COMMENTS AND TESTIMONY

ARA Member Testimony for House Ag Committee Hearing
Jul 25, 2024
Joey Caldwell, GreenPoint Ag, delivered testimony on behalf of the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) before the House Agriculture Committee for a hearing on "Financial Conditions in Farm Country" on July 23.
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ARA Sends Comment to EPA on Glyphosate Registration Review
Apr 30, 2018
ARA sends a comment to the Office of Pesticide Programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the draft human and ecological risk assessments for glyphosate.
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ARA Signs Comment to USEPA for Extensions of Public Comment Period
Apr 13, 2018
ARA signs a comment to Director of Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division of the Office of Pesticide Programs under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) requesting for extension of public comment period for National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMF’s) biological opinion for the pesticides.
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ARA Sends Comments to EPA on Neonicotinoid Registration Reviews
Apr 11, 2018
ARA sends comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the registration reviews of neonicotinoid (neonics) risk and benefits assessments regarding imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, and dinotefuran.
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ARA Sent a Comment to USDOT to Supplement Petition for Agriculture Exemption from ELD
Jan 29, 2018
ARA sent a comment to the U.S. Department of Transportation to supplement its October 25, 2017 petition seeking an exemption from the new Electronic Logging Device (ELD) requirements that went into effect on December 18, 2017.
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ARA Sent a Comment to USDOT to Supplement Petition for Agriculture Exemption from ELD Requirement
Jan 29, 2018
ARA sent a comment to the U.S. Department of Transportation to supplement its October 25, 2017 petition seeking an exemption from the new Electronic Logging Device (ELD) requirements that went into effect on December 18, 2017.
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ARA Signs Coalition Comment to U.S. DOL Regarding Request for Information
Sep 25, 2017
ARA signs a Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity (PPWO) comment to the director of the Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wages and Hours Division. The comment includes 11 responses to the request for information (ROI).
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ARA Signs Comment to DOL on Request for Information
Sep 25, 2017
ARA signs a comment with The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) to the director of the Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. The Department of Labor for issues ta Request for Information (RFI) to revisit the Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees (EAP) exemption.
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ARA Sends Comments to EPA on Diquat Dibromide Review
Aug 23, 2017
ARA sends a comment to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the registration review process for Diquat Dibromide (Diquat), an active ingredient in several registered herbicide products.
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ARA Sends Comment to EPA on Pyrethroids
Jul 05, 2017
ARA sends a comment Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the preliminary comparative environmental fate and ecological risk assessment for the registration review of synthetic pyrethroids and pyrethrins.
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ARA Sends Comment on Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule to EPA
May 19, 2017
ARA sends a comment to a division of the Office of Pesticide Programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the certification of pesticide applicators rule. ARA supports the decision to delay the effective date of the new Certification and Training regulations to May 22, 2018.
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