§158.590 Nontarget insect data requirements.

(a) Table. Sections 158.50 and 158.100 through 158.102 describe how to use this table to determine the nontarget insect data requirements and the substance to be tested.

 
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                                                                                    General use pattern                                                     Test substance
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     Kind of data required      (b) Notes        Terrestrial               Aquatic              Greenhouse                                                                             reference
                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------  Forestry   Domestic    Indoor    Data to support   Data to support      No.
                                            Food crop    Nonfood    Food crop    Nonfood   Food crop   Nonfood               outdoor      use            MP                EP
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                                                                                                                                                                                      1  1  1  1
 
Honey bee acute contact               (1)  [CR]        [CR]        [CR]        [CR]        .........  .........  [CR]       [CR]       .........  TGAI............  TGAI............       141-1
 LD[INF]50[/INF].
Honey bee_toxicity of residues   (1), (2)  CR          CR          CR          CR          .........  .........  CR         CR         .........  TEP.............  TEP.............       141-2
 on foliage.
Honey bee subacute feeding            (3)  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  ................  ................       141-4
 study.
Field testing for pollinators.        (4)  CR          CR          CR          CR          .........  .........  CR         CR         .........  TEP.............  TEP.............       141-5
 
       Nontarget insect
    testing_aquatic insects
Acute toxicity to aquatic             (5)  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  ................  ................       142-1
 insects.
Aquatic insect life-cycle             (5)  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  ................  ................       142-1
 study.
Simulated or actual field             (5)  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  ................  ................       142-3
 testing for aquatic insects.
Nontarget insect                      (5)  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  ................  ................       143-1
 testing_predators and                                                                                                                                                                      thru
 parasites.                                                                                                                                                                                143-3
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Key: CR=Conditionally required; [ ]=Brackets (ie, [CR]) indicate data requirements that apply to products for which an experimental use permit is being sought; TGAI=Technical grade of the
  active ingredient; TEP=Typical end-use product.
(b) Notes. The following notes are referenced in column two of the table contained in paragraph (a) of this section.
(1) Required only if proposed use will result in honey bee exposure.
(2) Required only when formulation contains one or more active ingredients having an acute LD[INF]50[/INF] of less than 1 microgram/bee.
(3) This requirement is reserved pending development of test methodology.
(4) May be required under the following conditions:
(i) Data from the honey bee subacute feeding study indicate adverse effects on colonies, especially effects other than acute mortality (reproductive, behavioral, etc.).
(ii) Data from residual toxicity studies indicate extended residual toxicity.
(iii) Data derived from studies with organisms other than bees indicate properties of the pesticide beyond acute toxicity, such as the ability to cause reproductive or chronic effects.
(5) This requirement is reserved pending further evaluation to determine what and when data should be required, and to develop appropriate test methods.

[49 FR 42881, Oct. 24, 1984. Redesignated at 53 FR 15993, May 4, 1988, and amended at 58 FR 34203, June 23, 1993]