Articles Tagged with ''PRIA''

Ag industry pushes EPA to approve pesticides waiting in the wings

06/03/26 6:07 AM By Steve Davies

Agricultural industry leaders are sounding the alarm over delays at the EPA in getting dozens of applications approved for new active ingredients and new uses for already registered pesticides.

Thompson outlines timeline he'd pursue as House Ag chairman

08/31/22 1:24 PM By Spencer Chase

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The House Ag Committee’s top Republican plans to pursue an aggressive farm bill oversight and pesticide legislation reauthorization timeline in the event the GOP is successful in its effort to take the House majority in the midterm elections.

PRIA clears House by unanimous vote

02/27/19 5:20 AM By Steve Davies

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The House of Representatives has joined the Senate in reauthorizing the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, often called PRIA 4 because it’s the fourth iteration of legislation that helps fund EPA’s pesticide program through registration and maintenance fees.

Senators introduce PRIA legislation

02/13/19 7:06 PM By Steve Davies

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A bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA), which includes increased fees to help fund EPA’s pesticide program, has been introduced in the Senate.

Senate passes bill to reauthorize PRIA

06/29/18 11:53 AM By Steve Davies

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The Senate has unanimously passed a bill to reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, which allows the Environmental Protection Agency to charge fees for pesticide registration that fund about one-third of the operations of the Office of Pesticide Programs.

Spending bill exempts farms from emissions reporting

03/21/18 9:28 PM By Steve Davies

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The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill released Wednesday would exempt thousands of livestock and concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) from having to report emissions of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.

PRIA reauthorization effort going down to the wire

03/14/18 3:20 PM By Steve Davies

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Once again, a budget deadline is approaching with serious implications for EPA's fee-based pesticide registration program, which has been kept alive with stopgap funding bills since the federal fiscal year ended Sept. 30.

EPA's fiddling with pesticide rules could imperil funding

12/19/17 7:04 PM By Steve Davies

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EPA plans to take another look at minimum age requirements in two pesticide safety rules after they go into effect next year, which could make it more difficult to get a pesticide funding bill passed in Congress.

Senate Ag committee poised to push PRIA bill

05/11/17 6:15 PM By Steve Davies

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WASHINGTON, May 11, 2017 - The Senate Agriculture Committee plans to move a bill reauthorizing the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act “in a matter of weeks,” committee chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said following a hearing on the PRIA legislation today.

EPA pesticide officials seek more, earlier collaboration with industry

04/12/17 11:14 AM By Steve Davies

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ARLINGTON, VA, April 12, 2017 - EPA pesticide officials reassured the crop protection industry last week that despite a slowdown in regulatory decisions caused by the transition to a new administration, they’re still striving to meet statutory deadlines for pesticide registration decisions.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Thompson on ag labor bill, USDA Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins on NWS response

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson introduced the Save Agriculture’s Workforce Act this week. He comes to the studio to discuss how it would significantly expand and modernize the H-2A agricultural guest worker program. Plus, USDA APHIS Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins provides an update on New World screwworm response and the factors being considered to reopen the Southern border to cattle imports.

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