IFCA Encourages Members to Make Comments on Atrazine
IFCA encourages members to make comments on atrazine to US EPA. The US EPA recently announced a revised registration for atrazine with additional label mitigation measures. If adopted, the proposal would place severe restrictions on most ag retailers and farmers who have safely used the popular herbicide for more than 60 years.
In a published decision that concluded the registration review of atrazine in 2020, the US EPA set the aquatic level of concern (CE-LOC) at 15 parts per billion. If the proposed rule is adopted, over 72 percent of U.S. corn acres would be out of compliance based on a model used to predict which areas would exceed the new strict atrazine limits. According to agency documents, 23 percent of acres would exceed the ultra-low 3.4 ppb aquatic CE-LOC, and an astounding 49 percent of corn acres would be over 9.8 ppb.
This is an opportunity for IFCA members to provide input on how these restrictions will affect your businesses so your feedback can be incorporated as part of the IFCA response to the EPA.
Click here to get more information on the issue. To submit comment, click here.
If you have any questions, please hesitate to reach out to KJ Johnson at KJ@IFCA.COM
In a published decision that concluded the registration review of atrazine in 2020, the US EPA set the aquatic level of concern (CE-LOC) at 15 parts per billion. If the proposed rule is adopted, over 72 percent of U.S. corn acres would be out of compliance based on a model used to predict which areas would exceed the new strict atrazine limits. According to agency documents, 23 percent of acres would exceed the ultra-low 3.4 ppb aquatic CE-LOC, and an astounding 49 percent of corn acres would be over 9.8 ppb.
This is an opportunity for IFCA members to provide input on how these restrictions will affect your businesses so your feedback can be incorporated as part of the IFCA response to the EPA.
Click here to get more information on the issue. To submit comment, click here.
If you have any questions, please hesitate to reach out to KJ Johnson at KJ@IFCA.COM