Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 21/10/1999

Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment

EPA issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register proposing container design and residue removal requirements for refillable and nonrefillable pesticide containers and standards for pesticide containment structures. (59 FR 6712, Feb. 11, 1994). EPA is today reopening the comment period to obtain public comment on three issues brought out in the comments on the proposed rule or by recently enacted legislation and on one other issue. EPA is considering changes that would reduce the scope of the container standards, add an exemption for certain antimicrobial pesticides, and adopt some of the Department of Transportation (DOT) hazardous materials regulations. EPA is also seeking comment on the definition for small business used to identify small pesticide formulators, agrichemical dealers and commercial pesticide applicators in the small entity impact analysis. These potential changes, if adopted in the final rule, would support EPA's goal of pollution prevention by promoting the use of refillable containers and would harmonize and promote consistency within the Federal packaging standards by adopting the DOT standards. In addition, the changes would decrease the estimated economic im