Gowan Company, along with partners SDS Biotech and Nissan, are pleased to announce that the innovative rice herbicide benzobicyclon and the end use product BUTTE®, have received Section 3 registrations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). BUTTE® was submitted as a US EPA/California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) concurrent review, and CDPR has also approved the BUTTE® registration for California.