Comment from CropLife America
CropLife AmericaSupportTrade association
Summary: CropLife America, a trade association representing pesticide developers and manufacturers, supports the APHIS notice of intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement for the grasshopper and Mormon cricket suppression program. They argue that the proposed alternatives are comprehensive and emphasize that registered pesticides have already undergone rigorous EPA review for safety and efficacy.
CropLife America appreciates the opportunity to submit the attached comment on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) notice of intent (NOI) to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) to analyze the effects of a program to suppress populations of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets from rangeland in seventeen Western states.