UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460

							                                         OFFICE OF

				PREVENTION, PESTICIDES

	AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES

	

MEMORANDUM

Date/Time: 	March 25, 2014 / 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Subject: 	Pesticide Reevaluation Division (PRD) Meets with Oxon Italia
S.p.A. to Discuss Status of Atrazine Registration Review.

From: 		Marianne A. Mannix, Chemical Review Manager

Re-evaluation Management and Implementation Branch III

Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P)

Participants: 	Neil Anderson (EPA), Avivah Jakob (EPA), Marianne Mannix
(EPA), Nicola Gelmett (Oxon Italia S.p.A.), Liz Rea (Sipcam Agro USA),
Giovanni Mattaini (Sipcam Agro USA) 

Meeting Summary:

At the request of the registrant, on March 24, 2015 members of the
atrazine registration review team (from PRD) met with Oxon Italia
S.p.A., one of the four atrazine technical registrants, to discuss the
status of atrazine registration review and the ongoing atrazine water
monitoring programs. The team provided a general overview of the ongoing
water monitoring programs, a status update for the registration review
of atrazine and informed the registrant that the registration review
Preliminary Risk Assessments are expected to publish in June of 2015.
Atrazine is an herbicide registered for use on corn, sorghum, and
sugarcane. The registration review case for atrazine opened in June of
2013 (Registration Review Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0266).

