UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
20460
April
4,
2006
OFFICE
OF
PREVENTION,
PESTICIDES
AND
TOXIC
SUBSTANCES
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Usage
Report
Package
in
Support
of
Reregistration
for
the
Fungicide
Propiconazole
(
122101)
DP
#
327918
FROM:
Jenna
Carter,
Botanist
Science
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:
Christing
Scheltema,
CRM
Reregistration
Branch
III
Special
Review
and
Registration
Division
(
7508C)

Reviewer:
Art
Grube
Attached
is
the
usage
report/
package
for
the
fungicide,
propiconazole.
The
reports
included
in
this
package
are
electronically
transmitted
to
Reviewers
or
Team
Members
in
the
Office
of
Pesticides
Programs
(
OPP)
in
support
of
the
Reregistration
and/
or
Registration
process
and
designed
to
help
in
the
scientific
assessments
of
this
chemical.
These
reports
are
written
in
various
formats
(
MS
Word,
Excel),
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:

9
Refined
Usage
cc:
Richard
Michell,
Andrew
Lee,
Timothy
Kiely
Propiconazole
Refined
Usage
At
the
request
of
the
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division
and
the
Biological
and
Economic
Effect
Division,
the
Usage
and
Label
Use
Team
has
prepared
an
analysis
of
national
usage
for
agricultural
crops.
A
five
year
average
was
calculated
using
EPA
source
data
along
with
USDA
NASS
(
2000­
2004).

Table
1.
Propiconazole
National
Agricultural
Usage
Crop
Average
Annual
Amount
Used
(
Lbs.
Active
Ingredient)
Average
Annual
Total
Area
Treated
(
A)
Average
Annual
Percent
Crop
Treated
Almonds
830
8,000
>
5
Apples
33
300
>
1
Apricots
840
8,100
29
Barley
11,000
150,000
3
Celery
2,500
23,000
49
Cherries
3,900
36,000
18
Dry
Beans/
Peas
560
5,300
51
Filberts
1,500
8,500
19
Grapes,
Table
21
190
1
Peaches
12,000
110,000
31
Peanuts
48,000
810,000
73
Pecans
38,000
410,000
18
Prunes
4,400
40,000
18
Pumpkin
110
720
1
Rice
58,000
420,000
55
Sweet
Corn
15,000
140,000
11
Watermelon
0
58
>
1
Wheat,
Spring
57,000
780,000
56
Wheat,
Winter
91,000
940,000
62
EPA
Source
Data
and
USDA
NASS
(
2000­
2004)
