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RIN: 0581-AE02

Publication ID: Spring 2024

Title: Inert Ingredients in Pesticides for Organic Production (AMS-NOP-21-0008)
Abstract: Based on comments received from the September 2022 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and recommendations from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) expected in Fall 2024, this action would propose to replace outdated references in USDA's organic regulations to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policy on inert ingredients in pesticides. Inerts, also identified as "other ingredients" on pesticide labels, are any substances other than the active ingredient that are intentionally added to pesticide products. References to outdated EPA policy appear in the USDA organic regulations in the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List) and identify the inert ingredients allowed in pesticides for organic production.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 205
Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6501 to 6524

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	09/02/2022	87 FR 54173
ANPRM Comment Period Extended	10/11/2022	87 FR 61268
ANPRM Comment Period End	11/01/2022
ANPRM Comment Period Extended End	12/31/2022
NPRM	04/00/2025

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: YES	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Jennifer Tucker Deputy Administrator, USDA National Organic Program Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250 Phone:202 260-8077 Email: jennifer.tucker@usda.gov