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The bill increases use of USDA agronomic data and transparency to make pesticide decisions more practical for growers, but does so at the risk of slowing regulatory actions, amplifying industry influence in analyses, and reducing meaningful participation from smaller stakeholders—potentially weakening non-economic health and environmental protections.
Farmers and growers — EPA decisions will be informed by USDA agronomic data, making required mitigation measures more practical and implementable on working farms.
Farmers, state governments, and the public — EPA must publish economic analyses and descriptions of how USDA-provided data were used (or not), increasing transparency about regulatory impacts and the agency's rationale.
Farmers and pesticide end users — coordination with DOI and Commerce on Endangered Species Act measures may reduce unintended harms by aligning species protections with practical risk-reduction options.
Farmers, state governments, and small businesses — added coordination requirements and mandated economic analyses will increase EPA workload and could delay pesticide registrations or regulatory actions, slowing access to new products or timely risk mitigation.
The general public and workers — mandating detailed cost analyses and coordination with USDA/industry risks biasing decisions toward protecting economic interests of growers or registrants and underweighting non-economic harms (e.g., worker health, endangered species).
The general public and stakeholders — allowing waivers or modification of coordination requirements by agreement with registrants could reduce transparency and stakeholder input for specific actions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the EPA Administrator to coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture when developing and implementing pesticide risk-mitigation actions. EPA must publish economic analyses estimating costs to growers, state lead agencies, and other affected parties, explain how USDA agronomic data were used, and work with USDA, Interior, and Commerce when implementing reasonable and prudent measures from Endangered Species Act consultations. The Administrator, Secretary of Agriculture, and a pesticide registrant may mutually agree to waive or modify these coordination requirements for a specific action, and that agreement must be published in the administrative docket.
Introduced September 26, 2025 by Jodey Cook Arrington · Last progress September 26, 2025