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To:
Hupp, Sydney[hupp.sydney@epa.gov]
Cc:
Dickerson, Aaron[dickerson.aaron@epa.gov]; Bucky
Kennedy[bucky.kennedy@southcrop.org]; Jeff Cassady[jeff.cassady@southcrop.org]; Beau
Greenwood[BGreenwood@cropiifeamerica.org]
From: Fred Bosco
Sent: Fri 4/28/2017 1:30:27 PM
Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
2017 CLA Policy Priorities.pdf
Sydney,
Please find attached the issues papers which Beau mentioned below. The attendee list for Thursday, May 4 at 4pm is as follows:
Steve Williams, Albaugh Regional Manager, SCPA Board President Michael Boden, Syngenta Head of Crop Protection Sales, SCPA Board Vice President Spencer Black, Triangle Chemical Company, Director of Sales, SCPA Past President Bucky Kennedy, SCPA State Affairs Director Jeff Cassady, SCPA Executive Vice President Beau Greenwood, Executive Vice President, CropLife America
Please let me know if you need further information. Thank you, Fred
Fred Bosco Government Relations Coordinator CropLife America 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 P: 202-872-3868 I F: 202-355-1411
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E: FBosco@croplifeamenca.orq W: www.croplifeamerica.org
From: Beau Greenwood Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 6:01 PM To: Hupp, Sydney <hupp.sydney@epa.gov>; Fred Bosco <FBosco@croplifeamerica.org> Cc: Dickerson, Aaron <dickerson.aaron@epa.gov>; Bucky Kennedy <bucky.kennedy@southcrop.org>; Jeff Cassady <jeff.cassady@southcrop.org> Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
Hi Sydney. Thanks for your email. We are excited about the opportunity to visit with Administrator Pruitt next week.
In an effort at a quick response, I want to first suggest topics for next week's meeting, including: 1) reaffirming FIFRA's risk-based approach to regulating pesticides, 2) regulatory reform at the intersection of pesticide policy and the Endangered Species Act, and 3) reauthorizing the industry's fee-for-service program, PRIA.
I am away from my desk at the moment but will forward issue backgrounders on each of these three first thing in the morning as well as a list of those that will be attending this meeting.
Thanks for your assistance! I will be back in touch tomorrow morning.
Regards, Beau.
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Beau Greenwood Executive Vice President CropLife America Washington, DC 202-316-3459 (cell)
From: Hupp, Sydney [mailto:hupp.sydney@epa.qov1
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2017 5:13 PM
To: Fred Bosco <
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Cc: Dickerson. Aaron <
>; Bucky Kennedy
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>; Rebeckah Adcock <
Greenwood <
>; Jeff Cassady <
Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
>, Beau
Good afternoon Fred,
Hope you've been well! Reaching out to get the topic and attendees for the meeting next week with Administrator Pruitt.
Thanks!
Sydney Hupp Executive Scheduler Office of the Adminsitrator 202.816.1659 (c)
From: Hupp, Sydney Sent: Friday, April 21,2017 2:17 PM
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To: 'Fred Bosco' <
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Ce: Dickerson. Aaron <
>; Bucky Kennedy
<
>; Rebeckah Adcock <
Greenwood <
>; Jeff Cassady <
Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
Done!
Thank you!
Sydney Hupp Office of the Administrator- Scheduling 202.816.1659
From: Fred Bosco [
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Sent: Friday, April 21,2017 1:43 PM
To: Hupp, Sydney <
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Cc: Dickerson. Aaron <
>; Bucky Kennedy
<
>; Rebeckah Adcock <
Greenwood
>; Jeff Cassady <
Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
Sydney-- Yes. Let's please set 4pm on Thursday, May 4. We will confirm attendees and other details closer to the date. Have a good weekend. Thank you, Fred
Fred Bosco
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Government Relations Coordinator CropLife America 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 P: 202-872-3868 I F: 202-355-1411 E: FBosco@croplifeamerica.org W: www.croplifeamerica.org
From: Hupp, Sydney [mailto:hupp.sydney@epa.gov1
Sent: Friday, April 21,2017 1:33 PM
To: Fred Bosco <
>
Cc: Dickerson, Aaron <
>; Bucky Kennedy
<
>; Rebeckah Adcock <RAdcock@croplifeamerica.org>; Beau
Greenwood <
>
Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
Unfortunately that morning likely will not work. Could we do that afternoon at 4PM?
