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ASA talks about EPA’s final Application Exclusion Zone Rule

The director of government affairs for the American Soybean Association says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reinstating its Application Exclusion Zone rule.

Originally established in 2015, the Application Exclusion Zone Rule is part of the Farmworker Protection Act designed to reduce pesticide exposure.

Kyle Kunkler says it will impact farmers starting this year.

“Anyone who’s looking to make late season residual applications that could apply to them, and it will certainly go into effect for next growing season,” he says.

He tells Brownfield the final rule included two revisions from the draft version.

“As a part of that 25 foot lower zone you have to have coarser droplet sizes,” he says. “It wasn’t clear what that meant or what sort of standards we’re going to be adhered to. EPA cleared that up in their final rule and it’s nearly identical to what EPA had in place starting back in 2015.”

The EPA is accepting feedback on how to improve the guidelines after the interim guidance is released at the end of the month.

AUDIO: Kyle Kunkler, American Soybean Association

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