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Cleanlink News 10/21/2009

EPA To Launch Green Disinfectant Pilot Program


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials indicated that they will formally announce the launching of the “green” disinfectant and sanitizer pilot program in a Federal Register Notice expected to be issued in mid-November.

This announcement was made at an October 13 meeting of the Comparative Claims Workgroup held at the offices of EPA in Arlington, VA. This workgroup has been meeting for over one year for the specific purpose of establishing the parameters and criteria for the much anticipated pilot program that will provide for Design for the Environment (DfE) recognition for certain disinfectants and sanitizers as well as limited factual statements of environmental preferability in relation to such products.

The pilot program will consist of two tracks: 1) DfE Recognition; and 2) Factual Statements of Environmental Preferability.

In order for a disinfectant or sanitizer to garner DfE Recognition under the pilot program, it will have to successfully undergo review by both DfE and the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP).

The pilot program will also encompass a track that allows registrants to make certain limited factual statements of environmental preferability in regard to disinfectants and sanitizers. In regard to this aspect of the pilot, EPA significantly cut back on the claims it would allow to be made in conjunction with such products.


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