Press Release

October 26, 2007
  • Water & Soil

Public Comments Invited regarding the "Draft Notification Partially Amending the Notification Providing for the Registration Withholding Standards of Agricultural Chemicals concerning Prevention of Water Pollution"

The Ministry of the Environment (MOE) invites broad public comments regarding the "Draft Notification Partially Amending the Notification Providing for the Registration Withholding Standards of Agricultural Chemicals concerning Prevention of Water Pollution." Comments will be accepted from October 26, 2007 to November 24, 2007.
The draft notification establishes the registration withholding standards for 3 agricultural chemicals (metaldehyde, pyraclonil, penoxsulam), and revises the registration withholding standard of 1 agricultural chemical (imidacloprid), under Paragraph 2, Article 3 of Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law.
All procedures related to this invitation will be conducted in Japanese. Comments also need to be submitted in Japanese.
For further information, please visit the Ministry of the Environment web page (in Japanese) (https://www.env.go.jp/info/iken.html).

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