Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0138-0017
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2002-07-31T04:00Z

1/
11/
01
Concerned
Citizen
Requests
Meeting
with
SRRD
about
Washington
State
SLN
Registration
of
Carbaryl.
A
concerned
citizen
from
Washington
State
has
requested
a
meeting
with
SRRD,
tentatively
scheduled
for
January
16th,
on
the
reregistration
of
carbaryl
and
its
use
on
oyster
beds
in
Washington
State
as
a
FIFRA
24(
c)
Special
Local
Need
(SLN)
registration.
The
concerned
citizen
lives
on
one
of
the
two
bays
affected
by
carbaryl
spraying
and
opposes
the
SLN
registration.
Concerns
include
spray
drift
of
carbaryl
onto
the
oyster
beds
of
residents
who
oppose
carbaryl,
lethality
to
nontarget
invertebrates
such
as
Dungeness
crabs,
and
the
general
impact
of
spraying
on
the
bays'
ecosystems.
An
area
tribe,
the
Shoal
Water
Tribe,
has
also
expressed
concerns
about
carbaryl
use
in
the
bay
and
in
nearby
cranberry
bogs.
The
bays'
oyster
farmers
have
been
spraying
carbaryl
since
1963
to
kill
burrowing
shrimp,
which
can
loosen
sediment
on
the
beds
and
suffocate
oyster
larvae
or
"seed."
Estimates
by
the
bays'
growers
association
in
1996
placed
the
annual
value
of
the
local
industry
at
$15
to
$30
million.
Carbaryl
spraying
on
oyster
beds
has
been
controversial
within
the
state
and
the
subject
of
many
studies,
including
studies
of
potential
impacts
on
endangered
species.
The
state
is
now
writing
a
draft
NPDES
permit
for
the
SLN
registration
of
carbaryl
in
response
to
the
Talent
Decision
by
the
9th
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals.
(Tony
Britten,
703­
308­
8179)

1/
18/
01
SRRD
Meets
with
Concerned
Citizen
about
Carbaryl
SLN
Use
on
WA
State
Oyster
Beds.
Carbaryl
(brand
name
SEVIN)
is
used
on
oyster
beds
in
two
Washington
State
bays
to
kill
species
of
burrowing
shrimp
that
loosen
sediment
and
cause
loss
of
oyster
crop.
A
concerned
Washington
State
citizen
who
opposes
this
SLN
use
met
with
SRRD
and
requested
information,
including:
(1)
any
administrative
procedures
available
for
aggrieved
citizens
to
request
removal
of
an
SLN
registration,
(2)
an
explanation
why
only
oysters
have
a
food
tolerance
when
other
seafood
products
from
the
bays
are
exposed
to
carbaryl,
and
(3)
whether
states
must
send
EPA
new
studies
that
show
adverse
effects
from
SLN
use.
FEAD
also
met
with
the
citizen
to
discuss
the
Talent
court
decision
and
a
state
NPDES
permit
being
issued
for
the
SLN
use.
The
citizen
also
stated
a
desire
to
meet
with
Aventis,
the
manufacturer
of
SEVIN,
to
discuss
concerns
about
the
SLN
use.
(Tony
Britten,
308­
8179).