Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0262-0070
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2008-01-02T05:00Z

VIA Email 

December 14, 2007

Debbie Edwards, Director 

Registration Division

Office of Pesticide Programs

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

One Potomac Yard - South Building

2777 South Crystal Drive

Arlington, Virginia

RE: 	Request for 60-day Extension of Comment Period for Endosulfan Risk 
Assessment (EPA-HQ- OPP-2002-0262)

Dear Ms. Edwards:

The undersigned organizations respectfully request a 60-day extension of
the public comment period to respond to the updated human health and
ecological effects risk assessments for the valuable pesticide
endosulfan.

Endosulfan is a very important pesticide for many uses, including many
specialty crops.  EPA seeks comment on these updated risk assessments
as part of EPA’s Post-Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED)
process for endosulfan. Most importantly, EPA seeks comment on the
agency’s analysis of endosulfan usage information since the 2002 RED,
as well as preliminary determinations regarding the pesticide’s
importance to growers and the availability of alternatives.

Establishing updated use and benefit information on endosulfan is
critically important and requires additional time to properly research
and refine.  A reasonable extension would ensure that the best use
information is provided for review.

Thank you for your timely consideration of this important request. 
Please contact the undersigned organizations if you have specific
questions regarding this request.

Sincerely, 

American Farm Bureau Federation, Rebeckah Adcock,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:rebeckah@fb.org"  rebeckah@fb.org 

ARIZONIA COTTON GROWERS ASSOCIATION

California Cotton Growers Association 

California Cotton Ginners Association

California farm bureau federation, rayne Thompson,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:rthompson@cfbf.org"  rthompson@cfbf.org 

California Grape and Tree Fruit League, Marcy Martin,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:mmartin@cgtfl.com"  mmartin@cgtfl.com 

California Pear Advisory Board, Bob McClain,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:bob@calpear.com"  bob@calpear.com 

CALIFRONIA SPECIALTY CROPS COUNCIL, Lori Berger,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:lori@specialtycrops.org"  lori@specialtycrops.org 

FLORIDA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, Joshua Craft,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:joshua.craft@ffbf.org"  joshua.craft@ffbf.org 

Michigan Blueberry Growers Assoc, Dave Trinka,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:dave@blueberries.com"  dave@blueberries.com 

National Cotton CounciL, Don Parker,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:dparker@cotton.org"  dparker@cotton.org  

NORTHWEST HORTICULTURAL COUNCIL, Mike Willett,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:willett@nwhort.org"  willett@nwhort.org 

OHIO FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, Adam Sharp,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:asharp@ofbf.org"  asharp@ofbf.org 

TEXAS COTTON GINNERS' ASSOCIATION

TEXAS VEGETABLE ASSOCIATION, Ray Prewett,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:ray@valleyag.org" \o "mailto:ray@valleyag.org"  ray@valleyag.org

U.S. Apple Association, Jim Cranney,   HYPERLINK
"mailto:jcranney@usapple.org"  jcranney@usapple.org