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Message From: Sent: To: CC: Subject: Don Parrish [donp@fb.org] 1/31/2018 9:24:20 PM Bennett, Tate [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=lfa92542f7ca4d01973bl8b2fllb9141-Bennett, El]; Cory, Preston (Katherine) [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=bfd80bl5f6d04a3ballfc8ca3c85bc50-Cory, Kthe] 'Rollins, Blake - OSEC, Washington, DC' [Blake.Rollins@osec.usda.gov] RE: Administrator Pruitt Signs Endangered Species Act Memorandum with State Agriculture Commissioners I have it now. Thanks. S)im Si S^amii m exicoa d'am i Sim eon dede&atja. !I_______E_x__6_______!I detip@ ovig. From: Bennett, Tate [mailto:Bennett.Tate@epa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 4:22 PM To: Cory, Preston (Katherine) Cc: Don Parrish; 'Rollins, Blake - OSEC, Washington, DC Subject: RE: Administrator Pruitt Signs Endangered Species Act Memorandum with State Agriculture Commissioners Don- it's an M OA so I don't think it will show up there, unless CEO sends it to FR. We are taking our queues from CEQ. Are you asking for a copy of it? From: Cory, Preston (Katherine) Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 4:20 PM To: Bennett, Tate <Bennett.Tate@epa.gov> Subject: FW: Administrator Pruitt Signs Endangered Species Act Memorandum with State Agriculture Commissioners Fias this gone in the FR? From: Don Parrish [mailto:donp@fb.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 3:36 PM To: Cory, Preston (Katherine) <Corv.Preston@epa.gov> Subject: RE: Administrator Pruitt Signs Endangered Species Act Memorandum with State Agriculture Commissioners Katherine Can you help with this question - has the rule been posted? ati S i Soemih (Im&xicaa Sam i Sim eon dedemtim, LIIIex-s II] danptif-uw f. From: Cory, Preston (Katherine) fmailto:Corv.Preston@epa.qovl Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 3:15 PM Cc: Rollins, Blake - OSEC, Washington, DC Subject: FW: Administrator Pruitt Signs Endangered Species Act Memorandum with State Agriculture Commissioners Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00057331-00001 K. Preston Cory Special Advisor Office of the Administrator, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Ex.6 ] EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Signs Endangered Species Act Memorandum with State Agriculture Commissioners WASHINGTON (January 31, 2018) -- Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt spoke at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Winter Policy Conference and signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) establishing an interagency Working Group to evaluate and improve the Endangered Species Act consultation process for pesticide registration. "The current Endangered Species Act pesticide consultation process is broken," said EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. "Today, the Trump Administration is taking action to improve and accelerate this process, harmonize interagency efforts, and create regulatory certainty for America's farmers and ranchers." "Once again, EPA has acted on the calls for regulatory reform from rural communities across the country. I'm glad to see Administrator Pruitt carrying out President Trump's pro-growth agenda benefiting Oklahoma farmers and ranchers," said Oklahoma Commissioner of Agriculture Jim Reese. "It's a breath of fresh air to have an EPA willing to listen to farmers and ranchers across the country. I applaud President Trump and Administrator Pruitt for partnering with rural America to provide the regulatory certainty that our agriculture community deserves," said Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles. The interagency Working Group includes the Department of the Interior and Department of Commerce and comes at a critical time as EPA has 700 pesticide registrations to complete by 2022. In addition to the MOA, Administrator Pruitt discussed EPA's efforts this past year to rescind the 2015 "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule, to address dicamba drift issues, and other actions to help farmers and ranchers across the country. Later today, Administrator Pruitt and the Department of the Army will finalize a rule adding an Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00057331-00002 applicability date to WOTUS. The new applicability date will be two years after today's action is published in the Federal Register, during which time both agencies will continue the process of reconsidering the 2015 Rule. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington, D C. 20004 Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00057331-00003