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EC 0 S 2010 OFFIC E O f PREVE NTION . P ESTICIDES AN D TO X IC SUBS TANCES MEMORANDUM S UBJE CT: F ROM : 

### TO: U sage Report Package i n S u pport o f Reg i strat ion fo r the Fun gicide. Me tirarn (01 460 1), B EAN D P 

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### # : 303 189 Arthur 

### H . G rube, Se nior Eco nomi s t Eco nom ic & Analysis B ranch Bi ol ogic a l and Eco no mic A nal ysis D iv ision (7503 P) Mary L Wa ll er, Bio l og i st Fungici de B ranch Reg i st rati on Divi sio n (750 9P)

. Th is mem orandum trans mits th e Usage report f or Me tiram . The d ata in cluded 

### in this m emorandum we re reviewed by J ihad A . Alsade k , Economist . This re port can be written in v arious fo rmats (MS W ord . Exce l . Ad obe Ac robat) . It i s a dv isab le t o o pen or save ea ch repo rt to vie w o r pri nt fro m th e ap propriate pro gram . Fo r que stion s, co mme nts and o the r u sage o r l abel u se in f orma tion request s , p lease co ntact me at (70 3) 308 -8095 . O ther reque s t s for i nformati on may b e addre ssed to O PP U sage and Label U se Team , o ur group e -mail addre ss i n Lo tu s No te s. N ote : If th i s report i s m o re t han t wo ( 2) yea rs o ld , p le ase check with the O PP U sage and Label Us e T eam ( a lso o ur e - mail addr ess) t o det e rmi ne i f there i s m ore recent u sage data ava il ab le . Th e Us age report (s) electronically - trans mitte d through Lo tus No te s links include : Scree ning Level Usag e An alys is ( SLUA) cc : An drew ErtmanMetiram (0 14601) Screening Level U sage Analy sis ( SL UA) 

### Date : D ecember 2, 2010 What is a Screening Level Usage Analysi s ( SL UA)? • A vailable e stimate s o f pe sticide usa ge da ta fo r a parti cu lar active ingredient th at i s used o n 

### agricultural crop s in the United State s. • Pesticide u s age d ata o bta ined fr om vario u s s ource s. The d ata are t hen merged, ave rage d, and 

### ro unded so that the pre sented i nf o rmation is not proprietary . business c onfidential , o r trade s ecret. 

### W hat do es 

### it con tain? • Pe sti cide u sage d ata f or a s ingle ac tive in gred ient o nly . • Agri cultural use s i tes (crop s) 

### that th e p e st icide i s 

### repor led to be used o n. • Available pe s ticide usage in form ati on fro m U .S. s tates th at p rodu ce 80 % or m o re ofa crop , i n mo st case s , or le ss than 80 %, in rare ca ses, depend ing on the s cope o f th e s urvey and av a ilable re s our ces . • Annual percent o f crop treated ( av er age & ma ximum) fo r e ach a gricultur al crop . • A verage annu al pound s of th e pe sticid e applied fo r ea ch a gricultural c rop (i.e ., f or th e s tates s urveyed, n o t fo r t h e ent ire U nited State s) . Wha t as sumption s c an I make ab ou t the reporte d data? • A verage pounds of active ingredient applied - Va lue s are c alc ul ated by merg i ng pe stic ide u s a g e data so urces togeth er; av eraging across a ll o bservations, then ro unding . 

### N ote: 

## If t he es timated value is less than 5 00. 

### then that value i s lab eled < 5 00. 

### Es tima ted values betwee n 500 & 

### < 1,000,000 

### are ro unded to 

### 1 s ignificant di git. E stimat ed valu es of 1,0 00,000 

### or greater ar e round ed t o 

### 2 s ignificant 

### digit s.) • A v er age percent of crop treated - Value s are calc ulated by m erging data s ourc es to gether ; a veraging by year , a ve raging acro ss all years, & r o undin g to th e nearest multiple o f 5 . 

### Note: 

## If the es timated value is less than 2. 5 , 

### t hen the va lue is labeled < 2.5. 

### lf the es tima ted value is less than I, the n the valu e is labeled < 1. • Maxim um percent of crop treated - Va lue i s th e si ngle m aximum va lue rep ort ed across a ll da ta s ources, across all years, & round ed up to th e n eare s t multiple o f 5 . 

