18 Jun KARA Submits Comment to EPA on Importance of Low-Volatility Dicamba Product Developed by BASF
Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) has submitted a comment to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) detailing the critical need for access to dicamba products, particularly a proposed dicamba herbicide developed by BASF.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has received an application from BASF for a new product containing the currently registered active ingredient dicamba.
The product proposal includes over-the-top application of dicamba on both dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans. Because the application involves a new use pattern for dicamba, the Agency is providing a 30-day public comment period on the registration application consistent with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
EPA is also seeking comment on the associated draft labeling that BASF submitted, which is available in the docket.
The proposed labels would allow application to dicamba-tolerant soybeans before, during, and immediately after planting, and over-the-top of the soybean plant through the ‘V2’ growth stage (where the second set of three leaves of the plant are fully unfolded), but no later than June 12 of each year.
Application to dicamba-tolerant cotton in this BASF proposal would be allowed before, during, and immediately after planting, and over-the-top of the cotton plant, but no later than July 30 of each year. Please review BASF’s proposed label for additional details.
Like all opportunities for public comment associated with notices of receipt of applications, this action should not be interpreted as a registrant proposal that has been endorsed for future approval by EPA.
Should EPA determine that this or any other registrant-submitted application including over-the-top dicamba meets the standard for registration of a new use under FIFRA, EPA will provide a separate opportunity for public comment on the proposed decision at a future time.
The public comment period will close on July 5, 2024, 31 days after the publication date in the Federal Register.
EPA will review public comments as part of the proposed application process and incorporate any feedback into the registration decision.