Środowisko i energia · 2.09.2004

Benfluralin; Availability of Reregistration Eligibility Decision Document

This notice announces availability of EPA's Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) document for the pesticide active ingredient Benfluralin. Benfluralin is a pre-emergent dinitroaniline herbicide used to control weeds in turf and ornamental plants, lettuce, alfalfa, clover, birdsfoot trefoil, nonbearing fruit and nut trees, nonbearing berries, and nonbearing vineyards. The Agency has completed its assessment of the occupational, residential, and ecological risk associated with the use of pesticide products containing the active ingredient benfluralin. Based on a review of these data and on public comments on the Agency's assessments for the active ingredient benfluralin, the Agency has sufficient information on the human health and ecological effects of benfluralin to make decisions as part of the tolerance reassessment process under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) and reregistration process under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). The Agency has determined that benfluralin containing products are eligible for reregistration provided that: Current data gaps and confirmatory data