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Contact: Amanda Culp Director, Communications (202) 296-9680 am anda@ nasda.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2017 NAS DA Commends EPA for Extending Timeline on Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule Following the U.S. Environm ental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcem ent today of their 12-month extension of im plem entation of the Certification o f Pesticide Applicators rule changes, NASDA CEO Dr. Barbara P. Glenn issued the follow ing statement: "W e greatly appreciate EPA extending the effective date of this rule. W hile we are generally supportive of the im proved final rule released in January, States are facing a range of on-going logistical, resource, and capacity challenges. These challenges are am plified as states w ork to im plem ent other recent EPA requirements, such as the W orker Protection Standard. Extending the certification tim eline will help alleviate some of those challenges by allowing states to work with our EPA partners to ensure adequate training resources and com pliance assistance activities are in place to ensure w e educate before we regulate." NASDA's com m ents on EPA's proposed rule can be found here. NASDA is a nonpartisan, nonprofit association which represents the elected and appointed commissioners, secretaries, and directors of the departm ents of agriculture in all fifty states and four U.S. territories. NASDA grows and enhances agriculture by forging partnerships and creating consensus to achieve sound policy outcomes between state departments of agriculture, the federal government, and stakeholders. Learn more about NASDA at www.nasda.org. ### NASDA Sierra Club v. E P A 18cv3472 N D C A National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 4350 North Fairfax Drive #910 Arlington, VA 22203 Tel: 202-296-9680 w w w .na sd a.o rg Tier 3/4 ED 002061 00068749-00001