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PUBLIC BRIEFING SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS RISK ASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDE ATRAZINE
Release Date: 04/05/2002
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2002
PUBLIC BRIEFING SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS RISK ASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDE ATRAZINE
Dave Deegan 202-564-7839 / deegan.dave@epa.gov
Dave Deegan 202-564-7839 / deegan.dave@epa.gov
EPA will hold a technical briefing on April 16 to present its revised risk assessment for the chemical atrazine, an herbicide used widely in the United States on corn, sorghum and other crops. The meeting, which will be open to the public, is an opportunity for interested stakeholders to learn about the data, information and methodologies used by the Agency during the current risk assessment process for this pesticide. The technical briefing will be held between 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. (located near the Ballston Metro Station). Through publication of a Federal Register notice of availability, EPA will release the revised risk assessments for public viewing and will open a 60-day public participation period during which the public may submit risk mitigation and risk management ideas and recommendations, as well as proposals for transition. The technical briefing is part of the process that EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are using to involve the public in pesticide reregistration and tolerance reassessment decisions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act. The Federal Register notice announcing the atrazine technical briefing is available on EPA's website at: https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/ . Additional information about atrazine is available at: https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/atrazine/ .
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