EPA Proposes Easing Pesticide Rules to Allow More Cottonseed Imports
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new tolerance levels that would allow the import of more undelinted cottonseed into the U.S. for use as feed for dairy cattle, it said in a Federal Register notice. The EPA said importing more cottonseed is necessary because cottonseed is a critical part of the dairy cattle diet and the 2011 U.S. cotton crop was significantly below average.
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The EPA is proposing to establish a tolerance for residues of the fumigant methyl bromide at 150 parts per million (ppm) in newly proposed 40 CFR 180.124. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service supports EPA's proposal, it said. Comments on the proposal are due by June 5, 2012, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA--HQ--OPP--2012--0245, at http://www.regulations.gov. Further information: Kimberly Nesci, Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001 -- 703-308-8059.