161.590—Nontarget insect data requirements.
(a) Table.
Sections 161.100 through 161.102 describe how to use this table to determine the nontarget insect data requirements and the substance to be tested.
| Kind of data required | (b) Notes | General use pattern | Terrestrial | Food crop | Nonfood | Aquatic | Food crop | Nonfood | Greenhouse | Food crop | Nonfood | Forestry | Domestic outdoor | Indoor use | Test substance | Data to support MP | Data to support EP | Guidelines reference No. |
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| Honey bee acute contact LD50 | (1) | [CR] | [CR] | [CR] | [CR] | [CR] | [CR] | TGAI | TGAI | 141-1 | ||||||||
| Honey bee—toxicity of residues on foliage | (1), (2) | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | TEP | TEP | 141-2 | ||||||||
| Honey bee subacute feeding study | (3) | 141-4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Field testing for pollinators | (4) | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | TEP | TEP | 141-5 | ||||||||
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| Nontarget insect testing—aquatic insects | ||||||||||||||||||
| Acute toxicity to aquatic insects | (5) | 142-1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Aquatic insect life-cycle study | (5) | 142-1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simulated or actual field testing for aquatic insects | (5) | 142-3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nontarget insect testing—predators and parasites | (5) | 143-1thru 143-3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 LD50 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. | ||||||||||||||||||