New US approval plan for fiscal 2008/09

The US EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) has scheduled registration decisions for ten new active ingredients in fiscal 2008. This is a sharp reduction on the 18 decisions for new ais or tolerances originally scheduled for fiscal 2007, but is of a similar order to the 12 approval decisions actually made during the year.

 

One of the ais on the fiscal 2008 schedule was approved during the first month of the plan period. The OPP granted a conditional registration to Arysta LifeScience's fumigant, iodomethane, in October. The latest plan includes two ais for which registration decisions had been scheduled for fiscal 2007: Chemtura's herbicide, quinoclamine; and Valent's insecticide, pyridalyl.

 

Two ais with a range of crop uses that appeared in the fiscal 2007 plan no longer appear in the latest schedule: BASF's insecticide, metaflumizone; and Bayer CropScience/Valent's fungicide, fluopicolide. Crop-use decisions have been scheduled in the OPP's fiscal 2008 plan for new uses of existing ais, following the granting of non-crop registrations or import tolerances in fiscal 2007. Kureha/Valent/BASF's fungicide, metconazole, has moved from the new ai plan for fiscal 2008 to the additional use list.

 

New ai registration decision schedule fiscal 2008

Company   ai              Use                      PRIA due date

                         1st quarter

Arysta    iodomethane1,2 fumigant for tomatoes,         18/11/07

 LifeScience              peppers, strawberries &

                          ornamentals

Dow       pyroxsulam     herbicide for cereals           23/5/08

 AgroSciences

Syngenta  mandipropamid3 fungicide for brassicas,         9/1/08

                          cucurbits, grapevines,

                          & tuber & corm vegetables

                         fungicide for leafy            26/11/08

                          vegetables

                         2nd quarter

Arkema    dimethyl       fungicide for fruit,             1/3/08

           disulfide      vegetables & ornamentals

Bayer     spirotetramat  insecticide for grapevines,    20/10/08

 CropScience              citrus, pome & stone fruit,

                          tree nuts, vegetables & hops

Chemtura  quinoclamine   herbicide for non-food          14/1/08

                          indoor use

DuPont    chlorantran-   insecticide for potatoes,       17/4/08

           iliprole3,4    cotton, grapevines, pome &

                          stone fruit, vegetables,

                          turf & ornamentals

Nihon     flubendiamide  insecticide for cotton,         29/4/08

 Nohyaku/                 maize, grapevines, okra,

 Bayer                    vegetables, tobacco &

                          tree nuts

Valent    pyridalyl5     insecticide for cotton,         31/3/08

                          vegetables & ornamentals

 

                         4th quarter

Ajay North potassium     fungicide for cut flowers        4/8/08

 America    tri-iodide6

 

1 approved; 2 methyl bromide alternative; 3 reduced risk;

4 global review; 5 organophosphate alternative; 6 schedule not finalised so decision date defaults to quarter of the PRIA (Pesticide Registration Improvement Act) due date.

 

The OPP has added one ai to its preliminary schedule for fiscal 2009, bringing the total to five. DuPont's fungicide, flusilazole, joins the four ais listed in August. The decision date for Gowan's insecticide, fenazaquin, has since been brought forward from the second quarter to the first quarter.

 

New ai registration decision schedule fiscal 2009

Company   ai              Use                   PRIA due date

                         1st quarter

DuPont   flusilazole1   fungicide for soybeans &       10/12/08

                         wheat

Gowan    fenazaquin     insecticide for ornamentals      4/2/09

                         & non-bearing fruit & nut trees

2nd quarter

Helena   cumyluron1     herbicide for turf              12/2/09

 

3rd quarter

Bayer    thiencarbazone- herbicide for maize, wheat,   27/4/09

 CropScience methyl       soybeans, turf & ornamentals

Cheminova flutriafol     fungicide for apples & soybeans 5/4/09

1 schedule not finalised so decision date defaults to quarter of the PRIA (Pesticide Registration Improvement Act) due date.