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May 30, 2014
EPA Solicits Comments on Information Collection Request for DRTs

Updated 6/20/14


EPA has reopened the docket regarding the agency’s proposed DRT program that was initially opened in November 2012. The agency has responded to a number of NAAA and member comments, and NAAA has in turn responded to their responses. You’ll find a copy of NAAA’s initial comments filed on the November 2012 proposal hereEPA’s response to the November 2012 comments here, and NAAA’s response to EPA that was filed June 20 here. This reopening provides NAAA members and the public an opportunity to respond to EPA’s comments by June 27.

 

The EPA is seeking voluntary submission of this information to verify the effectiveness of application technologies for agricultural pesticide sprays, including spray nozzles, shrouds or shields and drift reducing adjuvant chemicals for aerial or groundboom applications to row and field crops. Such information would encourage the identification and use of drift-reduction technologies that can substantially reduce drift of pesticide spray droplets from the target application site (e.g., a corn field) downwind to non-target areas.

 

According to EPA, once the ICR is approved, the voluntary DRT program will provide incentives to the agricultural sector (industry and pesticide applicators) to manufacture, market and use spray application technologies/equipment that have been verified to significantly reduce pesticide spray drift. NAAA, in its comments last month to the EPA pertaining to the agency’s announced proposal of using models highly likely to overestimate  off-target drift, urged EPA to delay finalization of the proposal until the DRT Program is implemented.

 

Again, comments are due June 27. The docket can be viewed here.

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