USEPA
OPP/
Metam
Sodium
Registrants
10/
20/
04
10A
­
noon/
6th
floor
Conference
Room
B/
Crystal
Mall
2
Meeting
Minutes
USEPA
Representatives
in
attendance:
Mark
Seaton
Metam
Sodium
Registrants
in
attendance:
Brian
Thomassen,
Robert
Thomassen,
Ian
Chart,
Susan
Hunter­
Youngren,
Mia
Laget
(
via
telephone)

The
Metam
Sodium
registrants
provided
the
new
Metam
Sodium
Chemical
Review
Manager
an
overview
of
issues
related
to
the
reregistration
of
this
soil
fumigant.

Topics
discussed
include:

°
A
history
of
the
Metam
Sodium
registrants,
the
Metam
Sodium
Task
Force
and
the
Metam
Sodium
Alliance
°
A
review
of
applications
methods
for
metam
sodium,
and
the
challenges
associated
with
a
successful
metam
sodium
application.
°
A
review
of
possible
exposure
scenarios
that
result
from
a
metam
sodium
application
°
A
review
of
mathematical
models
that
have
been
developed
to
help
simulate
off­
field
exposures
to
MITC.
°
A
review
of
exposure
incidents,
and
stewardship
programs
in
place
to
prevent
them.
°
The
cluster
assessment
of
multiple
soil
fumigant
chemicals
