Pesticide Registration (PR) Notices
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PR Notices are issued by the Office of Pesticide Programs to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures and regulatory decisions.
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2012
- PR Notice 2012-1 (11pp, 686 K) - Material Safety Data Sheets as Pesticide Labeling
2011
- PR Notice 2011-3 (PDF) (23 pp, 472 K) - Standard Format for Data Submitted Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Certain Provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
- PR Notice 2011-2 (PDF) (8 pp, 4.6 M) - Non-Dietary Exposure Task Force
- PR Notice 2011-1 (PDF) (5 pp, 1.2 M) - Residential Exposure Joint Venture
2010
- Draft PR Notice 2010-X - Proposed Guidance on False or Misleading Pesticide Product Brand Names. Obtain and comment on this draft PR Notice at www.regulations.gov. Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0282. Comment end date: 06/18/2010.
2009
- Draft PR Notice 2009-X on Pesticide Drift Labeling. Obtain and comment on this draft PR Notice at www.regulations.gov. Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0628. Comment end date: 01/04/2010.
2008
- PR Notice 2008-2 - Antimicrobial Pesticide Products With Anthrax-Related Claims
- PR Notice 2008-1 - Environmental Hazard General Labeling Statements on Outdoor Residential Use Products
2007
- Draft PR Notice 2007-B - Pesticide Registrants on Label Statements Regarding Third-Party Endorsements and Cause Marketing Claims. Obtain and comment on this draft PR Notice at www.regulations.gov. Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-1008. Comment end date: 03/27/2008.
- PR Notice 2007-4 (PDF) (16 pp, 163 K) (revised 5/08) - Labeling Revisions Required by the Final Rule “Pesticide Management and Disposal; Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment
- PR Notice 2007-3 - Formation of the Agricultural Handlers Exposure Task Force, L.L.C.
- Draft PR Notice 2007-A - Guidance for Antimicrobial Pesticide Products With Anthrax-Related Claims. Obtain and comment on this draft PR Notice at www.regulations.gov. Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-1004. Comment end date: 9/4/07.
- PR Notice 2007-2 - Guidance on Small-Scale Field Testing and Low-level Presence in Food of Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs)
- PR Notice 2007-1 - Disposal Instructions on Non-Antimicrobial Residential or Household Use Pesticide Product Labels
2006
- Draft PR Notice 2006-B (9/29/06) - Guidance on Small-Scale Field Testing and Low-level Intermittent Presence in Food of Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs) Obtain and comment on this draft PR Notice at www.regulations.gov. Docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0291. Comment end date: 11/28/06.
- Draft PR Notice 2006-A - (09/22/2006) Draft Pesticide Registration Notice Use of Antimicrobial Pesticide Products in Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Systems (HVAC&R)
- PR Notice 2006-1 (PDF) (5 pp, 47 K) - New Instructions for Transmitting Information to the Office of Pesticide Programs, including New Addresses
2005
- PR Notice 2005-1 (PDF) (15 pp, 660 K) - Labeling Statements on Products Used for Adult Mosquito Control
2004
- PR Notice 2004-1 - Change of address for personal and courier deliveries to the Office of Pesticide Programs - Obsolete
2003
- PR Notice 2003-3 (PDF) (6 pp, 67 K) - Procedural Guidance for EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs Procedures Concerning the Development, Modification, and Implementation of Policy Guidance Documents
- PR Notice 2003-2 (PDF) (6 pp, 839 K) - Expedited Review of Experimental Use Permits for New Uses of Conventional Methyl Bromide Alternatives, Organophosphate (OP) Alternatives, and/or Reduced-Risk Pesticides
- PR Notice 2003-1 (PDF) (12 pp, 73 K) - Labeling of Pesticide Products under the National Organic Program
2002
- PR Notice 2002-2 (PDF) (5 pp, 57 K) - Guidance for Submitting Requests for Threshold of Regulation (TOR) Decisions to the Office of Pesticide Programs
- PR Notice 2002-1 (PDF) (32 pp, 22 K) - Lists of Pests of Significant Public Health Importance
- Draft PR Notice 2002-X (03/14/02) - False or Misleading Pesticide Product Brand Names
2001
- Draft PR Notice 2001-X (12/19/01) - Guidelines for Expedited Review of Experimental Use Permits for Conventional Pesticides.
