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Environmental group urges Ulster County committee to oppose Farm Bill pesticide preemption
Summary
Jeff Horsfield of the Environmental Working Group told the Ulster County committee that two Farm Bill provisions would preempt state and local pesticide rules and label addendums, and asked the committee to send a letter to Rep. Josh Riley urging him to oppose those provisions and support striking language that would bar local regulation.
Jeff Horsfield, legislative director for the Environmental Working Group, told the Ulster County Legislature's Committee on Energy, Environment and Sustainability that amendments in the House Farm Bill would strip state and local governments of the ability to impose pesticide restrictions beyond federal standards.
Horsfield said the bill includes two provisions that would roll back current protections: one would bar states and localities from using pesticide label addendums to impose additional restrictions, and another would prohibit political subdivisions from regulating pesticides more strictly…
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