Pesticides; Final Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Two Pesticide Registration Notices Related to Resistance Management

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The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the availability of two final Pesticide Registration Notices (PRNs) entitled, "Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance Management Labeling" and "Guidance for Herbicide Resistance Management Labeling, Education, Training, and Stewardship." The Agency signed these final PRNs, identified as 2017-1 and 2017-2 respectively, on August 24, 2017. PRNs are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and registration-related decisions, and to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. PRN 2017-1, which updates PRN 2001-5, provides guidance for registrants to follow when developing resistance management information to include on their pesticide labels. PRN 2017-2 communicates the Agency's current thinking and approach to address herbicide-resistant weeds by providing guidance on labeling, education, training, and stewardship for herbicides undergoing registration review or registration (i.e., new herbicide active ingredients, new uses proposed for use on herbicide-resistant crops, or other case-specific r