              Expedited Emergency Exemption (Section 18) Request
                          Movento (ai. Spirotetramat)
                            EPA Reg. No. 264-1050 
New Mexico Department of Agriculture requests a specific emergency exemption under the provisions of section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended, for use of spirotetramat, formulated as the product Movento, (EPA Reg. No. 264-1050), on onions to control thrips, and incorporates by reference all information submitted in the previous application dated May 27, 2009.
This is the second year that New Mexico Department of Agriculture has requested this use.  New Mexico Department of Agriculture asks that this specific exemption request be processed as eligible for a streamlined repeat request as allowed by 40 CFR 166.20(b)(5).
Also in accordance with the regulations, Cary C.S. Hamilton, Program Manager hereby certifies the following (check one that applies for each numbered item) and, if applicable, attach additional information):
 
   1. __X___ The emergency condition(s) described in the previously submitted emergency exemption application continues to exist.
 
   2. __X___ All information submitted in the previously submitted emergency exemption application is still accurate; or 

_____ Except as expressly identified in the attached document, all information submitted in the previously submitted emergency exemption application is still accurate.
 
   3. __X___ The proposed conditions of use are identical to the conditions of use EPA approved previously for emergency File Symbol # 09-NM-02, dated: May 29, 2009; or

_____ The proposed conditions of use are identical to the conditions of use EPA approved previously for emergency File Symbol #_______, dated:___________, except as expressly identified below:
   A.             _______
   B.             _______
   C.             _______
   4. __X___ There were no additional conditions or limitations on the eligibility for recertification identified in the previous notice of approval; or 

_____ Any conditions or limitations on the eligibility for recertification identified in the previous notice of approval of the exemption have been satisfied (explanation attached).
 
   5. __X___ The applicant has not newly become aware of any alternative chemical or nonchemical practice that may offer a meaningful level of pest control; or

_____ If any such new alternative controls are available, documentation is provided that demonstrates that each such known chemical or practice does not provide adequate control or is not economically or environmentally feasible (explanation attached).
 
   6. __X__ A final or interim report was submitted on _______________, or is attached.

Cary C.S. Hamilton
Registration Program Manager
NMDA-AES, Pesticide Compliance Section
PO BOX 30005, MSC-3AQ
3190 South Espina
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8005
Office: 575-646-7020
Fax: 575-646-5977
chamilton@nmda.nmsu.edu

