Environmental Protection Agency
On January 4, 2017, EPA published a final rule revising the regulation concerning the certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides (RUPs). The original effective date of March 6, 2017 was extended to March 21, 2017 by rule issued January 26, 2017, and subsequently extended to May 22, 2017 by rule issued March 20, 2017. In accordance with the Presidential directives as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," and the principles identified in the April 25, 2017 Executive Order "Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America," EPA is proposing to further delay the effective date of the January 4, 2017 revisions to the Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule until May 22, 2018.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 171 [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0183; FRL-9962-31] RIN 2070-AK38 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: On January 4, 2017, EPA published a final rule revising the regulation concerning the certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides (RUPs). The original effective date of March 6, 2017 was extended to March 21, 2017 by rule issued January 26, 2017, and subsequently extended to May 22, 2017 by rule issued March 20, 2017. In accordance with the Presidential directives as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” and the principles identified in the April 25, 2017 Executive Order “Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America,” EPA is proposing to further delay the effective date of the January 4, 2017 revisions to the Certification of Pesticide Applicators rule until May 22, 2018. DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 19, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0183, by one of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators; Delay of Effective Date
Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule; Delay of Effective Date
Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators
Notification of Submission to the Secretary of Agriculture; Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators
Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators; Second Extension of the Comment Period
Citation: 82 FR 22294
