Willie Vogt
SOYBEAN DAMAGE: Dicamba was blamed for crop damage in the early years of over-the-top application. A recent EPA Office of the Inspector General Report , questioned practices in early registrations for the new use. Inspector General investigation finds EPA deviated from typical procedures in 2018 dicamba pesticide registration.
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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency’s 2018 decision to extend registrations for three dicamba pesticide products varied from typical operating procedures, according to a new investigative report from the EPA’s Office of Inspector General. However, EPA and the pesticide makers are confident science-based procedures uphold the safety of the widely-used pesticide in its latest 2020 re-registration.
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Published: Monday, May 24, 2021
A tractor spraying pesticide. Photo credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
A tractor spraying pesticide. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Trump EPA officials purposely veered from the agency s principles of scientific integrity to approve continued use of the weedkiller dicamba on genetically modified crops, the agency has admitted.
In a written response to an internal watchdog report, issued today, the agency said it bypassed normal procedures in approving dicamba in 2018 because past senior leadership consciously chose to advance a policy outcome in a manner inconsistent with the Scientific Integrity Policy.
At issue is EPA s decision that year to extend the registration of three dicamba products in certain uses despite its reputation for drifting into neighboring fields and killing crops that aren t genetically modified to withstand it. Several million acres of soybeans and other crops and plants have been damaged this way, according to groups fighting its
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Biden-Harris Administration Freezes Rules Pending Review
On January 20, 2021, Ronald A. Klain, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, issued a memorandum regarding “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review.” 86 Fed. Reg. 7424. For rules that have not yet taken effect, the memorandum directs the heads of executive departments and agencies to consider postponing the rules’ effective dates for 60 days from the date of the memorandum for the purpose of reviewing any questions of fact, law, and policy the rules may raise. For postponed rules, during the 60-day period, the memorandum asks agencies to consider opening a 30-day comment period to allow interested parties to provide comments about issues of fact, law, and policy raised by those rules, and consider pending petitions for reconsideration involving such rules. Where necessary to continue to review these questions of fact, law, and policy, agencies should consider further delaying, o