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RIN: 2070-AJ22

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard Revisions
Abstract: EPA published a proposed rule on March 19, 2014, which updates and revises the federal regulations that direct agricultural worker protection under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. The changes are in response to extensive stakeholder review of the regulation and its implementation since 1992, and reflect current research on how to mitigate occupational pesticide exposure to agricultural workers and pesticide handlers. EPA proposed to strengthen the protections provided to agricultural workers and handlers under the worker protection standard by improving elements of the existing regulation, such as training, notification, communication materials, use of personal protective equipment, and decontamination supplies. EPA expects the revisions, once final, to prevent unreasonable adverse effects from exposure to pesticides among agricultural workers and pesticide handlers; vulnerable groups, such as minority and low-income populations, child farmworkers, and farmworker families; and the general public. EPA recognizes the importance and independence of family farms and is proposing to expand the immediate family exemption to the WPS.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 170
Legal Authority: 7 USC 136w

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	03/19/2014	79 FR 15443
NPRM Comment Period End	06/17/2014
NPRM Comment Period End With Extension	08/18/2014
Final Rule	To Be Determined

Additional Information: Docket #: EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0561. http://epa.gov/sbrefa/worker-protection-standards.html
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/worker.htm
Sectors Affected: 111 Crop Production; 115 Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; 32532 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services; 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology); 8133 Social Advocacy Organizations
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Kathy Davis Environmental Protection Agency Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Stop 7506P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-7002 Fax:703 308-2962 Email: davis.kathy@epa.gov Richard Pont Environmental Protection Agency Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention 7506P, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 305-6448 Fax:703 308-2962 Email: pont.richard@epa.gov