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Breaking Down EPA’s New Action Plan for Insecticides and Webinar on the Insecticide Strategy

As new insecticides are registered and existing products are re-registered via the FIFRA process, they will need to comply with the new rule. In the trio of Endangered Species Act (ESA) enforcement regulations — herbicide, insecticide and fungicide — the industry now has two of the three to consider.
 
The final herbicide rule was released in 2024, and just yesterday EPA released its final insecticide rule. This comes after the draft insecticide rule was first released in July 2024, and the final rule takes into account the public comments provided during the comment period.
 
These EPA regulations are a response by the agency to enforce ESA at the agency level rather than through litigation and the court system.
 
IFCA still going through the insecticide rule and will give our membership more information in the coming weeks. 
 
IFCA also would like to say that our national partners, CropLife America and RISE, will be hosting a 1-hour webinar on Wednesday, May 21, at 11:00pm cst on the final Insecticide Strategy.  Can register here. 
 
The webinar will focus on:
  • An overview of the EPA’s final strategy
  • Insight into how the strategy may affect the pesticide regulatory landscape  
  • Live Q&A with CLA’s science and legal experts