Thank you!
Sydney Hupp Office of the Administrator- Scheduling 202.816.1659
From: Fred Bosco [ Sent: Friday, April 21,2017 1:21 PM
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To: Hupp, Sydney <
>
Cc: Dickerson, Aaron <
>; Bucky Kennedy
<
>; Rebeckah Adcock <RAdcock@croplifeamerica.org>; Beau
Greenwood <
>
Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
Sydney,
Rebeckah is attending to her final day duties here at CLA before going to USDA and Beau is currently travelling, but we have heard from SCPA leadership that they would prefer to meet on Thursday, May 4. A morning appointment would be preferable to the afternoon; however, either would work. Lunchtime is their only conflict that day with a standing appointment that would be inappropriate to cancel.
We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for all of your help,
Fred
Fred Bosco Government Relations Coordinator CropLife America 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 P: 202-872-3868 I F: 202-355-1411 E: FBosco@croplifeamerica.org W: www.croplifeamerica.org
Thank you for all of your help, Beau Greenwood Executive Vice President
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CropLife America Washington, DC
From: Hupp, Sydney [mailto:hupp.sydney@epa.gov] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 4:19 PM To: Rebeckah Adcock <RAdcock@croplifeamerica.org>; Beau Greenwood <BGreenwood@croplifeamerica.org> Cc: Dickerson, Aaron <dickerson.aaron@epa.gov>; Bucky Kennedy <bucky.kennedy@southcrop.org> Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
I appreciate it Rebeckah!
Sydney Hupp Office of the Administrator- Scheduling 202.816.1659
From: Rebeckah Adcock [mailto:RAdcock@croplifeamerica.org1 Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 10:07 AM To: Hupp, Sydney <hupp.sydney@epa.gov>; Beau Greenwood <BGreenwood@croplifeamerica.org> Cc: Dickerson, Aaron <dickerson.aaron@epa.gov>; Bucky Kennedy <bucky.kennedy@southcrop.org> Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
Thank you, Sydney. Let us confer with SCPA leaders to see whether we can adjust schedules to make that work on the 2nd or 4th - Beau or someone from SCPA will be back in touch as soon as possible to confirm.
Kindly,
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From: Hupp, Sydney [ Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 10:04 AM To: Beau Greenwood < Cc: Rebeckah Adcock <
]
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>; Dickerson, Aaron
Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
Good morning Mr. Greenwood!
My apologies for the delay in getting back to you. We would be happy to have a meeting, the only issue is that we aren't able to on the 3rd. Are you all in town on the 2nd or 4th perhaps where we could host you at the EPA for a meeting?
Thank you!
Sydney Hupp Office of the Administrator- Scheduling 202.816.1659
From: Beau Greenwood [
]
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 6:15 PM
To: Jackson, Ryan <
>; Brown, Byron <
Sydney <
>
Cc: Rebeckah Adcock <
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Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
>; Hupp,
Ryan, Byron, and Sydney, I am looping-back just to make sure that this invitation has gotten into the right hands for Administrator Pruitt's consideration. The meeting request with Administrator Pruitt is for anytime on Wednesday, May 3, before 3:00. The meeting attendees would include the Board Executive Committee of the Southern Crop Production Association.
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I remain available at your convenience to discuss in greater detail. Thank you for your consideration. Beau.
Beau Greenwood Executive Vice President CropLife America Washington, DC 202-316-3459 (celi)
From: Beau Greenwood Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 6:11 PM To: Rebeckah Adcock <
>; Ryan Jackson
Subject: RE: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
Hi Ryan, Byron and Sydney. I have the pleasure of getting to work with Rebeckah in government relations at CropLife America. I look forward to getting to know you better and developing a working relationship.
Rebeckah has forwarded an invitation (attached) from the Southern Crop Production Association (SCPA) inviting Administrator Pruitt to visit with their membership during their annual DC fly-in on May 3. I sincerely hope that the Administrator has some time in his schedule to accept this invitation.
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I remain available to discuss this meeting request at your convenience. Regards, Beau.
Beau Greenwood Executive Vice President CropLife America Washington, DC 202-316-3459 (cell)
From: Rebeckah Adcock
Sent: Saturday, April 8, 2017 9:31 AM
To: Ryan Jackson <
>;
Cc: Beau Greenwood <
; >; Rebeckah Adcock
Subject: Invitation from Southern Crop Production Assoc.