### Note: lfthe estimated va lue i s less than 2 .5, 

### then the val ue is la bel ed < 2.5. W hat are the data source s u sed? • USD A -N ASS (U ni ted States Dep artment of Agric ult ure 's N atio nal Agricultural Stati stics Service ) - pe sticide u s age d ata f rom 2 001 to 2008 . • Private pesticide market research - pe sticide u sage data from 200 1 to 2008 . • N PU D 2002 (N ational Pe sticide Us e Database ) pe st icide usa ge d ata from the C ropLife Am erica Fo undation are us ed 

### only i f d ata are not ava ilable f rom th e o ther s o urces. • California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Pe stic ide Us e Reporting (P UR) data for 2000 to 2008 . What are the limitation s to the data? • Additional regist ered u ses may e xist bu t are not included be cause the a vai labl e s urveys do n ot report usag e {e.g ., s mall ac reage c rops) . • Lack of reported u sage d ata f o r the pe s t icide o n a c rop doe s not i mply z ero us age. • U sage d ata on a p articular s ite m ay be noted in da ta s o urces , bu t not quantified . In t he s e i n s tance s, the s ite wou ld not be reported i n th e SLUA . • No n-agricultural use si tes (e .g. , turf, po st -harve st, mo squito c ontrol, et c . ) are not re ported i n th e SLU A . A se parate r eque st mu st be m ade to receive th ese e stimates. • Som e s ites s ho w s ome u se , even th ough the y ar e n o t o n the l abel. Thi s u sage c o uld b e due to v ariou s fac tor s, i ncluding , bu t no t lim ited to S ection 18 req ue s t s, exi sti ng s tock s of the c hemic al , data c o ll ection error s, and experi mental u se permit s ( EUPs) .

### December 2, 2010 S creening L evel E stimates of Agricultu ral Uses of M etira m (014601) S o rt ed Alphahetically Percen t Cren Ttd. Crop 

### Lhs, A.I. A ve. M aL 1 

### Annles 400,000 10 25 2 A! paralrU s + 2,00 0 <2.5 5 

### 3 Potatoe s 4 0 0 000 10 15 4 Squa sh -e <500 <1 <2.5 All n umber s ro unded . < 500 Less th an 5 00 p ounds o f ac tive i ngredient < 2 .5 Les s th an 2 ,5 per ce nt of cro p treated

< 1 Less than 1 pe rcent of cro p tr eated



### + Crops n ot known to b e li sted o n ac tive end u se p roduct regi s trati o n s or as Section 1 8 eme rgency exempti on s when th i s report w as run S LUA data so urces include : US DA-NASS (United State s D ep artm ent o f A griculture ' s Nat ional A gricultural S tat istics S ervice ) . Private Pe s ticide M arket Re s earc h C a lif orn ia D PR ( Dep artment of Pe s ticide R egulati on) The se re su lts refle ct am algamated d ata developed b y th e Ag ency an d are releasabl e to the public.Custome r's Name : Mary L Wa ller , B iologist C hemical Name : PC C ode : 01 4601 Delivered Prod uct : S l UA We appreciate yo ur f eedback . This helps us provide you w ith a bette r serv ice . Feedback , i n a paragraph , is acceptable to o . 1 . D id you receive the reports in a timel y manner? Yes No 2 . Were the data reports helpfu l i n you r pre liminary rev iew of th is chem ical ( and its associated reg istrati ons )? Yes No If your answer i s No , how cou ld the reports be i m pr oved to bette r he lp yo u i n y our re view of th i s chem ica l? P lease type your answer here : 3 . Were the reports understandable ? Yes No If No , please explain . P lease type your answer here: 4 . H ow d o yo u use t he Usage Data Reports a nd the Label Use ( LU I S) Re ports ? Please type your answer here : 5 . 

### Do you have a ny add itiona l comments o r quest ions ? Please type your answer here : 6 . What i s your Di vision/Branch? Please type your answer here: Please respond to : o pp U sage and Labe l Use Team

Las t revised o n l Oll8l200S.