Draft National Level Listed Species Biological Evaluation for Carbaryl
In March 2020, EPA released the draft Biological Evaluation (BE) assessing risks to listed species from labeled uses of carbaryl. Listed species refers to those that are federally listed as endangered or threatened, as well as experimental populations and those species that are proposed and candidates for listing. The draft BE was conducted according to the Revised Method for National Level Listed Species Biological Evaluations of Conventional Pesticides. The Revised Method described in this document incorporates: recommendations from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) ; EPA’s “lessons learned” during the first three pilot BEs; public comments provided through stakeholder meetings, through the docket on the draft BEs for chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion, and through the docket on the proposed Revised Method; comments received during consultation with federally recognized tribes; and comments provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service and the US Department of Agriculture. The Draft BE for carbaryl is provided below.
Commenters are instructed to post comments to the BE docket (see EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0090 at www.regulations.gov). The docket will be open for comment for 60 days after the Federal Register Notice (FRN) (FRL-10006-38) announcing the availability of the draft BEs. View the prepublication notice of the biological evaluation for carbaryl and methomyl. Additional information for commenters, including specific aspects of the draft BEs for which the EPA is seeking comment, will be available in the FRN.
Draft Carbaryl Executive Summary (DOCX)(5 pp, 53 K)
Chapter 1: Draft Carbaryl Problem Formulation (DOCX)(7 pp, 77 K)
Attachments
- ATTACHMENT 1-1. Methodology for Estimating Exposures to Terrestrial Animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates) (DOCX)(17 pp, 101 K)
- ATTACHMENT 1-2. Aquatic Bin Assignments (XLSX)(1 pg, 430 K)
- ATTACHMENT 1-3. Explanation of Census Of Agriculture Table Generation (PDF)(6 pp, 190 K)
- ATTACHMENT 1-4. Usage Data Source Summary-Crosswalk (PDF)(2 pp, 1.79 MB)
Appendices
- APPENDIX 1-1. List of Current Carbaryl Registrations (DOCX)(28 pp, 41 K)
- APPENDIX 1-2. Master Use Summary Table for Carbaryl (XLSX)(1 pg, 189 K)
- APPENDIX 1-3. Carbaryl Scenario Development (DOCX)(7 pp, 47 K)
- APPENDIX 1-4. Usage Data for Carbaryl (PDF)(24 pp, 1.09 MB)
- APPENDIX 1-5. CDL to UDL Crosswalk for Carbaryl (DOCX)(7 pp, 50 K)
- APPENDIX 1-6. Use Site Footprint for Carbaryl (DOCX)(27 pp, 83 K)
- APPENDIX 1-7. Determination of Overlap of Likely Carbaryl Exposure Area and Listed Species Ranges and Critical Habitat for Species Located in the 48 Contiguous United States (ConUS) (DOCX)(28 pp, 1.14 MB)
- APPENDIX 1-8. Determination of Overlap of Carbaryl Exposure Area and Species Ranges and Critical Habitat for Species Located Outside of the 48 Contiguous States (NL48) (DOCX)(20 pp, 195 K)
Chapter 2: Draft Carbaryl Effects Characterization (DOCX)(83 pp, 3.17 MB)
Attachments
- ATTACHMENT 2-1. Effects Arrays (DOCX)(1 pp, 67 K)
- ATTACHMENT 2-2. Ecological Incidents (DOCX)(2 pp, 34 K)
Appendices
- APPENDIX 2-1. Data Used in the Data Array (XLSX)(1 pg, 1.11 MB)
- APPENDIX 2-2. Accepted ECOTOX Database (XLSX)(1 pg, 1.61 GB)
- APPENDIX 2-3. Open Literature Review for Carbaryl (DOCX)(64 pp, 1.60 MB)
- APPENDIX 2-4. Carbaryl Studies Submitted to US EPA [from Office of Pesticide Programs Information Network (OPPIN)] (XLSX)(1 pg, 368 K)
- APPENDIX 2-5. Carbaryl Species Sensitivity Distribution Analysis for Fish (DOCX)(23 pp, 180 K)
- APPENDIX 2-6. Carbaryl Species Sensitivity Distribution Analysis for Aquatic Invertebrates (DOCX)(16 pp, 253 K)
Chapter 3: Draft Carbaryl Exposure Characterization (DOCX) (38 pp, 988 K)
Attachments
- ATTACHMENT 3-1: Background Document: Aquatic Exposure Estimation for Endangered Species (DOCX)(28 pp, 659 K)
Appendices
- APPENDIX 3-1. Supporting Material For Aquatic Modeling (Carbaryl) (XLSX)(1 pg, 6.67 MB)
- APPENDIX 3-2. Aquatic Modeling Runs (Carbaryl) (Please save this file prior to opening) (ZIP)(1 pg, 1.59 GB)
Chapter 4: Draft Carbaryl Effects Determinations (DOCX)(13 pp, 98 K)
Attachments
Appendices
- APPENDIX 4-1. Species Effects Determination Tables (XLSX)(1 pg, 405 K)
- APPENDIX 4-2. Input Parameters for MAGtool (XLSX)(1 pg, 45 K)
- APPENDIX 4-3. Curve Number Scaling Factors (XLSX)(1 pg, 1.62 MB)
- APPENDIX 4-4. Application Date Scaling Factors (XLSX)(1 pg, 86 MB)
- APPENDIX 4-5. Analysis of Granular and Bait Uses (DOCX)(5 pp, 53 K)
- APPENDIX 4-6. Analysis Method and Results for Downstream Monitoring (DOCX)(7 pp, 38 K)
- APPENDIX 4-7. Downstream Monitoring Analysis (XLSX)(1 pg, 3.73 MB)
- APPENDIX 4-8. Additional Qualitative Species Analyses (DOCX)(5 pp, 41 K)
- APPENDIX 4-9. MAGtool and Weight of Evidence Output for Individual Species (ZIP)(1 pg, 92.6 MB)