Abstract |
This document and the process used to develop it are the results of a pilot process to facilitate greater public involvement and participation in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) reregistration decisions on organophosphate pesticides. As part of the Agency's effort to involve the public in the implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), the Agency is undertaking a special effort to maintain open public dockets on the organophosphate pesticides and to engage the public in the reregistration and tolerance reassessment processes for these chemicals. The idea of using such an open process was discussed by the Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee (TRAC), a large multi-stakeholder advisory body which is advising the Agency on implementing the new provisions of the FQPA. The organophosphate pesticides are the pilot project for this initiative. |