	

Meeting Summary

Topic:		Carbofuran

Date:		July 24, 2008

Location:          Conference Room 9621 

Participants:	

FMC: John Cummings

EPA: Steven Bradbury, Susan Lewis, Laura Parsons, Jude Andreasen

Summary:

As part of the communications plan for the publication of the carbofuran
proposed tolerance revocations, EPA contacted stakeholders on July 23,
2008 to make appointments for calls on July 24.  The purpose of the
calls was to discuss the announcement planned for publication in the
Federal Register on July 30. The July 30 Federal Register Notice was to
be placed as a pre-publication signed notice in the public docket
(EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0162) on July 24, 2008.  

Among stakeholders contacted on July 23 for appointments for the July 24
telephone calls were the registrant (FMC), the Iowa Corn Association,
the National Sunflower Association, the National Potato Council, the
National Corn Growers Association, the National Cotton Council,the
Natural Resources Defense Council, the American Bird Conservancy, the
Defenders of Wildlife, the American Honey Producers Association, and
members of Congress.  The registrant’s representative, John Cummings,
noted that he would be in Washington, DC on July 24, and asked to be
briefed in person rather than by telephone.  Per his request, the
meeting was held at 9 AM.  EPA staff stated that  the action being taken
was a proposal to revoke all carbofuran tolerances.  EPA further noted
that the process of cancelling carbofuran required both cancellation of
uses and revocation of tolerances, and that due to the unacceptable
dietary risk to children identified in the Agency’s assessment, the
tolerance revocation was being proposed first.