Ryan, Byron and Sydney-
The Southern Crop Production Association (SCPA) asked CLA to ensure the Administrator recieves. this invitation for him to address this important regional group at their DC fly-in next month. (OK is covered by SCPA).
Thanks to your office for considering the request and let me know if you have questions or need additional details.
Kindly,
Rebeckah Adcock
703-501-9371 phone
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FIFRA-based Regulatory Reset
In recent years, the process of pesticide registration has become less predictable. The sound science that has traditionally underpinned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) risk-based approach to regulating pesticides, has given way to politics and emotion. The industry is eager to reset the relationship with EPA to preserve Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act's (FIFRA) risk-based approach to regulating pesticides and reestablish a predictable regulatory process. A regulatory reset will yield durable solutions for all stakeholders and begin to rebuild faith, trust and confidence in pesticide regulation.
Reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act (PRIA - 4)
Congress must move quickly to reauthorize the pesticide industry's highly successful fee-for-service program, commonly referred to as the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). The current authority for PRIA expires on September 30, 2017. PRIA is supported by a diverse and unique coalition, including industry, users of pesticides, state and federal regulators, and the NGO community, as this necessary and important program funds, in part, EPA's pesticide registration and review programs.
The PRIA fee framework ensures that pesticide products will be available to: Help farmers fight crop threats; Provide facilities managers with access to disinfectants; Combat mosquito and other vector control in the public health sector; Ensure the availability of structural pesticides for residential and commercial purposes; and Support the home & garden, turf & ornamental, and golf course industries.
Develop Meaningful Bidangered Species Act Reform
We can do better when it comes to the proper implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The attempt to apply the ESA across the regulated business spectrum and the ongoing dysfunction between the EPA and Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively known as "the Services") continues to frustrate the harmonization of ESA and FIFRA.
CropLife America believes that we can achieve our national environmental goals, including goals to preserve and enhance biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, while maintaining and improving agricultural productivity, but we need effective, science-based federal policy to do so. The fact that the Congress has already initiated this important conversation at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing on February 15 is a positive and encouraging sign.
About CropLife America
CropLife America (CLA) is the national trade association that represents the manufacturers, formulators and distributors of pesticides. CLA's member companies produce, sell and distribute virtually all of the vital and necessary crop protection and biotechnology products used by farmers, ranchers and landowners. For more information on how farmers use crop protection technology to grow healthy food, visitwww.GiveaCrop.org
CLA Government and Legislative Affairs Contacts:
Beau Greenwood, Executive VP of Government Relations & Public Affairs | bgreenwood@croplifeamerica.org Kellie Bray, Senior Director of Government Relations | kbray@croplifeamerica.org Jeff Case, Senior Director of Government Relations | jcase@croplifeamerica.org Jared Henderson, Manager of Government Relations | jhenderson@croplifeamerica.org Fred Bosco, Government Relations Coordinator | fbosco@croplifeamerica.org
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Reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act (PRIA - 4)
Congress must move quickly to reauthorize the pesticide industry's highly successful fee-for-service program, commonly referred to as the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). The current authority for PRIA expires on September 30, 2017. PRIA is supported by a diverse and unique coalition, including industry, users of pesticides, state and federal regulators, and the NGO community, as this necessary and important program funds, in part, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) pesticide registration and review programs.
The PRIA fee framework ensures that pesticide products will be available to: Help farmers fight crop threats; Provide facilities managers with access to disinfectants; Combat mosquito and other vector control in the public health sector; Ensure the availability of structural pesticides for residential and commercial purposes; and Support the home & garden, turf & ornamental, and golf course industries.
Impacted Policy
Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), a pesticide cannot be legally used if it has not been approved and registered by EPA'sOffice of Pesticide Programs (OPP). In 2003, PRIA was enacted through the work of a unique coalition consisting of the registrant community (including both agricultural and non-aghcultural uses, antimicrobial companies, large and small companies, biotech companies, and biopesticides) and labor and environmental advocates.
