Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-6-102 - Agricultural Use Pesticide Submittal Requirements
A. Pre-registration data requirements for new
agricultural use pesticides.
1. Before
registering a new agricultural use pesticide under A.R.S. §
3-351,
an applicant shall submit information that enables the Department to determine
whether the new agricultural use pesticide has the potential to pollute
groundwater in the state. This information shall include:
a. A transmittal letter;
b. The following information on a Data
Summary form obtained from the Department:
i.
The company name and address;
ii.
The name and contact information of the person making the submittal;
iii. The date of filing;
iv. The product information, including the
brand name, EPA registration number, formulation category, and intended use;
and
v. The active ingredient
technical name, Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number, common name, molecular
weight, and bulk density; and
c. The following information for each active
ingredient:
i. Water solubility;
ii. Vapor pressure;
iii. Octanol-water partition
coefficient;
iv. Soil adsorption
coefficient;
v. Henry's law
constant;
vi. Dissipation studies,
including hydrolysis, photolysis, aerobic and anaerobic soil metabolism, and
field dissipation, performed under conditions in Arizona, or similar
environmental and use conditions, if that information exists in studies and
conclusions from other states or the United States government. The studies
shall, at a minimum, meet EPA testing methods and reporting
guidelines.
2. The applicant may submit the following
alternate information:
a. Upon Director
approval, alternate information to satisfy one or more of the data requirements
in subsection (A)(1)(c). The alternate information shall accurately describe
the relevant data required for each new agricultural use pesticide active
ingredient under conditions in Arizona or under similar environmental and use
conditions;
b. California
registration.
i. Evidence that the California
Department of Food and Agriculture registered the agricultural use pesticide
following the data requirements under California Food and Agricultural Code
Section 13143; and
ii.
Documentation showing that required studies were performed under environmental
and use conditions that are similar to those conditions in Arizona.
3. Waiver. The Director
may waive some or all of the information required in subsection (A)(1)(c) if
the applicant demonstrates that:
a. Due to the
nature of the active ingredient, it is not scientifically possible to obtain
meaningful results for the specified tests; or
b. Due to the application or cultural
practices for the active ingredient, it is not necessary to obtain some or all
of the information.
B. Pre-registration data submittal
completeness.
1. The Department shall notify
the Arizona Department of Agriculture when the applicant submits all the
information on the active ingredient required under subsection (A) and the
Director has concluded that the information is sufficient to determine whether
the active ingredient has the potential to pollute groundwater of the
state.
2. If the Director cannot
determine that the data submittal requirements for agricultural use
registration in Arizona have been met, the person may apply for a conditional
registration under A.R.S. §
49-310.
C. Information submittal for the
product chemistry and environmental fate assessment evaluation. After
satisfying the data submittal required in subsection (A) and registering the
pesticide with the Arizona Department of Agriculture:
1. A registrant may prepare an assessment of
the product chemistry and environmental fate parameters for the Department to
evaluate the potential for a new agricultural use pesticide to pollute
groundwater. The assessment shall include:
a.
Patterns for using the agricultural use pesticide in Arizona;
b. Cultural practices for those areas within
Arizona where the agricultural use pesticide is intended for use;
c. Geological and meteorological conditions
of the regions within Arizona where the agricultural use pesticide is intended
for use; and
d. Any other
information the Director determines is necessary to support the
assessment.
2. A
registrant may submit any of the following information if it is directly
relevant to the agricultural use pesticide active ingredient evaluation:
a. Relevant scientific data and summaries,
including those submitted to or required by federal and state agencies that
further support the studies required in
R18-6-102(A)(1)(c);
b. Relevant evaluations and conclusions by
federal and state agencies, including evaluations of the studies required in
R18-6-102(A)(1)(c);
c. Documentation that addresses whether the
studies required in
R18-6-102(A)(1)(c)
were performed under environmental and use
conditions that are similar to those in Arizona.
D. If new information is available
about the active ingredient of an agricultural use pesticide currently
registered by the Arizona Department of Agriculture, the Director may require
the registrant to submit the new information to the Director to assess whether
the information is relevant to the Director's determination under subsection
(B)(1).
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