Registration Decision RD2022-07, Potassium chloride and Potash Molluscicide

Pest Management Regulatory Agency
30 June 2022
ISSN: 1925-0940 (PDF version)
Catalogue number: H113-25/2022-7E-PDF (PDF version)

Table of contents

• Registration decision statement for potassium chloride
• Other information

Registration decision statement^{Footnote 1} for potassium chloride

Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, is granting registration for the sale and use of Potassium Chloride Technical and Potash Molluscicide, containing the technical grade active ingredient potassium chloride, for control of zebra and quagga mussels in water reservoirs and other water bodies as well as in water pipelines and closed systems, including fire suppression systems in hydroelectric plants.

This decision is consistent with the Proposed Registration Decision PRD2022-06, Potassium chloride and Potash Molluscicide, which contains a detailed evaluation of the information submitted in support of this registration. The evaluation found that, under the approved conditions of use, the health and environmental risks and the value of the pest control products are acceptable. A comment in support of this registration was received from the National Aquatic Invasive Species Committee under the Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers.

Other information

The relevant test data on which the decision is based (as referenced in PRD2022-06) are available for public inspection, upon application, in the PMRA's Reading Room. For more information, please contact the PMRA's Pest Management Information Service.

Any person may file a notice of objection^{Footnote 2} regarding this registration decision within 60 days from the date of publication of this Registration Decision. For more information regarding the basis for objecting (which must be based on scientific grounds), please refer to the Pesticides section of the Canada.ca website (Request a Reconsideration of Decision) or contact the PMRA's Pest Management Information Service.