field liaison, U.S. EPA
10:45 Overall Pesticide Review Process
bulletApplicable statutes (FIFRA, FFDCA, PRIA I and II)
bulletWhat is a pesticide? What is a device?
Meredith Laws, chief, Insecticide-Rodenticide Branch, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA; & Tom Harris, biologist, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA
11:30 Lunch on the ARC Patio
12:15 p.m. Group Photo on the ARC Patio
12:30 Overall Pesticide Review Process, Continued 
bulletRisk assessment process
Richard Dumas, U.S. EPA
1:45 Break
2:00 Overall Pesticide Review Process, Continued
bulletRisk management considerations
Richard Dumas, U.S. EPA
2:45 Overall Pesticide Review Process, Continued - The Evolution of a Label
bulletBasis
bulletLabeling requirements
bulletLabel Review Manual
bulletWhat is a master label? Supplemental label/labeling? Collateral labeling? E-labeling?
Meredith Laws, U.S. EPA; & Tom Harris, U.S. EPA
3:45 Issues for States in Registration
Lee Davis & Guido Hommelsheim, NC; John Scott, CO; Charlie Clark, FL; Daniel Tuggle, KS
4:15 Adjourn & bus pick-up

Day Two
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Division Overviews

Class Location – Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Overview of the Registration Division
bullet24(c)s (what does EPA do when they receive notice of a SLN? how do states determine adverse effects? 40 CFR 162.153? )
bulletLiability disclaimer
bulletExisting Stocks
bulletNotification vs. amendment
bulletGlobal Reviews/NAFTA labels
Meredith Laws, U.S. EPA; & Tom Harris, U.S. EPA
9:30 Break
9:45 Issues for States in Registration
Gary Christian, AZ; Christina Zimmerman, HI; George Robinson, ID; Philip Davidson, MD
10:30 Overview of the Special Review/Reregistration Process
bulletSpecial review
bulletReregistration
bulletRegistration review
bulletPredator Control Petition
Richard Dumas, U.S. EPA
11:30 Lunch on the ARC Patio
12:30 p.m. Web Resources for Labeling and Registration
bulletSLITS
bulletLabel consistency
bulletGPO for CFR
bulletListserves
bulletAccess to FRNs
Tom Harris, U.S. EPA
1:30 Break
1:45 Federal and State Perspectives on the Section 18 Process
Meredith Laws, U.S. EPA; & Charlie Clark, environmental administrator, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
2:45 Facilitated Discussion about the Section 18 Process
Meredith Laws, U.S. EPA; & Charlie Clark, Florida
3:15 Issues for States in Registration
David Pyne, DE; Nila Hines, MN; Lynn Jones, MT; Robert Hougaard, UT; Cary Giguere, VT
4:00 Adjourn & bus pick-up

 

Day Three
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Drift & Division Overviews

Class Location – Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Drift Labeling – Overview of PPDC Final Report
Jim Roelofs, state liaison specialist, Government and International Services Branch, U.S. EPA
9:00 Overview of the Antimicrobial Division
bulletOrganization/function
bulletWhat is an antimicrobial pesticide?
bulletEfficacy
Dennis Edwards, chief, Regulatory Management Branch, Antimicrobial Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA
9:30 Break
9:45 Overview of the Antimicrobial Division, Continued
bulletPrions
bulletTreated articles (w/ examples)
bulletEPA/FDA jurisdiction
bulletAntimicrobial testing program
bulletDraft PRN re: products to control anthrax
bulletHow to interpret dual germicide/fungicide labels?
bulletHVAC labels?
bulletWhat is the Agency’s policy on mold control products?
Dennis Edwards, U.S. EPA
11:30 Lunch on the ARC Patio

Field Trip
12:30 p.m.   Load bus and depart for field trips to Davis and Knights Landing
   
