Press Release

October 03, 2016
  • Water & Soil

Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals Concerning Water Pollution"

The MOE is inviting public comments regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals concerning Water Pollution". Comments will be accepted from October 3, 2016 to ‎November 1, 2016.

The proposal will establish the registration of withholding standards on water pollution for 4 agricultural chemicals (chinomethionat, picarbutrazox, prohexadione-calcium, mepanipyrim).

These standards will be established under Paragraph 2, Article 3 of the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law.

All procedures related to this invitation will be conducted in Japanese and comments must be submitted in Japanese.

For further information, please visit the MOE's website at https://www.env.go.jp/info/iken.html (in Japanese only).

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