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Feb 01, 2018
The American Soybean Association (ASA) joined a large group agriculture organizations and other stakeholders last week in asking the House Committee on Agriculture to include language from H.R.953, the Regulatory Burdens Act, in the anticipated 2018 Farm Bill.
The bipartisan bill, introduced by Congressman Gibbs (R-OH) and passed by the House with wide support May 24, 2017, would provide regulatory relief to producers by removing the requirement for duplicative National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting for pesticides already approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
The measure was included in a version of the 2014 Farm Bill that passed the House, but was not included in the final version of the 2014 Farm Bill.
Click here to read the letter.
