Pesticide Registration Bill Signed Into Law
News Date October 17, 2007
President Bush has signed legislation into law to reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (S. 1983). The legislation had broad support from a coalition of agricultural organizations, industry, biotech companies, environmental groups, and others.
S. 1983 provides stable funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through licensing fees. In return for these fees, industry gets a more efficient pesticides registration process to review new products and bring them to market. In addition, it provides funding for worker protection, grant money for farm certification programs, and funding to complete various registration activities, such as tolerance reassessment and re-registration. (Contact: Charlie Ingram)