The industry’s Anticoagulant Rodenticide Task Force is asking pest management professionals to not send comments to the U.S. EPA regarding its ongoing registration review of rodenticides until after the agency’s proposed interim decision is announced in late March or early April.
Currently, EPA is requesting data and information from experts and stakeholder groups in numerous industries to help guide its proposed interim decision. This process was misinterpreted as a call for public comment.
“Confusion has arisen in the last few weeks regarding the timing of the phases of the EPA’s process for receiving comments,” said Katie Swift, ARTF chairperson and senior manager of governmental affairs at Liphatech. As a result, the high number of general, unsolicited emails are complicating the agency’s ability to review the informational comment letters that it requested, she explained.
After the EPA’s proposed interim decision is announced, individual members of the pest management industry will have the opportunity to comment during a 60-day public comment period. “During that time, PMPs can submit comments to the public docket, providing any information and opinions they think will help the Agency reach a sound decision regarding the future of rodenticides in the U.S.,” said Swift.
The ARTF was formed to support the registrations of anticoagulant rodenticides through joint advocacy, research, and education. Because many ARTF priorities and projects relate to all rodenticides, and now that the EPA is considering identical changes for all rodenticides, ARTF is welcoming non-AR registrants to join its efforts.
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