News from CPDA
2010 Mid-Year Meeting: This years Mid-Year Meeting has been re-named the Spring Meeting. It will be held March 1 - 3 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City. Check out the 2010 Spring Meeting page for a meeting agenda, meeting registration, and room reservation details!
EPA Assistant Administrator Steve Owens to Give Keynote Address at CPDA Spring Meeting: Steve Owens, Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), will be the keynote speaker at CPDA's Spring Meeting. Assistant Administrator Owens has agreed to speak on transparency issues and TSCA reform on the afternoon of Monday, March 1st.
The agenda for the CPDA/EPA Inert Ingredient Symposium is now available online! Click here to view the agenda.
EPA Takes Significant Step Forward in EDSP Implementation: EPA has announced its schedule for issuing Tier 1 test orders under the first phase of the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP). The first batch of orders went out on October 29, 2009 and will continue to be issued on a rolling basis until February 26, 2010. EPA has also announced the availability of the EDSP Tier 1 battery of assays and test guidelines for conducting the assays included in the battery. Click here to read more.
OMB Approves ICR for EDSP: On October 2, 2009 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the Information Collection Request (ICR) for the EDSP, a requirement for the issuance of the test orders subsequently announced by EPA. The ICR requires EPA to conduct a thorough analysis of this information collection to demonstrate “practical utility” or benefit, to re-estimate the “burden” of the program, and to explain the reasoning for concluding that existing data are insufficient to satisfy the test orders. For more information, click here.
EPA Announces Plans to Move Forward with Inert Disclosure Regulatory Action: EPA has announced its plans to move forward with an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that would seek input on a process for the disclosure on pesticide labels of the identities of inert ingredients deemed hazardous. Click here for more information.
EPA Announces New Review of Atrazine: EPA has announced that it is launching a new comprehensive evaluation of atrazine. The Agency states that based on this evaluation, it will decide whether to revise current atrazine risk assessments and whether new restrictions on use are necessary. Click here to read more.
OSHA Publishes Proposed Rule on GHS: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor has published a proposed rule to modify its existing Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to conform with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The proposal was published in the September 30, 2009 Federal Register with a deadline of December 29, 2009 for public comment. To access the rule, visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-22483.pdf.
2007-2009 Report of the Association Now Available: CPDA's most current Report of the Association is available on the website. To view it please click here. CPDA would like to thank Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc. for sponsoring publication of the report.
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