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# MON 89034 SEED BLEND
- EPA Reg No: **524-597**
- Registrant: BAYER CROPSCIENCE, LLC
- Signal word: Caution
- Active ingredients: Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105 protein and genetic material necessary (vector PV-ZMIR245) for its production in corn (0.0056%); Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 protein and the genetic material necessary (vector PV-ZMIR245) for its production in corn (0.0055%)
- Label accepted: 2018-07-05
- Source PDF: https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/000524-00597-20180705.pdf
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF CHEMICAL SAFETY
AND POLLUTION PREVENTION
July 5, 2018
David Chi
Regulatory Affairs Manager
Monsanto Company
800 North Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, Missouri 63167
Subject: Non-PRIA (Pesticide Registration Improvement Act) Labeling Amendment
• Make minor changes to designations for the active and inactive ingredients;
• Add fall armyworm (S. frugiperda) as a target pest;
• Make minor changes to the Directions for Use;
• Remove Genuity® VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® as an Alternate Brand
Name;
• Remove VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® Corn Blend as an Alternate Brand
Name;
• Correct the name of Crockett County in the list of cotton-growing areas.
Product Name: MON 89034 Seed Blend
EPA Registration Number: 524-597
Application Date: 3/29/2018
OPP Decision Number: 542194
Dear Mr. Chi:
In an application dated March 29, 2018, you notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
that you requested to make minor changes to designations for the active and inactive ingredients, add
fall armyworm (S. frugiperda) as a target pest, make minor changes to the Directions for Use, and
correct the name of Crockett County in the list of cotton-growing areas. Subsequently, the EPA
determined that the actions requested do not fall under the scope of Pesticide Registration Notice 98-10
and therefore converted the notification to a non-PRIA amendment (OPP Decision No. 542194). The
amended labeling referred to above, submitted in connection with registration under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, is acceptable.
Additionally, the alternate brand names Genuity® VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® and VT Double
PRO® RIB Complete® Corn Blend have been removed from the registration, and our records have been
updated accordingly. This approval does not affect any terms or conditions that were previously
imposed on this registration. You continue to be subject to existing terms or conditions on your
registration and any deadlines connected with them.
Page 2 of 2
EPA Reg. No. 524-597
OPP Decision Nos. 542194
A stam
ped copy of your labeling is enclosed for your records. This labeling supersedes all previously
accepted labeling. You must submit one (1) copy of the final printed labeling before you release this
product for shipment with the new labeling. In accordance with 40 CFR § 152.130(c), you may
distribute or sell this product under the previously approved labeling for 18 months from the date of this
letter. After 18 months, you may only distribute or sell this product if it bears this new revised labeling
or subsequently approved labeling. “To distribute or sell” is defined under FIFRA section 2(gg) and its
implementing regulation at 40 CFR § 152.3.
Should you wish to add/retain a reference to your companys website on your label, then please be
aware that the website becomes labeling under FIFRA and is subject to review by the EPA. If the
website is false or misleading, the product will be considered to be misbranded and sale or distribution
of the product is unlawful under FIFRA section 12(a)(1)(E). 40 CFR § 156.10(a)(5) lists examples of
statements the EPA may consider false or misleading. In addition, regardless of whether a website is
referenced on your products label, claims made on the website may not substantially differ from those
claims approved through the registration process. Therefore, should the EPA find or if it is brought to
our attention that a website contains false or misleading statements or claims substantially differing from
the EPA-approved registration, the website will be referred to the EPAs Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance.
Your release for shipment of this product constitutes acceptance of these terms. If these terms are not
complied with, this registration will be subject to cancellation in accordance with FIFRA section 6.
If you have any questions, please contact Matt Weiner by phone at 703-347-0333 or via email at
weiner.matthew@epa.gov.
Sincerely,
A
l a n R eynolds, Team Leader
E
m e r g i n g T e chnologies Branch
Biopesticides and Pollution
Prevention Division (7511P)
Office of Pesticide Programs
Enclosure
Plant-Incorporated Protectant Label
MON 89034 Seed Blend
Lepidopteran-Protected Corn
(OECD Unique Identifier MON-89Ø34-3)
Active Ingredients:
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A.105 protein and the genetic material (vector PV-ZMIR245)
necessary for its production in MON 89034 (OECD Unique Identifier: MON-89 Ø34-3)
 ”
Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 protein and the genetic material (vector PV-ZMIR245)
necessary for its production in MON 89034 (OECD Unique Identifier: MON-89 Ø34-3)
 ”
* Percentage (wt/wt) on a dry weight basis whole plant (forage)
The MON 89034 seed with this refuge configuration contains 95% MON 89034 mi xed
with 5% non-B.t. corn within a single lot of seed.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
CAUTION
NET CONTENTS__________
EPA Registration No. 524-597
EPA Establishment No. 524-MO-002
Monsanto Company
800 North Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, Missouri 63167
07/05/2018
524-597
DIRECTIONS FOR USE
It is a violation of Federal law to use this product in any manner inconsiste nt with its
labeling. Information regarding co mmercial production as specified in t he terms and
conditions of this registration must b e included in the Technology Use Gui de and/or
Insect Resistance Management (IRM) Grower Guide.
