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Advocates warn Farm Bill language could strip Ulster County of pesticide controls
Summary
Environmental Working Group legislative director Jeff Horsefield told Ulster County’s energy and environment committee that language in the House Farm Bill (draft HR 7567) would remove state/local pesticide label addenda and bar political subdivisions from regulating pesticides beyond federal standards; the committee agreed to circulate a letter to Congressman Josh Riley urging him to oppose preemption.
Jeff Horsefield, legislative director for the Environmental Working Group, told the Ulster County Energy, Environment and Sustainability Committee that two measures under consideration in the House Farm Bill (referenced in the briefing as HR 7567) would sharply limit the ability of states and counties to attach local restrictions to pesticide labels and could bar local governments from regulating pesticides beyond federal requirements.
Horsefield said one provision would eliminate "label addenda," the locally specific information that states and counties use to notify applicators about restrictions near schools, parks or…
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