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2-13-2008

PREDATOR CONTROL PESTICIDE CANCELLATION PETITION COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the public comment period on predator control pesticides until March 5 to allow additional time for more substantive input from interested parties.

A coalition of environmental groups requested the Agency cancel the registrations of two predator control pesticides, M-44 sodium cyanide capsules and sodium fluoroacetate, known as “compound 1080.”

The groups –  including Sinapu, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), Beyond Pesticides, Forest Guardians, Predator Defense, Western Wildlife Conservancy, Sierra Club, The Rewilding Institute, Animal Defense League of Arizona, and Animal Welfare Institute – claim that M-44 sodium cyanide capsules and sodium fluoroacetate cannot perform their intended functions without causing unreasonable adverse effects on the environment and posing an imminent hazard. 

In the mid-1990s, EPA did a thorough assessment of these pesticides and found that both were eligible for reregistration. The resulting Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (REDs) are available on the Agency’s webpage at http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm.

For information on how to submit a comment, contact Joy Schnackenbeck, Special Review and Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 703-308-8072, chnackenbeck.joy@epa.gov.

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