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EPA publishes Farmworker Protection Standard Final Rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it will issue in the Federal Register on November 2, 2015, the final rule revising the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Worker Protection Standard (WPS). EPA previously announced these revisions on September 28, 2015, and stated that it would issue the final rule in the Federal Register within 60 days. ...

Oct. 29, 2015

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

New Worker Protection Rules Impact Farm, Greenhouse Workers

Owners of farms, forests, nurseries and greenhouses that use pesticides in agricultural plant production will have to implement additional safeguards for their pesticide handlers and agricultural workers under a revision to the Worker Protection Standard. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published the new rules in the Federal Register Nov. 2. Compliance with most of the new rules will be ...

Nov. 12, 2015

By Ohio State University

EPA Applauds Victory in Case Against Puerto Rican Company for Pesticide Worker Safety Violations

Judge assesses 2nd highest penalty for worker safety Washington, D.C. -- EPA today applauds a legal victory against Martex Farms, a Puerto Rican company, for violating the worker protection provisions of U.S. pesticide laws. The company has been ordered to pay a total penalty of $92,620, which is the second highest penalty ever assessed under EPA's worker protection standard, which is ...

Feb. 2, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Announces Improvements to Pesticide Application Exclusion Zone Requirements

On October 30, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule on the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) regulation that revises the requirements on the pesticide application exclusion zone (AEZ), defined as an “area surrounding the point(s) of pesticide discharge from the application equipment that must generally be free of all persons during pesticide ...

Nov. 2, 2020

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Launches Pesticide Worker Protection Dashboard

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently launched a new Pesticide Worker Protection Dashboard (Dashboard). EPA states this Dashboard is “focused on the universe of agricultural operations regulated and farm workers and pesticide handlers covered by the Worker Protection Standard.” EPA states that the Dashboard provides charts and graphs presenting certain key ...

Dec. 19, 2015

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA publishes Farmworker Protection Standard Final Rule

New Worker Protection Rules Impact Farm, Greenhouse Workers

EPA Applauds Victory in Case Against Puerto Rican Company for Pesticide Worker Safety Violations

EPA Announces Improvements to Pesticide Application Exclusion Zone Requirements

EPA Launches Pesticide Worker Protection Dashboard

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