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Brian R. Leahy
Director
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Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Governor
06/14/2016
ENF 16-18
To: County Agricultural Commissioners

Refer 280SL Herbicide, U.S. EPA Registration Number 82534-4-AA-88783, Label Amendment to Revise Precautionary Statements

This letter is to inform you that the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Registration Branch recently reviewed and approved a revised label for the Summit Agro USA, LLC product, Refer 280SL Herbicide, EPA Reg. No. 82534-4-AA-88783. Based on new acute toxicity data, the label’s Human Health Hazard and Precautionary Statements for the subject product have been modified and now the Title 3 California Code of Regulations section 6746 requirements for closed system mixing no longer apply to this product.

The registrant, Summit Agro USA, LLC, has agreed to have the new label reflecting these changes on product containers sold for use in California no later than October 31, 2016. In the interim, if users are not mixing and loading with closed system equipment, they must have a hard or electronic copy of the enclosed DPR stamped approved label at the use site.

If you have any further questions please contact your Enforcement Branch Liaison.

Sincerely,

Original signature by:
Donna Marciano
Chief, Enforcement Branch
916-324-4100

Enclosures

CC:
Mr. Joe Marade, DPR Agricultural Commissioner Liaison
Ms. Susan Hill, Summit Agro USA, LLC
Mr. Mike Kellogg, Pyxis Regulatory Consulting, Inc.
Enforcement Branch Liaisons