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ARA, CLA, ASTA File Comments to EPA ANPR Concerning Treated Seed
Feb 09, 2024
ARA, CropLife America (CLA), and the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) submitted joint comments to the EPA regarding its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) concerning the Agency's approach to regulating seeds treated with a pesticide registered under FIFRA.
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ARA Filed Comments to EPA on RMP Regulations
May 13, 2016
ARA's Richard Gupton filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding proposed accidental release prevention requirements related to Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act.
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ARA Sends Comment to EPA in Response to Imidacloprid
Apr 14, 2016
ARA sends a comment to acting Director of the Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division or the Office of Pesticide Programs of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ARA comments on the Imidacloprid Registration Review.
Read MoreARA Sent Comments on the Minimum Training Requirement for Entry-Level Commercial Drivers
Apr 06, 2016
ARA sent comments to Richard Clemente, of the Driver and Carrier Operations Division under the Department of Transportation. ARA recommended that the FMCSA provide an exemption for farm-service related industries and their farmer customers from the Minimum Training Requirement for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicles Operators.
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ARA Sends Comment to OPP of EPA on RUP Applicator Training
Jan 22, 2016
ARA sends a comment to the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) if the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the proposed revision to regulations at 40 CFR Part 171 for certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides (RUPs).
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ARA Sends Comment to EPA on Proposed Tolerance Revocation of Chlorpyrifos
Jan 05, 2016
ARA sends a comment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) docket center to comment on the proposed tolerance revocation of chlorpyrifos. ARA does not believe that EPA’s current tolerance revocation of chlorpyrifos is properly founded on risk-based analysis of crop protection science and could have significant impact on American farmers and production agriculture.
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ARA Sends Comment to EPA on Diquat Dibromide
Nov 24, 2015
ARA sends a comment to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the registration review process for Diquat Dibromide (Diquat), an active ingredient in several registered herbicide products.
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ARA Sends a Petition to STB for Declaratory Order
Oct 23, 2015
ARA sends a petition to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) seeking a declaration from the Board that, if a Class I railroad fails to meet the December 31, 2015 deadline for implementing PTC, it still must continue to accept and transport TIH shipments over those lines pursuant to its common carrier obligation.
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ARA Signs Comment to DOL Opposing Annual Increase in Salary Threshold
Sep 04, 2015
ARA signs a comment with The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) to the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). ARA and TFI oppose the proposed rule to delimit the executive, administrative, professional, outside, and computer employees (EAP) exemption. ARA and TFI also oppose the proposed automatic annual increase in the salary threshold.
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ARA Sends Comment to EPA Supporting Registration of Solatenol
Aug 14, 2015
ARA sends a comment to the Office of Pesticide Programs’ director Susan Lewis of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting the registration of a new active ingredient Benzovindiflupyr (Solatenol).
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ARA Sends a Comment to EPA on Bicyclopyrone
Apr 06, 2015
ARA sends a comment to Office of Pesticide Programs Docket of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review of the new active ingredient biclopyrone, for use as an herbicide on corn.
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