PRIA established a new section of FIFRA, which put in place a fee schedule for pesticide registration requests. It lists specific time periods for EPA to make a regulatory decision on pesticide registration and tolerance actions submitted to EPA. The goal of PRIA was to create a more predictable and effective evaluation scheme for affected pesticide decisions and couple the collection of individual fees with specific decision review periods. It also promoted shorter decision review periods for reduced-risk applications. This stable source of funding for EPA also created block grants for training and education programs.
Ask
Will you support the legislative reauthorization of the pesticide industry's fee-for-service program?
Will you support sufficient funding levels for EPA-OPP to carry-out registration activities and meet statutorily defined timelines?
About CropLife America
CropLife America (CLA) is the national trade association that represents the manufacturers, formulators and distributors of pesticides. CLA's member companies produce, sell and distribute virtually all of the vital and necessary crop protection and biotechnology products used by farmers, ranchers and landowners. For more information on how farmers use crop protection technology to grow healthy food, visit
CLA Government and Legislative Affairs Contacts:
Beau Greenwood, Executive VP of Government Relations & Public Affairs | bgreenwood@croplifeamerica.org
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2017 Policy Priorities
Develop Meaningful Endangered Species Act Reform
We can do better when it comes to the proper implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The attempt to apply the ESA across the regulated business spectrum and the ongoing challenges between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively known as "the Services") continues to frustrate the harmonization of ESA and FIFRA.
CropLife America believes that we can achieve our national environmental goals, including goals to preserve and enhance biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, while maintaining and improving agricultural productivity, but we need effective, science-based federal policy to do so. The fact that the Congress has already initiated this important conversation at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing on February 15 is a positive and encouraging first step.
Impacted Policy
At the beginning of 2017, CropLife America and the Pesticide Policy Coalition submitted lengthy white papers to the Trump Transition Team on the need for reform at the intersection of pesticide policy and the ESA. CLA's paper described initial steps that the Administration should take to advance a workable integration of the requirements of ESA and FIFRA, one that meets the goals of both statutes and ensures that agricultural producers and other specialty pesticide users continue to have access to the products they need to maintain and increase agricultural productivity and protect public health.
The initial steps do not require new regulations or amendments to the law and could be taken by the Administration in the first 100 days. Leadership at both the EPA and the Services is required, however, to implement workable solutions to the long-standing management problems in FIFRA and ESA integration to ensure greater agricultural productivity through common sense problem solving.
Ask
Will you work with the ESA oversight committees and the Administration to institute meaningful reform to the FIFRA-ESA intersection?
About CropLife America
CropLife America (CLA) is the national trade association that represents the manufacturers, formulators and distributors of pesticides. CLA's member companies produce, sell and distribute virtually all of the vital and necessary crop protection and biotechnology products used by farmers, ranchers and landowners. For more information on how farmers use crop protection technology to grow healthy food, visitwww.GiveaCrop.org
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CLA Government and Legislative Affairs Contact:
Kellie Bray, Senior Director of Government Relations | kbray@croplifeamerica.org
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2017 Policy Priorities
FIFRA-based Regulatory Reset
In recent years, the process for pesticide registration has become less predictable. The sound science that has traditionally underpinned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) risk-based approach to regulating pesticides, has given way to politics and emotion. The industry is eager to reset the relationship with EPA to preserve Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act's (FIFRA) risk-based approach to regulating pesticides and reestablish a predictable regulatory process. A regulatory reset will yield durable solutions for all stakeholders and begin to rebuild faith, trust and confidence in pesticide regulation.
Impacted Policy
CropLife America and its allies have sought a statement from the Administration that reaffirms Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) policy, which is inherently based on:
Sound science, Transparency, Stakeholder engagement, and A predictable registration (or regulatory) process.
Ask
Will you work with Congressional oversight committees and the Administration to reaffirm FIFRA's risk based approach to regulating pesticides?
Will you work with the Administration to see that the special assistant for technology issues at USDA is restored/filled in an effort to improve the working relationship between USDA and EPA?
About CropLife America
CropLife America (CLA) is the national trade association that represents the manufacturers, formulators and distributors of pesticides. CLA's member companies produce, sell and distribute virtually all of the vital and necessary crop protection and biotechnology products used by farmers, ranchers and landowners. For more information on how farmers use crop protection technology to grow healthy food, visitwvvw.GiveaCrop.org
CLA Government and Legislative Affairs Contact:
Beau Greenwood, Executive VP of Government Relations & Public Affairs | bgreenwood@croplifeamerica.org
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