Also in this section:
Methodology for the Revision of the FSC-US Standards
FSC-US Regional Meetings, Summer ’07 – Summary of discussions
FSC-US Draft Guidance on the Controlled Wood Standards Released for Public Comment
Principles and Criteria
U.S. Regional Standards
Family Forests Program
Regional Standards Review:
Introduction
Executive Summary and Overviews
Final Assessments
Background and Supporting Documents
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Comments Being Solicited on Derogation Applications Until September 15, 2007
On May 18, 2007 FSC Policy and Standards Unit (PSU) revised the list of highly hazardous pesticides as well as the derogation application process. Now that the list of new chemicals is finalized, numerous U.S. certificate holders are applying for temporary derogations to continue to use the chemicals that were added onto that prohibited list. Certificate holders are working toward an October 1 deadline for submittal of the completed applications to FSC International.
In order to provide stakeholders with at least a 45-day comment period, stakeholder consultation is being carried out in two phases. This first phase provided stakeholders with a list of the pesticides that derogations are being sought for, see below. We are now beginning Phase II to solicit feedback on the detailed applications that explain the justification/demonstrated need, safeguards applied during use, and programs to develop alternatives for these pesticides.
Stakeholders will have until September 15th to offer comments on the draft applications. Please send comments to: ndaly@fscus.org
Following are the 8 pesticides requiring derogations and the respective regions:
Pesticide chemical name: hexazinone
Use type: herbicide
FSC US Regions: All
Pesticide chemical name: 2,4-D 2-ethylexyl ester
Use type: herbicide
FSC US Regions: Pacific Coast, Rocky Mountain, Lake States, Appalachia, and Southeast
Pesticide chemical name: 2-(2,4-DP), dma salt (= dichlorprop, dma salt)
Use type: herbicide
FSC US Regions: Pacific Coast, Rocky Mountain, Lake States, Appalachian, and Southeast
Pesticide chemical name: diflubenzuron
Use type: insecticide
FSC US Regions: Pacific Coast, Rocky Mountain, and Lake States
Pesticide chemical name: tebufenozide
Use type: insecticide
FSC US Regions: Rocky Mountain, Southeast, and Pacific Coast
Pesticide chemical name: dicamba, dma salt
Use type: herbicide
FSC US Regions: Pacific Coast, Lake states, Southeast, Appalachian, and Rocky Mountain
Pesticide chemical name: diuron
Use type: herbicide
FSC US Regions: Pacific Coast, Lake states, Southeast, and Appalachian
Pesticide chemical name: esfenvalerate
Use type: insecticide
FSC US Regions: Pacific Coast and Southeast
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