A coalition representing various agricultural groups recently met with leadership from the Environmental Protection Agency. The Production Agriculture CEO Council, which includes CEO’s of the American Soybean Association, the National Corn Growers Association and others, met with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and other EPA staff members. The agriculture leaders focused on topics important for agriculture, including expressing the importance of the Ag Liaison position at EPA. The Coalition also talked with EPA staff about Renewable Fuels and providing certainty and predictability in the marketplace, the need for more timely decisions from EPA on registration and re-registration of crop protection products, and the need to reform the consultation process among EPA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service for required Endangered Species Act reviews of registrations and re-registrations of crop protection products.
From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service.
From: American Soybean Association
Ag Leaders Meet with EPA Administrator to Discuss WOTUS, Renewable Fuels and More
Photo: Top ag officials conclude their meeting with EPA Administrator Pruitt’s staff, including Samantha Dravis, associate administrator for policy, and Byron Brown, deputy chief of staff to the administrator.
The Production Agriculture CEO Council met with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt and his senior staff last week to discuss a range of agriculture issues.
American Soybean Association (ASA) CEO Steve Censky, who co-chairs the council, attended the meeting.
“We thanked Administrator Pruitt and his staff for EPA’s early actions to begin the withdrawal of the WOTUS rule and to work with the ag community and other stakeholders to propose a new rule,” he said. “We also thanked him for EPA’s decision to follow the science and deny the petition calling on EPA to withdraw all uses of chlorpyrifos. “
The council also discussed and offered its assistance to work with EPA on a range of other issues like:
The importance of the Ag Liaison position at EPA
Renewable Fuels and providing certainty and predictability in the marketplace
The need for more timely decisions from EPA on registration and re-registration of crop protection products and new biotech traits and herbicide uses
The need to reform the consultation process among EPA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service for required Endangered Species Act reviews of registrations and re-registrations of crop protection products