NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL

Agriculture

Filed comments on the new EPA Mitigation Menu Website for non-ESA mitigations that will be required for new pesticide registrations. Joined on a letter to the Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to express concerns regarding the risk assessment process. Joined on a letter to Surface Transportation Board Chairman Robert Primus, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai expressing concerns about rail capacity constraints in Mexico. Submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Preliminary Interim Decision (PID) for acephate insecticide. Joined a letter to the EPAs Office of Pesticide Programs expressing concerns with the Agencys antimicrobial resistance and antifungal resistance framework. Joined a letter to President Biden urging his administration to aid in negotiating an end to the current labor dispute between the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) and the International Longshoremens Association (ILA) related to the 45,000 dockworkers servicing East and Gulf Coast ports. Joined on a letter to the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, urging them to oppose proposed regulations aimed at lowering emissions at the West Coast ports. As the letter points out, the proposed regulations are unrealistic given existing infrastructure and threaten to eviscerate the regions economy and disrupt the nations access to essential goods. Submitted comments on the EPAs Proposed Interim Registration Decision for dicrotophos. Submitted comments on the EPA Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision for malathion. Joined a letter at to President Biden requesting the administration take action to prevent potential east and gulf coast port disruptions. Joined a letter expressing concerns about other transportation challenges that jeopardize the movement of agricultural goods. Submitted comments and signed onto two other comments to the EPA regarding the draft Insecticide Strategy. Discussions with USDA RMA regarding a cotton harvest incentive crop insurance provision and the HIP-WI tropical storm insurance program. Submitted comments on a draft Dicamba label. Joined a letter to EPA Administrator on Endangered Species Act reform. Joined a letter on the No IRIS Act to the Senate. Visits with members of Congress regarding the need for a farm bill.