Pesticide Ingredient: Fluopyram: Requirement for 'Plan of Use'

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A decision made 1 February 2019:

Decision Reference: MD-PE- 2019-0008
Decision Summary Title :	Amendment to the approval for pesticides containing the active ingredient fluopyram		Date of Decision Summary:	23 January 2019
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Environmental Protection		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Amendment to the approval for pesticides containing the active ingredient fluopyram		Date of Written Report:	23 January 2019
Written Report Author:	Head of Environmental Protection		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Amendment to the approval for pesticides containing the active ingredient fluopyram.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the request to amend the approval for pesticides containing the active ingredient fluopyram, requiring users to submit a ‘plan of use’ illustrating mitigation and monitoring measures.
Reason(s) for Decision: The chemical characteristics of fluopyram give it the potential to leach into surface and ground water. In addition, Jersey Water are currently unable to precisely detect the level of the chemical in water samples. Due to these factors, a precautionary approach will be taken and use of the product will be restricted and monitored until the potential impacts of the product in the local setting are established. Article 4 (Approvals) of the Pesticides (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 1991, allows the Minister to add or amend the conditions attached to a pesticide approval when or after it has been given.
Action required: The Head of Environmental Protection to place an appropriate notice in the Gazette section of the Jersey Evening Post to inform the public.
Signature: Deputy John Young		Position: Minister for the Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):