- PR Notice 2001-6 (PDF) (9 pp, 85 K) - Disposal Instructions on Non-Antimicrobial Residential/Household Use Pesticide Product Labels
- Clarification of PR Notice 2001-6 (PDF) (1 pp, 24 K)
- Draft PR Notice 2001-X (8/9/01) - Spray and Dust Drift Label Statements for Pesticide Products
- PR Notice 2001-5 (PDF) (15 pp, 79 K) - Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Pesticide Resistance Management Labeling
- Draft PR Notice 2001-X (PDF) (6 pp, 78 K) (1/19/01) - Pesticide Label Identification for Pesicide Products Meeting the Requirements of the National Organic Program
- PR Notice 2001-4 (PDF) (4 pp, 92 K) - Elimination of Phenol Resistance Testing for Antimicrobial Disinfectant and Sanitizer Pesticides
- PR Notice 2001-3 (PDF) (6 pp, 71 K) - Insect Repellents: Labeling Restrictions for Use on Infants and Children and Restrictions on Food Fragrances and Colors
- PR Notice 2001-2 (PDF) (4 pp, 77 K) - Acute Toxicity Data Requirements For Granular Pesticide Products, Including Those With Granular Fertilizers in the Product.
- PR Notice
2001-1 (PDF) (11 pp, 11 K) - First Aid Statements on Pesticide Product Labels.
- Clarification of PR Notice 2001-1 (PDF) (1 pg, 24 K)
2000
- PR Notice 2000-10 (PDF) (2 pp, 20 K) (12/20/00)- Changes to "Effective Date and Procedures" for PR Notice 2000-1, "Applicability of the Treated Articles Exemption to Antimicrobial Pesticides"
- PR Notice 2000-9 (PDF) (11 pp, 30 K) - Worker Risk Mitigation for Organophosphate Pesticides
- Response to Public Comments on the Draft Pesticide Registration Notice on Worker Risk Mitigation for Organophosphate Pesticides
- A Fact Sheet on this PR Notice is also available.
- PR Notice 2000-8 (PDF) (3 pp, 8 K) - Reportability of Attorneys Opinions and Conclusions Under 40 CFR Part 159 and FIFRA Section 6(a)(2)
- PR Notice 2000-7 (PDF) (4 pp, 14 K) - Non-Dietary Exposure Task Force
- PR Notice 2000-6 (PDF) (11 pp, 39 K) - Minimum Risk Pesticides Exempted under FIFRA Section 25(b) Clarification of Issues.
- UPDATE: Appendix B in this notice was amended as of August 2004. LIST 4A Minimal Risk Inerts (PDF) (7 pp, 168K)
- PR Notice 2000-5 - Guidance for Mandatory and Advisory Labeling Statements.
- PR Notice 2000-4 (6 pp, 13 K) - Instructions for Transmitting Information to the Office of Pesticide Programs
- PR Notice 2000-2 (3 pp, 41 K) - The FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force
- Draft PR Notice 2000-X (8 pp, 30 K) (3/29/00)- Indoor Residential Insecticide Product Label Statements.
- PR Notice 2000-1 (11 pp, 22 K) -
Applicability of the Treated Articles Exemption to Antimicrobial Pesticides.
- A Fact Sheet on this PR Notice is also available.
