NASDA AND STATE FORESTERS URGE ACTION ON METHYL BROMIDE
News Date November 03, 2009
NASDA and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) sent a joint letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week regarding the Reregistration Eligibility Decisions (RED) for methyl bromide and other soil fumigants. The letter follows a vote by NASDA members at the 2009 annual meeting in Alabama expressing concerns with EPA’s actions related to the soil fumigant RED.
The letter expressed concerns with label changes EPA is requiring under the RED and highlighted NASDA and NASF's concerns about limiting access to methyl bromide in light of the fact that no effective alternative exists. The letter emphasized the deep concern that the new restrictions on methyl bromide and other soil fumigants will not provide growers or state quarantine programs adequate time to identify suitable alternatives. A copy of the letter is available online at www.nasda.org. (By: Preston Asay; Policy Contact: Nathan Bowen)