ARA Sends Comment to EPA on Evaluation of Existing Regulations

ARA sends comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the evaluation of existing regulations in accordance with Executive Order (EO) 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.

ARA comments on the following topics associated with EPA regulations:

• Restore the principle of scientific risk-based regulation as required by FIRFA and push back against efforts to change it to hazard-based as unscientific and harmful to innovation and public health.
• Restoring science and predictability to the pesticide registration process
• NPDES Pesticide General Permitting requirements
• Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA)
• Annual Pesticide Production Reports – EPA Form 3540-16
• Agricultural Worker Protect Standards (WPS)
• Certified Applicator & Training Rules
• Risk Management Program (RMP)
• SARA Tier II Reports (40 CFR 370.20)
• Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC)
• Waters of the US (WOTUS) Rule
• General Duty Clause
• Focus on Compliance Assistance

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