{"id":1308,"date":"2020-10-30T14:03:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T18:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2020-11-04T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T16:54:58","slug":"application-exclusion-zone-requirements-revised-by-epa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/application-exclusion-zone-requirements-revised-by-epa\/","title":{"rendered":"Application Exclusion Zone Requirements Revised by EPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The U.S. EPA this week announced revisions to the Agricultural Worker Protection Standards (WPS) to clarify and simplify the application exclusion zone (AEZ) requirements. The AEZ is the term used in the WPS rule and refers to the area surrounding the pesticide application equipment that must be free of all persons other than appropriately trained and equipped handlers during pesticide applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Specifically, EPA is amending the AEZ requirements by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The final rule states, \u201cThe primary benefit of revising the AEZ requirements is a reduction in the complexity of applying a pesticide and improving the compliance and enforceability of the requirements. This deregulatory action is expected to reduce the burden for affected entities because the revised requirements are expected to substantially reduce the complexity of arranging and conducting a pesticide application. EPA has not, however, quantified the anticipated cost savings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NPC is evaluating the final rule to further understand the implications on potato production and ensuring regulations are not overly burdensome while also protecting the safety of growers and their employees. The final rule can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. EPA this week announced revisions to the Agricultural Worker Protection Standards (WPS) to clarify and simplify the application exclusion zone (AEZ) requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n