UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
20460
OFFICE
OF
PREVENTION,
PESTICIDES
AND
TOXIC
SUBSTANCES
MEMORANDUM
April
26,
2006
SUBJECT:
Usage
Report
Package
in
Support
of
Reregistration
for
the
Fungicide
Propiconazole
(
122101)

FROM:
Jenna
Carter
Scientific
Information
Analysis
Branch
Biological
and
Economic
Analysis
Division
(
7503C)

THRU:
Steve
Jarboe,
Team
Leader
Science
Information
&
Analysis
Branch
Biological
and
Economic
Analysis
Division
(
7503C)

TO:
Christina
Scheltema
Reregistration
Branch
3
Special
Review
&
Registration
Division
(
7508­
C)

Reviewer:
Jihad
Alsadek
Attached
is
a
usage
report
package
for
propiconazole.
The
report
included
in
this
package
is
electronically
transmitted
to
Reviewers
or
Team
Members
in
the
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP)
in
support
of
the
Reregistration
and/
or
Registration
process
and
designed
to
help
in
the
scientific
assessments
of
this
chemical.
This
report
is
written
in
various
formats
(
Corel,
Lotus
1­
2­
3,
MS
Word,
Excel,
Adobe
Acrobat),
so
it
is
advised
to
open
or
save
each
report
to
view
or
print
from
the
appropriate
program.

For
questions,
comments
and
other
usage
or
label
use
information
requests,
please
contact
the
name(
s)
listed
on
the
memorandum
header,
the
OPP
Usage
and
Label
Use
Team
(
our
group
e­
mail
address
in
Lotus
Notes),
or:
Jihad
Alsadek
(
308­
8140),
Jenna
Carter
(
308­
8370),
Steve
Jarboe
(
308­
8105),
Sharlita
Harris
(
308­
8147),
or
Rafael
Prieto
(
308­
8152).
You
can
also
complete
the
feedback
form
at
your
convenience.
The
Usage
and
Label
Use
Team
(
ULUT)
looks
forward
to
hearing
from
you.

Note:
If
the
BEAD
usage
report
(
SLUA
or
otherwise)
is
more
than
two
(
2)
years
old,
please
check
with
the
OPP
Usage
and
Label
Use
Team
(
also
our
e­
mail
address)
to
determine
if
there
is
more
recent
usage
data
available.
The
Usage
report(
s)
electronically­
transmitted
through
Lotus
Notes
links
include:


Refined
Usage
on
Turf
Propiconazole
Turf
Usage
At
the
request
of
SRRD,
the
Usage
and
Label
Use
Team
(
ULUT)
in
the
Biological
and
Economic
Analysis
Division
(
BEAD)
has
provided
data
on
the
use
of
Propiconazole
on
all
available
types
of
turf,
based
on
the
available
data.
These
data
will
be
used
to
characterize
the
use
of
propiconazole
on
turf,
and
may
be
used
to
refine
the
ecological
risk
assessment
for
propiconazole.

State
level
annual
pounds
applied,
acres
treated,
and
application
rates
of
propiconazole
on
golf
course
turf
have
been
averaged
for
the
three
most
recent
years
available
(
1998,
1999
and
2001)
using
EPA
source
data
(
Table
2).
The
data
available
for
non­
golf
turf
is
limited
to
the
estimated
annual
pounds
applied
for
professional
applicators
(
Table
1).

Table
1.
Total
Annual
Pounds
of
Propiconazole
Applied
to
Non­
Golf
Course
Turf
by
Site
Site
Pounds
Applied
2000*
Lawn
Care
Operators
15,000
Turf
Management
&
Nurseries/
Greenhouses
75,000
Total
Pounds
Applied
90,000
*
All
figures
rounded
up
to
the
nearest
1000
Source:
EPA
Proprietary
data
(
2000)

Table
2.
Propiconazole
Annual
Golf
Course
Usage
by
State
State
Average
Annual
A.
I.
Amount
Applied
(
pounds)*
Average
Annual
Total
Area
Treated
(
A)*
Average
Annual
A.
I.
Rate
(
Lbs/
A)**

ALABAMA
>
100
>
100
0.50
ARKANSAS
>
100
>
100
0.30
CALIFORNIA
871
1,000
1.20
COLORADO
670
948
1.00
CONNECTICUT
2,762
4,580
1.10
DELAWARE
177
519
0.50
FLORIDA
>
100
>
100
0.40
GEORGIA
133
211
1.10
ILLINOIS
4,507
9,391
0.70
INDIANA
3,575
8,422
0.70
IOWA
887
1,840
0.70
KANSAS
172
649
0.40
KENTUCKY
370
957
0.50
MAINE
>
100
>
100
0.20
MARYLAND
1,363
2,549
0.80
MASSACHUSETTS
2,073
5,374
0.60
MICHIGAN
5,638
9,305
1.00
MINNESOTA
563
734
1.10
MISSISSIPPI
>
100
>
100
1.00
MISSOURI
268
627
0.60
NEBRASKA
289
507
1.00
NEVADA
>
100
>
100
0.30
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
157
325
0.30
NEW
JERSEY
1,075
3,009
0.50
NEW
YORK
4,751
11,524
0.60
NORTH
CAROLINA
123
382
0.50
NORTH
DAKOTA
>
100
>
100
0.20
OHIO
4,015
10,604
0.60
OKLAHOMA
>
100
136
1.10
OREGON
>
100
>
100
1.20
PENNSYLVANIA
4,160
8,292
0.70
RHODE
ISLAND
105
318
0.30
SOUTH
CAROLINA
>
100
181
0.40
SOUTH
DAKOTA
>
100
183
0.30
TENNESSEE
149
189
1.20
TEXAS
102
149
0.90
VERMONT
>
100
248
0.50
VIRGINIA
561
1,300
0.60
WASHINGTON
>
100
100
0.60
WEST
VIRGINIA
331
1,007
0.30
WISCONSIN
465
1,201
0.60
*
Figures
rounded
to
next
100
pounds
or
acres.
**
May
not
be
equal
to
division
of
pounds
applied
by
acres
treated
due
to
rounding.
Source:
EPA
proprietary
data
for
1998,
1999,
and
2001.
