Section 18 Revision
NASDA has made comprehensive recommendations to improve and streamline the Section 18 pesticide emergency exemption process. The objective is to reduce the burden to both applicants and EPA, allowing for potentially quicker emergency response by the agency, providing consistent determinations of "significant economic loss" as the basis for an emergency, and updating the regulations to be consistent with the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA).
EPA issued a final rule on revisions to the Section 18 process in January 2006. The rule includes numerous recommendations offered by NASDA.