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New Pesticide Registration Law11-09-07 | News
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New Pesticide Registration Law




New legislation will provide long-term funding for EPA and reduce the time required to bring new products to market.

In October, President Bush signed into law the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act. The legislation will provide long-term funding for EPA and reduce the time required to bring new products to market. It will also ensure a review of pesticides every 15 years.

The original Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (passed in 2003, but scheduled to expire in 2008) provided approximately $200 million in fees to increase and stabilize funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP). The renewal legislation extends the assessment of those fees in industry through 2012, adding significant funding stability to EPA OPP.

Source: PR Newswire

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