Oregon EPR Deadline Approaching Quickly
Several states have enacted Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation, which is intended to increase recycling and sustainability, and to reduce waste by making producers responsible for end-of-life management of the covered products they produce. Specific [...]
Get Signed Up for EPA’s MyPest Portal!
More transparency into the status of EPA review for our submitted applications is here! In January, EPA launched its new MyPest portal, which will allow registrants and applicants to see the real-time status of their [...]
Reminder: EPA Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fees Due January 15th
As the end of the year approaches, it is time to prepare for EPA Pesticide Registration Maintenance Fees. The fee varies from year to year depending on the authorizing legislation. EPA has set the 2025 [...]
Sanitizers May Now Make Claims Against Viruses
EPA has released an Interim Guidance for the Evaluation of Products for Claims Against Viruses (“Policy”) which creates a pathway for registrants to add viral claims to food contact and non-food contact sanitizing products for [...]
EPA Resets Activation Date of Emerging Viral Pathogens Policy for Marburg Virus
On October 2nd, the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported 36 confirmed cases of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) and 11 deaths in the Republic of Rwanda. Thus far, the outbreak has been contained to [...]
Nevada Proposes Pesticide Registration Fee Increase
The Nevada Department of Agriculture has proposed an amendment to Chapter 586 of the Nevada Administrative Code to increase the states annual pesticide registration fee to $281 per product. This is an almost 225% increase [...]