Walter Talarek

Walter G. Talarek, Pesticide Registration Specialist: Contact: Walt Talarek; 1008 Riva Ridge Drive; Great Falls, VA 22066-1620; Telephone: 703 759 4837; FAX: 703 759 5548; E-mail: envlaw@bonzai.net

Background: 17 years experience with federal, state, and international pesticide registrations; 6 years experience as an EPA enforcement official and branch chief; Former General Counsel of the American Wood Preservers Institute

Registration Services: Applications for registrations in the US, Canada, Mexico, and the States; Petitions for tolerances and tolerance exemptions; Responses to REDs, data call ins, special reviews, PR Notices and rulemakings; Applications for experimental use permits; Placement and monitoring of studies supporting registration; Reduced-risk, minor-use and biopesticide designation petitions; Data compensation agency and representation; Label preparation and review; Acting as registration agent for US and foreign corporations; Liaison with EPA and state pesticide agencies; Registration of pesticide-producing establishments; Representation on industry task forces, coalitions and working groups; Assistance with FIFRA reporting, recordkeeping and GLP requirements; Data and fee waiver requests; Requests for existing stocks provisions; Preparation of adverse effects reports

Pesticide-Related Services: Preparation of TSCA PMNs for pesticide intermediates; Assistance with FIFRA and TSCA importation and exportation requirements; Preparation of FDA direct and indirect, including threshold of regulation, food additive petitions; Advertising and trade secrecy reviews; Market-entry evaluations; Data-base reviews; Determinations of whether pesticide wastes are hazardous wastes; Determinations of NPDES permitting requirements for pesticide discharges; Assistance with enforcement proceedings, cancellation and suspensions hearings and data compensation arbitrations