…aldehydes, and oxidizing disinfectants including sodium hypochlorite. Below are EPA-approved disinfectants USDA lists effective for FMD on page 30 http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/emergency_management/downloads/fad_epa_disinfect ants.pdf. Be sure to follow labeled directions. Epidemiology The survival…
EPA Confirmation Vote on the Horizon
Pruitt Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat, expects the Full Senate to consider Scott Pruitt’s nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
Congressman Gaetz; Why Abolish the EPA
…EPA Gaetz served in the Florida Legislature for six years, where, he says, he saw the failures of the EPA firsthand. He witnessed the EPA make environmental projects more costly…
Florida Representative Drafts Legislation to Abolish EPA
…by the EPA to state and local government partners.The bill, however, is not seen as a serious threat to the EPA. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Committee Vote on EPA Chief Delayed
…General, Pruitt was engaged in lawsuits against the EPA, including one over the EPA Waters of the U.S. rule. While the committee’s Republicans ridiculed their counterparts, Republicans held a similar…
6 Things to Know About EPA Review of Pyrethroids
…2017. The EPA answered questions regarding the comment period and more information on the review process: Why did the EPA decide to evaluate pyrethroids? <nspb;> EPA is evaluating pyrethroids as…
Former Trump Transition Leader Warns of Two-thirds Cut of EPA Staff
…EPA transition team and has suggested cutting the EPA workforce to 5,000, about a two-thirds reduction over the next four years. He says the EPA’s $8.1 billion budget would also…
Dicamba Herbicide Lawsuit Cites Endangered Species Concerns
…grounds to rescind the approval, which EPA gave on November 9, 2016. The Petition for review accuses the EPA of violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act in issuing…
2016 Biodiesel Market Skunks Previous Records
…members are losing more than a third of the market to foreign imports,” said National Biodiesel Board CEO, Donnell Rehagen. According to numbers released by the EPA Thursday, the 2.9…
Trump Freezes EPA Grants and Communications
The Donald Trump administration has ordered a freeze on grants and contracts from the Environmental Protection Agency and ordered EPA staff to halt external communications. A memo to EPA staff…
Trump EPA Plan Calls for Eliminating WOTUS
New President Donald Trump’s plan for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) includes eliminating the Waters of the U.S. rule. The Trump administration calls WOTUS a burdensome regulation that is “harmful…
The Western View: EPA, You Got to be Kidding!
…EPA Gold King Mine Well, guess what. The EPA is taking responsibility for that spill, but in a brilliant piece of bureaucratic doublespeak, they aren’t going to pay for the…
NPPC Endorses Pruitt For EPA Administrator
…Pruitt for administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt, who as Oklahoma’s top law enforcement officer sued the EPA over its controversial Waters of the United States rule and…
Cattlemen Call on Senate to Confirm Pruitt as EPA Administrator
…with its Distinguished Service Award for his dedication to those principles.” Decisions made by EPA impact America’s hundreds of thousands of cattle producers every day. NCBA’s top priority at EPA…