North Carolina and Arkansas Pesticide Registration Updates

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services and Arkansas Department of Agriculture have recently updated their pesticide registration policies to require additional registrations for differing labels. These states are now requiring multiple fees for products within a single EPA Registration Number for any label variation other than size, scent, or color. Changes that [...]

2023-03-07T20:06:18+00:00EPA, State|

Updates to U.S. Virgin Islands Pesticide Regulations

UPDATE: Registration fee invoices for products actively registered in the U.S. Virgin Islands will be sent out in February 2023. On October 18, 2022, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning & Natural Resources (DPNR) updated its Pesticide Control Program Rules and Regulations to include a $400 biennial fee for products registered in the territory. [...]

2023-02-09T20:25:50+00:00EPA, State|

ARE YOU READY FOR IT? New VOC Limits Taking Effect in 2023

U.S. EPA and many states and territories have adopted more stringent limits for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in consumer products.  While newer limits have already taken effect in some states (or for certain product categories), the effective date for others is quickly approaching. New VOC limits for specific product categories in California and New York [...]

California Consumer Product VOC Regulation Amendments Have Been Finalized

On August 1, 2022, proposed amendments to California’s Consumer Product Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Regulations were approved by the Office of Administrative Law and filed with the Secretary of State. These amendments are a result of the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) efforts to reduce VOC emissions from consumer products, which CARB states are the [...]

Canada Issued Emerging Viral Pathogens Policy for Monkeypox Virus

On July 23rd, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the recent outbreak of Monkeypox virus “a public health emergency of international concern”.(1) This announcement has come following the continued worldwide spread of Monkeypox from 92 cases in 12 member countries reported in May to over 16,000 confirmed cases and 5 deaths in 75 member [...]

2022-10-19T19:40:51+00:00EPA, State|

Oregon Proposed Fee Increase UPDATE: Fee Increase Approved

Update: The proposed fee increase for Oregon pesticide product registration has been approved with an effective date of September 21st, 2022. Products renewing on December 31st, 2022 for the 2023 registration year will be subject to the new fee of $360/product. Please contact your SRC consultant with any questions about this change. This week, Oregon [...]

2022-09-23T19:45:08+00:00EPA, State|

Service Offering for State Label Support

Don't know where to start creating your product label? SRC is pleased to announce we can aid in drafting state label language to better assist you in the label creation process. SRC will provide all the required label language based on the claims you would like to utilize for your product. How will this service [...]

2022-07-28T15:05:31+00:00EPA, State|

New California DPR Return Policy for Pesticide Registrations and Amendments

California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has released California Notice CA 2022-12 - Application Return Policy for Pesticide Product Registrations and Amendments, setting a new timeframe for responding to applications that are incomplete, inaccurate, or missing the required application fee. The Policy This policy will go into effect on July 1st, 2022 and will limit [...]

2022-06-13T20:11:39+00:00EPA, State|