Press Release

September 21, 2012
  • Water & Soil

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

September 21, 2012

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 September 21, 2012 to October 22, 2012.
The proposal will establish the registration of withholding standards on water pollution for 13 agricultural chemicals(abamectin, chlorthiamid, cyazofamid, tebufloquin, novaluron, pyraflufen-ethyl, pyriproxyfen, fluopicolide, flufenoxuron, pendimethalin, metconazole, lufenuron).
This standard 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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