Here's the latest news from EPA's National Agriculture Center
To view the entire text of the News items go to:
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/news/index.html
August 3, 2012
-- Pesticide News Story: Agencies Propose Process Improvements for Pesticide-Endangered Species Consultations to Enhance Opportunities for Stakeholder Input
-- Southeast Diesel Collaborative Conference to be Held in Atlanta
July 31, 2012
-- EPA and USDA Announce First-Ever Microbial Risk Assessment Guidance / Guideline will help better determine health risks from food and waterborne pathogens
-- EPA Awards $75,000 to the Choctaw Nation to Support Its Water Quality Program
July 27, 2012
-- Pesticide News Story: The EPA Opens 60-day Comment Period on Petition Seeking to Cancel Clothianidin
July 26, 2012
-- Pesticide News Story: Three New Questions and Answers on Label Consistency Posted
July 25, 2012
-- Penobscot Indian Nation Receives Grant of nearly $149,000 to Improve Water Quality
-- Pesticide Registration Requests, Actions, and Tolerance Updates
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The Ag Center sponsors information for more than 60 Topics on the EPA agriculture web site. To view the entire list of Topics go to:
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/topics.html
For more information contact the Ag Center:
Ginah K. Mortensen, Director
National Agriculture Center
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
901 North Fifth Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66101
http://www.epa.gov/agriculture
toll free: 1-888-663-2155
fax: 913-551-7270
agcenter@epa.gov