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This bill increases consideration of farmers' agronomic and economic concerns and adds transparency and interagency alignment, but at the cost of potential delays, greater industry influence, and a risk of weaker environmental and public‑health protections.
Farmers and agricultural workers: EPA must consider agronomic-use data and the economic viability of alternatives when it changes pesticide restrictions, making regulatory outcomes more practical for growers.
Farmers, rural communities, and resource managers: Required interagency coordination (EPA with Interior and Commerce) aims to better align Endangered Species Act measures with pesticide risk–benefit practices, reducing unexpected or disproportionate restrictions on pesticide use.
Farmers, registrants, and state governments: EPA must publish economic analyses and explain how USDA data were used in dockets, increasing transparency and giving affected parties clearer rationale for decisions.
The general public and communities near treated areas: Mandating economic viability and agronomic considerations may bias EPA decisions toward continued pesticide use, potentially weakening environmental and public-health protections.
Farmers, agricultural businesses, and pesticide registrants: Additional required interagency coordination and economic analyses could delay EPA registration or review decisions, prolonging uncertainty and potentially disrupting planning and operations.
Small businesses and stakeholders: Using and sharing industry-provided agronomic data raises risks that confidential business information could influence regulatory outcomes or be inadequately protected.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires EPA to coordinate with USDA (and with Interior and Commerce on ESA matters) on pesticide registration/review, publish USDA-informed economic analyses, and allows joint waivers for specific actions.
Introduced June 9, 2025 by Roger Wayne Marshall · Last progress June 9, 2025
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture when registering or reviewing pesticides and when EPA actions affect food-safety tolerance decisions. The bill directs EPA to consider USDA agronomic use data and economic viability of alternatives, publish economic analyses and docket statements about use or non-use of USDA-provided data, coordinate with Interior and Commerce on reasonable and prudent measures under the Endangered Species Act, and permits the agencies and a registrant to jointly waive or modify these coordination steps for a specific action if the agreement is published in the docket. The change adds formal interagency coordination and transparency requirements to the pesticide registration and review process, increases use of USDA input and economic analysis in EPA decisionmaking, and creates a process for limited joint waivers of the coordination requirements for particular actions.