Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0220-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2005-07-22T04:00Z

UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
20460
June
25,2004
OFFICE
OF
PREVENTION,
PESTICIDES
AND
TOXIC
SUBSTANCES
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
BEAD
Dicofol
Crop
Usage
FROM:
Stephen
Smearman,
Economist
Economic
Analysis
Branch
Biological
and
Economic
Analysis
Division
(
7503C)

THRU:
Istanbul
Yusuf,
Acting
Chief
Economic
Analysis
Branch
Biological
and
Economic
Analysis
Division
(
7503C)

TO:
Mika
Hunter,
Chemical
Review
Manager
Special
Review
Branch
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division
(
7508C)

Date:
June
23,
2004
Per
your
request
from
the
Dicofol
use
meeting
on
May
24th,
2004
BEAD
is
supplying
a
list
of
the
crops
that
the
usage
review
will
be
concerned
with
based
on
a
BEAD
review
of
USDA,
California
Department
of
Pesticide
Registration
and
EPA
proprietary
data.
It
is
BEAD's
understanding
that
the
dicofol
treated
crops
labeled
for
use
and
of
concern
are
fruit
and
nut
tree
crops
and
grapes
and
that
the
concerns
are
based
on
post
application
worker
exposure
issues
(
pruning
and
harvesting).
The
criteria
for
determining
whether
or
not
a
crop
will
be
assessed
is
based
on
the
percent
crop
treated
acreage
nationally.
Crops
with
5
percent
or
more
of
the
acreage
treated
with
dicofol
will
be
assessed.

The
following
is
a
list
of
9
crops
found
to
have
a
percent
crop
treated
of
5
percent
or
more.
These
include:
citrus
in
Texas
and
Florida:
grapefruit,
orange,
nectarines,
tangelos,
and
tangerines;
stone
fruits:
apricots,
peaches,
nectarines;
tree
nuts:
pecans.

Crops
from
the
list
that
will
not
be
assessed
because
they
had
less
than
5
percent
of
the
crop
treated
include:
apples
and
crabapples,
grapes,
lemon,
lime,
pears,
cherries,
plums,
prunes,
walnuts,
pumpkins
and
watermelon.

Two
crops,
quince
and
kumquats
did
not
appear
in
the
data
and
therefore
BEAD
could
not
make
a
determination
of
their
percent
crop
treated.
USDA
may
be
able
to
assist
with
data
concerning
usage
for
these
two
crops.

Please
let
me
know
if
there
are
any
questions
concerning
this
information.