Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0874-0017
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-12-15T05:00Z

FOR THE CHLORFLURENOL DOCKET: EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0874

Chlorflurenol Meeting with EPA/OPP staff and Mr. Bhushan Mandava, agent
for Repar Corporation (the sole registrant of chlorflurenol)

Attendees

Bhushan Mandava, Mandava Associates, agent for Repar Corporation

Michael Farrow, Mandava Associates

Tracy Perry  EPA/OPP/SRRD

Eric Olson EPA/OPP/SRRD

Shanna Recore EPA/OPP/HED

Yvonne Barnes EPA/OPP/HED

Bill  Hazel EPA/OPP/HED

David Anderson  EPA/OPP/HED

Juanita Gilchrist  EPA/OPP/RD

Jim Thompkins  EPA/OPP/RD

Jean Holmes  EPA/OPP/EFED

Allen Vaughan  EPA/OPP/EFED

Ron Parker  EPA/OPP/EFED

Larry Liu   EPA/OPP/EFED

Sunil Ratnayake  EPA/OPP/BEAD

Jenna Carter  EPA/OPP/BEAD

Participants via teleconference

Calvin Oda  Maui Ag Tech, LLC, representing the pineapple growers of
Hawaii

Summary of Meeting

The Chlorflurenol RED team met with Mr. Bhushan Mandava, agent for Repar
Corporation, on December 13, 2006 to discuss the reregistration of
chlorflurenol.  

Mr. Calvin Oda of Maui Ag Tech, representing the pineapple growers of
Hawaii, participated in the meeting by phone.  Mr. Mandava reviewed some
of the regulatory history of chlorflurenol and commented on the low
volume/minor use of this herbicide, points he would like the Agency to
consider in making its reregistration eligibility decision.  He also
submitted some documents regarding the low volume/minor use
classification of chlorflurenol, which will be added to the Phase 3
public docket.  Mr. Mandava and Mr. Oda will be submitting more
comments/data to the docket before the comment period closes on January
2, 2007.  Mr. Oda also agreed to have his October 26 letter to the
Agency, concerning the importance of chlorflurenol to pineapple
production in Hawaii, added to the docket.  The projected completion
date for this RED (end of February 2007) was confirmed.

Attachments:

December 13, 2006 Meeting agenda

Documents submitted by Mr. Mandava for the record during the Dec. 13
meeting (to be added to the chlorflurenol public docket)

Low Volume Minor Use Waiver Request for Chlorflurenol Methyl Ester, Nita
Industries, Inc., March 31, 1991

2/7/1994 letter from Jay Ellenberger/ SRRD to Mr. Mandava regarding a
“Request for extension of time to complete the product chemistry,
toxicity, environmental fate and ecological effects studies for
chlorflurenol, case 2095.”

Table 1: Data requirements for Reregistration of Chlorflurenol under Low
Volume/Minor Use Exemption

2/22/1993 letter from Mr. Mandava, agent for Nita Industries, Inc., to
Ruby Whiters/SRRD regarding, “Reregistration Phase IV – Data Call-In
Notice