BEAD Impact Assessment Soil Fumigant Request for Information
Colleagues,
I am forwarding a very substantial data request from EPA and asking that you please provide input. EPA would like to have your responses by April 1. Please let me know if you think that deadline is reasonable or not. Some of you and your cooperators will recognize this as very similar to an information request that was circulated through some grower-organizations a year or so ago. If there has been no change, it should be OK to dust off the older response and re-submit it.
Basically BEAD is preparing to do soil fumigant benefit assessments for the crops identified in "List 1". BEAD believes those crops may have significant benefits. "List 2" identifies crops that may use some soil fumigants but EPA believes the benefits may not be significant. They seek your opinions on the appropriate listing of crops and any other suggestions you may have on the benefit assessment plans.
The specific data needs are listed on page 4 of the fumigant crop list memo. I have taken the liberty of expanding that list into the attached page in case a standardized format is useful to you. Please feel free to modify it in any way that makes sense to you.
Thanks and best regards,
Al Jennings
-----Original Message-----
From: John
Leahy
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:52 AM
To: Jennings, Allen
Cc: edwards.debbie@epa.gov
Subject: Fw: BEAD crop list memo and crop list routing memo.
Hi Al,
See memos below. These follow-up on our conversation a couple months ago. I have paper copies which I can give you, too -- will you be here this afternoon for the pic meeting with the Task Force? A few items to note:
Typo on the appendix, should be A, not B (there's
only one appendix).
Any info should be sent to Jonathan Becker and me, and copied to
you so you will also have to the same information we get.
The response date is April 1 -- we know that's a quick turnaround;
information that comes in after April 1 will be welcome, too, but the
earlier the better. Let us know if any questions.
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
Attachment 3
Thanks,
John
