Table-Microbial Pesticides Nontarget Organisms and Environmental Fate Data Requirements
Guideline Number | Data Requirement | Use Patterns | Test Substance | Test Notes | |||||||
Aquatic | Terrestrial | ||||||||||
Food/Feed | Nonfood | Food/Feed/Nonfood | Forestry | Residential | Greenhouse | Indoor | Industrial | ||||
Outdoor | Food/Nonfood | Food/Nonfood | |||||||||
Tier I | |||||||||||
885.4050 | Avian oral toxicity | R | R | R | R | R | CR | CR | CR | TGAI | 1, 2 |
885.4100 | Avian inhalation toxicity/pathogenicity | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | TGAI | 1, 2, 3 |
885.4150 | Wild mammal toxicity/pathogenicity | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI | 1, 4 |
885.4200 | Freshwater fish toxicity/ pathogenicity | R | R | R | R | CR | CR | CR | CR | TGAI or TEP | 1, 2, 5 |
885.4240 | Freshwater invertebrate toxicity/pathogenicity | R | R | R | R | CR | CR | CR | CR | TGAI or TEP | 1, 2, 5 |
885.4280 | Estuarine/Marine fish testing Estuarine and marine invertebrate testing | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI | 1, 6 |
885.4300 | Nontarget plant testing | CR | CR | CR | R | CR | NR | CR | CR | TEP | 1, 7 |
885.4340 | Nontarget insect testing | R | R | R | R | R | CR | NR | CR | TGAI | 1, 8 |
885.4380 | Honey bee testing | R | R | R | R | R | CR | NR | CR | TGAI | 1 |
Tier II | |||||||||||
885.5200 | Terrestrial environmental expression tests | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI or TEP | 9 |
885.5300 | Freshwater environmental expression tests | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI or TEP | 10 |
885.5400 | Marine or estuarine environmental expression tests | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI or TEP | 11, 12 |
Tier III | |||||||||||
885.4600 | Avian chronic pathogenicity and reproduction test | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI | 12, 13 |
885.4650 | Aquatic invertebrate range testing | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI | 12, 14 |
885.4700 | Fish life cycle studies | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI | 12, 14 |
885.4750 | Aquatic ecosystem test | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI | 15 |
Tier IV | |||||||||||
850.2500 850.1950 | Field testing for terrestrial wildlife and Field testing for aquatic organisms | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TGAI or TEP | 11, 16 |
850.2500 | Simulated or actual field tests (birds, mammals) | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TEP | 16, 17, 20 |
850.1950 | Simulated or actual field test (aquatic organisms) | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TEP | 16, 18, 19, 20 |
850.2500 | Simulated or actual field tests (insect predators, parasites) | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TEP | 16, 18, 19, 20 |
850.3040 | Simulated or actual field tests (insect pollinators) | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TEP | 16, 18, 19, 20 |
850.4300 | Simulated or actual field tests (plants) | CR | CR | CR | CR | CR | NR | NR | CR | TEP | 16, 18, 19, 20 |
40 C.F.R. §158.2150