MON 89034 can be used to protect corn plants from leaf, stalk, and ear damage caused
by corn borers.
Refuge Requirements
A refuge must consist of corn hybrids that do not contain B.t. technologies for the control
of corn borers. This product achieves the required refuge as the refuge is i nterspersed
within the field and occurs only by planting a licensed seed-mixture conta ining
MON 89034 or MON 89034 stacked with other non-PIP technologies, with a mini mum
of 5% non-PIP seed. This refuge configuration complies with refuge requir ements only
in the U.S. Corn Belt.
The sufficiency of this refuge configuration is defined by geography, and ultimately is
based on insect presence and species. The seed mix refuge option for MON 89034
complies with refuge requirements only in the U.S. Corn Belt.
The 95/5% MON 89034 seed mix product may be planted in cotton growing areas:
however, planting the 95/5% MON 89034 seed mix in cotton growing areas stil l requires
planting an additional 20% structured refuge (block, strips, or border) a sd e f i n e df o r
MON 89034 EPA registration 524-575. The interspersed refuge option for
MON 89034 does not alone comply with refuge requirements in cotton growing
areas.
Cotton-growing areas include the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, G eorgia, Florida,
Louisiana, North Carolina, Missis sippi, South Carolina, Oklahoma (only the counties of
Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kay, Kiowa, Ti llman, and
Washita), Tennessee (only the coun ties of Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dy er, Fayette,
Franklin, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Lincoln , Madison,
Obion, Rutherford, Shelby, and Tipton), Texas (except the counties of Car son, Dallam,
Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, an d Sherman),
Virginia (only the counties of Dinwiddie, Franklin City, Greensville, Is le of Wight,
Northampton, Southampton, Suffolk City, Surrey, and Sussex), and Missou ri (only the
counties of Dunklin, New Madrid, P emiscot, Scott, and Stoddard).
The seed mix (interspersed) refuge option under this registration is limi ted to planting
specifically licensed seed corn of MON 89034 and MON 89034 stacks with non- PIP
corn.
With this option, the field containing an interspersed refuge may be treat ed with labeled
insecticides to control additional cor n pests, including larval or adult lepidopteran pests,
because both the MON 89034 and refuge are treated in the same manner. Insect icide
treatments for control of European co rn borer, corn earworm, southwester n corn borer,
southern cornstalk borer, sugarcane borer, fall armyworm, lesser cornst alk borer, and
stalk borer may be applied only if economic thresholds are reached for one o r more of
these target pests. Economic thresholds will be determined using methods recommended
by local or regional professionals (e.g., Extension Service agents, crop consultants).
Microbial B.t. insecticides must not be applied to the field containing a seed mix
interspersed refuge.
Corn Insects Controlled or Suppressed
European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis
Southwestern corn borer Diatraea grandiosella
Southern cornstalk borer Diatraea crambidoides
Corn earworm Helicoverpa zea
Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda
Stalk borer Papaipema nebris
Lesser cornstalk borer Elasmopalpus lignosellus
Sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis
Sales of corn hybrids that contain Monsantos B.t. corn plant-incorporated protectant
must be accompanied by a grower guide which includes information on planti ng,
production and insect resistance management and notes that routine appli cations of
insecticides to control these insects are usually unnecessary when corn c ontaining the B.t.
proteins is planted.
This plant-incorporated protectant (PIP) may be combined through conven tional breeding
with other registered plant-incorporated protectants that are similarl y approved for use in
combination, through conventional br eeding, with other registered plan t-incorporated
protectants to produce inbred corn lines and hybrid corn varieties with co mbined
pesticidal traits.
MON 89034 Seed Blend is a product of Monsantos research program offering u nique
genetic characteristics for specific grower needs and may be protected by one or more of
the following U.S. patents that can be found at http://www.monsantotechn ology.com