Comments in Response to EBDC Fungicide Use on Macadamia Nuts and Coffee in Hawaii
Date: June 8, 2005
To: Richard Michell
USEPA
CC: Rick Melnicoe
WIPMC
Director
From: Cathy Tarutani
American-affiliated Pacific Islands (API) Comment Coordinator
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822
Dear Dr. Michel,
Barry Brennan forwarded your message, below, to us.
Dr. Mike Kawate, Pesticide Registration Specialist, and I work with a project sponsored by the Western IPM Center.
Our response (Microsoft Word) is attached.
If you have any questions, please contact Mike Kawate at (808) 956-6008) or me (contact info below).
Cathy
Cathy Tarutani
Phone: (808) 956-2004
Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
3190 Maile Way, St John 307
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822
Date: May 19, 2005
To: Michael Kawate
University of Hawaii
CC: Richard Michell
USEPA
From: Barry Brennan
University of Hawaii
Subject: Spray Gallonages/ Macadamia & Coffee
Mike:
Can you respond to this request? The answer requires having experience with fungicide application on these crops.
Barry
Barry Brennan
Extension Specialist
Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
College of Tropical Agriculture and
Human Resources
University of Hawaii-Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: (808) 956-0885
Date: May 19, 2005
To: Barry Brennan
Extension Specialist
Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
University of Hawaii-Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822
From: Richard Michell
USEPA
Subject: Spray Gallonages/ Macadamia & Coffee
Dear Dr. Brennan:
We are trying to calculate typical and maximum application rates for fungicides used on macadamia and coffee in Hawaii, using product labels that only specify an amount per 100 gallons. Can you forward this request to someone(s) who can address the typical and maximum full coverage spray gallonages used on these crops to apply non-systemic fungicides?
The maximum gallonage may be theoretical, if none of the growers actually use it, but would allow the risk assessors to draw some exposure lines and develop risk mitigation measures.
Thanks,
Rich
Richard Michell, Ph.D.
Plant Pathologist-Nematologist
BEAD, USEPA
Phone: (703) 308-8119
Fax: (703) 308-8091
