It does this by registering and reregistering new and older pesticide active ingredients. The law also supports many pesticide program goals such as new safety standards for all pesticide residues in food, special protections for infants and children, development of an endocrine disruptor screening and testing program, registration of reduced risk pesticides, enhanced protection of all consumers and the completion of the reregistration of older pesticides. Our plan is a coordinated approach of direct and indirect outreach to relevant stakeholders, registrants and environmental groups to ensure that no environmental programs are compromised, and that every effort is taken to minimize the potential effects of such computer problems on the regulated community. The chemical sector consists of a mix of thousands of small to large chemical-related manufacturing or processing facilities. Many are represented by trade associations.
Most companies are at the initial problem resolution stage.
With the help of the larger trade associations, most are sharing solutions with one another, and are exploring Y2K issues and ideas as diverse as tort liability, supplier contamination and emergency preparedness. Everyone on the list will be notified by mail to make sure they are aware of the Y2K problems and of its potential effects. The mailout would consist of our revised Y2K compliant file structure document, a discussion of the changes and a general recommendation that they review their own systems to determine their Y2K compliance status. This would be a mailout to about 18,000 facilities nationwide. That mailout goes to about 100 people.