              OFFICE OF CHEMICAL SAFETY
AND POLLUTION PREVENTION
                 UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20460









MEMORANDUM

DATE:	August 29, 2011

SUBJECT:	Environmental Fate and Ecological Risk Assessment for Fluopyram Registration
            (PC Code 080302; DP Barcodes 353315, 369756, and 385637)
            
FROM:	Mohammed Ruhman, Fate Scientist
      Amanda Solliday, Biologist 
		Environmental Risk Branch V
		Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507P)  

THROUGH:	Mah T. Shamim, Ph.D., Branch Chief
		Environmental Risk Branch V
		Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507P)
		
TO:		Lisa Jones, Risk Manager Reviewer
      Shaja Joyner, Risk Manager, RM 20
      Fungicide Branch
		Registration Division (7505P)


As part of the new chemical registration for the fungicide fluopyram, this risk assessment provides an overview of what is currently known about the potential environmental fate and ecological effects associated with the proposed uses of fluopyram (see attached document).