1999
- PR Notice 99-1 - Import of Unregistered Pesticides Intended for Export
1998
- PR Notice 98-10 (PDF) (22 pp, 94 K) - Notifications, Non-Notifications and Minor Formulation Amendments
- PR Notice 98-9 (PDF) (6 pp, 31 K) - Modification of Respirator Statements for Pesticide Product Labels
- PR Notice 98-8 - Waiver of Fees Associated with Tolerance Objections
- PR Notice 98-7 - Changes to Registration Priority System Involving Organophosphate (OP) Alternatives and Reduced Risk Candidates
- PR Notice 98-6 (PDF) (6 pp, 17 K) - Flammability Labeling Requirements for Total Release Fogger Pesticides
- PR Notice 98-5 (PDF) (10 pp, 87 K) - New forms for the Certification with Respect to Citation of Data
- PR Notice 98-4 ( (13 pp, 31 K) - Additional Guidance on Final FIFRA Section 6(a)(2) Regulations for Pesticide Product Registrants w/Attachment
- PR Notice 98-3 (PDF) (24 pp, 72 K) - Guidance on Final FIFRA 6(a)(2) Regulations for Pesticide Product Registrants
- PR Notice 98-2 - Liquid Chemical Sterilant Products
- PR Notice 98-1 (PDF) (9 pp, 2.4 MB)- Self-Certification of Product Chemistry Data with Attachments
1997
- PR Notice 97-9 - Electronic Submission of Child-Resistant Packaging Test Data for all Pesticides and Child-Resistant Testing of Prefilled, Nonrefillable Insecticide Bait Stations not Designed or Intended to be Opened or Activated in a Manner that Exposes the Contents to Human Contact
- PR Notice 97-8 - Time Extension of PR Notice 96-7 - Termiticide Labeling
- PR Notice 97-7 - Existing Stocks for Labeling Changes in PR Notices
- PR Notice 97-6 - Use of Term "Inert" in the Label Ingredients Statement
- PR Notice 97-5 - Use of Common Names for Active Ingredients on Pesticide Labeling
- PR Notice 97-4 - Consumer Access Numbers on Pesticide Labels
- PR Notice 97-3 - Guidelines for Expedited Review of Conventional Pesticides under the Reduced-Risk Initiative and for Biological Pesticides
- PR Notice 97-2 (PDF) (7 pp, 47 K) - New Chemical, New Use, EUP, Non-Fast Track Amendments and Inert Ingredient Registration Priorities for Conventional Pesticides
- PR Notice 97-1 - Agency Actions under the Requirements of the Food Quality Protection Act
1996
- PR Notice 96-8 (PDF) (10 pp, 4 M) - Toxicologically Significant Levels of Pesticide Active Ingredients
- PR Notice 96-7 - Termiticide Labeling
- PR Notice 96-6 - Pet Pesticide Product Label Statements
- PR Notice 96-5 - Interim Use of the Proposed Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment
- PR Notice 96-4 - Label Statements Involving Product Efficacy and Potential for Harm to Property
- PR Notice 96-3 - Pesticide Products Used to Disinsect Aircraft
- PR Notice 96-2 - Changes to Child-Resistant Packaging (CRP) Testing Requirements
- PR Notice 96-1 - Tolerance Enforcement Methods - Independent Laboratory Validation by Petitioner
1995
- PR Notice 95-6 - New Chemical, New Use and EUP Priorities for Conventional Pesticides
- PR Notice 95-5 - Labeling Revisions Required by the Worker Protection Attachments (PDF) (13 pp, 495 K)
- PR Notice 95-4 - Regulatory Status of Methyl Bromide and Priority Review of Methyl Bromide Alternatives
- PR Notice 95-3 - Reduction of Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
- PR Notice 95-2 - Notifications, Non-Notifications & Minor Formulation Amendments
- PR Notice 95-1 - Effluent Discharge Labeling Statements
1994
- PR Notice 94-9 - Announcing Two Industry-Wide Task Forces : Agricultural Reentry Task Force and Outdoor Residential Exposure Task Force
- PR Notice 94-8 - Water Soluble Packaging (WSP)
- PR Notice 94-7 - Label Improvement Program for the Revision of Use Directions for Commensal Rodenticides and Statement of the Agency's Policies on the Use of Rodenticide Bait Stations
- PR Notice 94-6 - Pesticide Products Registered for Use on Humans to Control Lice (Pediculicides)
