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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Although MN’s legislative session is ending, as of now, on a painful note—there is some gutting of regulatory authority and rolling back of clean energy policy, we did pass a ban on four flame retardants and will be studying the other six. We also banned triclosan last year. This may push EPA to act sooner, or possibly prod manufacturers to take this stuff off the market. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Of course the problem with the piecemeal, rather than full scale ‘no harm” evaluations is, manufacturers will slightly change a molecule, name it something else and sell it. Just like they did with neo-nics, another fine product of EPA’s pesticide division’s oversight. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Very truly yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Catherine Zimmer, MS, BSMT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Zimmer Environmental Improvement, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>St. Paul, MN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ph: 651.645.7509<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:zenllc@usfamily.net"><span style='color:blue'>zenllc@usfamily.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gilliam, Allen<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 19, 2015 12:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] FW: FYI - EPA Responds to Citizen Petition for a Ban on Triclosan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sorry for any cross posting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>No surprises below… EPA “…is currently engaged in reevaluating the risks posed by triclosan…</span> <span style='color:#1F497D'>Depending on the results of these assessments, the agency may consider new regulatory action if warranted.” will take at least a decade…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Allen g<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>EPA News Release dated May 15: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/2015/triclosan.html">http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/2015/triclosan.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.2pt;mso-line-height-alt:12.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>EPA Responds to Citizen Petition for a Ban on Triclosan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:15.6pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt'><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>For Release: May 15, 2015</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:15.6pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>EPA is responding to the Citizen Petition for a Ban on Triclosan filed by Food & Water Watch and Beyond Pesticides by granting one request and denying others. The petition requested that EPA take a variety of actions – including cancelling registered pesticide products containing triclosan and assessing risks – under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; Clean Water Act; Safe Drinking Water Act; and Endangered Species Act (ESA).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:15.6pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>EPA has determined that the currently available information does not support cancelling registered pesticide products containing triclosan. EPA will however evaluate and conduct a biological assessment of the potential for effects on listed species under the ESA in the ongoing triclosan registration review, the process to review pesticide registrations to ensure each pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:15.6pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>As an antimicrobial pesticide, triclosan is used as a preservative in industrial, institutional, and residential settings to protect items from odor and stain-causing bacteria, fungi, mold, and mildew. The agency has previously determined that pesticide products containing triclosan will not cause unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment and is currently engaged in reevaluating the risks posed by triclosan including a review of the human health and ecological risks, endangered species assessment, and risk assessment process for biosolids. Depending on the results of these assessments, the agency may consider new regulatory action if warranted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:15.6pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.6pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>The petition, supporting documents, comments, EPA’s decisions with respect to the petition, and response to significant public comments can be found in the docket for this action at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov" target="_blank">www.regulations.gov</a>, Docket ID # <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0548" target="_blank">EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0548</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>