12:45 Arrive at Davis location:
Discovery and Registration of Microbial Biopesticides
Jon Margolis, AgraQuest, Inc.
2:15 Load bus and depart for Knights Landing
2:45 Arrive at Knights Landing location:
Wind Tunnel Display and Drift Reduction Discussion
Russ Stocker, applicator, Bob’s Flying Service
4:15 Load bus and depart for Davis
4:45 Arrive at Hallmark Inn
4:30-8:30 p.m.  On Your Own: Davis Farmers’ Market & Picnic in the Park Street Fair (located between 3rd & 5th Streets, and B & C Streets)

 

Day Four
Thursday, May 1, 2008

Division Overviews / Web Resources / Compliance

Class Location – Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Overview of the Biopesticide Division
   
bulletOrganization/function
bulletWhat is a biopesticide?
bulletHow does BPPD register pesticides?
bulletPheromone registration
bulletChemicals in process
bulletPIPS (products registered & in pipeline)
  Driss Benmhend, acting team leader, Biopesticides & Pollution Prevention Division, U.S. EPA
9:00 Issues for States in Registration
David Petty, AL; Brandi Reynolds, AR; Brian Verhougstraete, MI
9:30 Break
9:45 25(b) Pesticides
bulletOverview
Brian Steinwand, ombudsman, Biopesticide and Pollution Prevention Division, U.S. EPA
(via teleconference)
bulletThe EPA Minimum Risk Exemption – The View from Colorado
Laura Quakenbush, pesticide registration coordinator, Colorado Department of Agriculture
bulletCSPA Petition to Regulate "minimal risk pesticides"
Vivian Prunier, environmental protection specialist, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA
11:00 Issues for States in Registration
Rachel Kubiak & Ann Prichard, CA; Harry Schexnayder, LA; Arife Ozkan, NH
11:30 Lunch on the ARC Patio
12:30 p.m. Endangered Species and FIFRA
bulletDevelopment of the pesticide use limitation areas and how the states and regions can monitor the development of bulletins/what is the state role?
bulletSection 18s
Arty Williams, associate director, U.S. EPA, Environmental Fate and Effects Division
(via teleconference)
2:00 Break
2:15 ALSTAR & Pesticide Regulators.Net
Vickie Cassens, NPIRS project leader & systems analyst, Purdue University
3:30 Compliance Issues
bulletOECA's role in developing enforceable label language
bulletAdvisory vs. mandatory label wording
bulletHow do OPP/OECA work together to ensure product compliance?
bulletEnforcement Case Reviews
bulletHow does product enforcement work?
bulletWhat's expected of states re product compliance?
bulletE-Commerce
David Stangel, environmental protection specialist, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Agriculture Division, U.S. EPA
5:00 Adjourn & bus pick-up

 

Day Five
Friday, May 2, 2008

Label Accountability and Label Breakouts

Class Location – Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) (bus pick-up at hotel 7:40 a.m.)
8:00 a.m. Label Accountability Project
Jim Roelofs, U.S. EPA
9:00 Issues for States in Registration
Shaun Peterson, NY; Bonnie Rabe, NM; Nevlin Williams, VI
9:30 Break
9:45 Issues for States in Registration
David Priebe, OR; John Ewell, TN; Ed Gage, TX; Micah Raub, VA
10:30 Labeling - Breakout Sessions
bulletDetermining what is a pesticide and what isn't
Facilitated by Lee Davis, pesticide registration manager, North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Structural Pest Control & Pesticides Division
bulletRisk mitigation language
Facilitated by Richard Dumas, U.S. EPA
bulletHow to resolve label issues with EPA
Facilitated by Laura Quakenbush, Colorado Department of Agriculture
11:45 Lunch on the ARC Patio
12:45 p.m. Labeling - Breakout Sessions, continued
2:00 Break
2:15 Breakout Sessions – Group Reports
3:30 Wrap-Up
Dea Zimmerman, U.S. EPA
4:00 Adjourn & bus pick-up
6:00 Bus pick up at hotel for Graduation Dinner
6:15 Graduation Dinner at the International House, Davis
8:15 Load bus and return to hotel