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The bill increases coordination and transparency to make pesticide mitigation more practical and species-aware, but it risks slowing approvals and raising compliance costs that could limit growers' options and impose new burdens on farmers and small businesses.
Farmers and agricultural workers will receive economic estimates of mitigation costs, letting them better plan for compliance and budgeting.
Farmers and agricultural workers will benefit from EPA considering agronomic use data and alternatives, producing mitigation measures that better align with real farming practices and available alternatives.
Farmers, agricultural workers, and state governments may face fewer conflicts between species protections and practical pesticide uses because EPA will coordinate with Interior and Commerce on ESA-related measures.
Farmers and small-business owners could face slower access to new or continued pesticide uses because added coordination and analyses may delay EPA registration decisions.
Farmers, small businesses, and taxpayers may shoulder higher costs because required economic analyses and coordination increase administrative burdens on registrants and EPA that can be passed on as higher compliance costs.
Farmers and agricultural workers could lose pest-control options if ESA-focused coordination produces more restrictive use conditions to protect species.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires EPA to coordinate with USDA and other agencies and publish economic and agronomic analyses when imposing pesticide mitigation measures or conducting registration reviews.
Introduced September 26, 2025 by Jodey Cook Arrington · Last progress September 26, 2025
Requires the EPA to coordinate with USDA and other federal agencies when it imposes pesticide risk-mitigation measures or conducts registrations and registration reviews. It makes EPA publish economic analyses estimating costs to growers, State lead agencies, and other affected parties, and to obtain and consider agronomic use data and information on alternative products or practices before finalizing actions. Also directs EPA to coordinate with USDA, Interior, and Commerce when implementing Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives or Measures under the Endangered Species Act, and allows EPA, USDA, and a registrant to agree to waive or modify these coordination steps if that agreement is published in the action docket.