- PR Notice 94-5 - Requests for Re-considerations of Carcinogenicity Peer Review Decisions Based on Changes in Pathology Diagnoses
- PR Notice 94-4 - Interim Measures for the Registration of Antimicrobial Products/Liquid Chemical Germicides with Medical Device Use Claims Under the Memorandum of Understanding Between EPA and FDA
- PR Notice 94-3 - How to Obtain Information from OPP
- PR Notice 94-2 - Recycling Empty Aerosol Pesticide Containers
- PR Notice 94-1 - Withdrawal of PR Notice 91-8
1993
- PR Notice 93-1 (PDF) (2 pp, 1.2 M) - Statement of Restricted Use Classification
- PR Notice 93-2 (PDF) (2 pp, 18 K) - Waiver of Crop Field Trial Data for Aerial Applications
- PR Notice 93-3 (PDF) (3 pp, 1.8 M) - Labeling Statement Prohibiting Application to Water
- PR Notice 93-4 (PDF) (6 pp, 3.2 M) - Ban on Aerosol Products Containing CFCs and HCFCs under the Clean Air Act
- PR Notice 93-5 (PDF) (8 pp, 4.6 M) - Labeling Requirements of the Clean Air Act
- PR Notice 93-6 (PDF) (3 pp, 3.8 M) - False or Misleading Statements Related to Efficacy; Revision of PR Notice 91-7
- PR Notice 93-7 (PDF) (113 pp, 4.45 M) - Labeling Revisions Required by the Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
- PR Notice 93-8 (PDF) (1 pp, 495 K) - Labeling Statement Prohibiting Application to Water; Amendment to PR Notice 93-3
- PR Notice 93-9 (PDF) (7 pp, 3.6 M) - Voluntary Reduced-Risk Pesticides Initiative
- PR Notice 93-10 (PDF) (3 pp, 1.2 M) - Effluent Discharge Labeling Statements
- PR Notice 93-11 (PDF) (33 pp, 9.26 M) - Supplemental Guidance for PR Notice 93-7 - Labeling Revisions Required by the Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
1992
- PR Notice 92-1 (PDF) (6 pp, 338K) - Requirement to submit and identify adverse effects information
- PR Notice 92-2 (PDF) (3 pp, 1.3M) - Permissible label claims regarding ozone depleting substances
- PR Notice 92-4 (PDF) (2 pp, 61K) - Material Safety Data Sheets as Pesticide Labeling
1991
- PR Notice 91-1 - Procedures for Voluntarily Requesting Deletion of Approved Uses from Registerd Labels
- PR Notice 91-2 - Accuracy of Stated Percentages for Ingredients Statement
1990
- PR Notice 90-3 - Announcing the Formation of an Industry-Wide Spray Drift Task Force
- PR Notice 90-1 - Inert Ingredients in Pesticide Products; Revised Policy Statement
1988
- PR Notice 88-6 (PDF) (7 pp, 1.4M) - Change in Registration Procedures; Agency Approval not Required for Certain Amendments
1987
- PR Notice 87-6 - Inert Ingredients in Pesticide Products Policy Statement
- PR Notice 87-1 - Label Improvement Program for Pesticides Applied through Irrigation Systems (Chemigation)
1986
- PR Notice 86-5 - Standard Format for Data Submitted Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and Certain Provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
1985
- PR Notice 85-6 (PDF) (4 pp, 24 K) - Clarification of Label Improvement Program for Fumigants. Revision of PR Notice 84-5
1984
- PR Notice 84-5 (PDF) (53 pp, 19 M) - Label Improvement Program for Fumigants
- PR Notice 84-1 - Clarification of Label Improvement Program
1983
- PR Notice 83-3 - Label Improvement Program - Storage and Disposal Statements
1982
- PR Notice 82-1 - Revised Policy on Label Claims for Tank Mixing
1981
- PR Notice 81-4 (PDF) (4 pp, 197 K) - Label Improvement Program - Label Revisions to accommodate new OAOC Methods of Chemical analysis
1980
- PR Notice 80-2 (PDF) (3 pp. 21 K) - Label Improvement Program: Deletion of salt water emesis statements
1973
- PR Notice 73-4 (PDF) (2 pp, 707.98 K) - Residual Insecticides in Food handling Establishments
1972
- PR Notice 72-6 (PDF) (2 pp, 18 K) - Changes in standard for expressing potency of products containing BACILLUS TRURINGIENSIS BERLINER
1970
- PR Notice 70-16 (PDF) (2 pp, 71 K) - Requirements for Additional Labeling on Products Containing Sodium Hypochlorite