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(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, April 9, 2008) You have an opportunity to ask your U.S. Representative to stand up for the protection of health and the environment by joining with his\/her colleagues in the U.S. Congress on a letter to stop a pro-pesticide amendment in the Farm Bill, which is still under consideration in a House-Senate Agriculture conference committee. The provision, and other substitute language now floating around, stops the U.S. Department of Agriculture from curtailing hazardous pesticide use through its conservation programs, either by targeting specific contaminants that are poisoning water or hurting wildlife, or facilitating a transition to organic practices. (See March 27, 2008<\/a> Daily News) Attached below is the \u201cDear Colleague\u201d letter that your Rep. received from Reps. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Donald Payne (D-NJ) and the letter s\/he is being asked to sign that will go to the Farm Bill conferees. To sign on, tell your Rep. (get contact info here<\/a>) to email Rep. Holt\u2019s aide Michele Mulder michelle.mulder@mail.house.gov or call her at (609) 750-9365.<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cDear Colleague\u201d Letter to Your Member of Congress:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Don’t Turn Back the Clock on Safer, Less-Toxic, More-Environmentally Friendly Pesticides!<\/font><\/p>\n

Dear Colleague:<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

I am writing to ask you to join me on a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Agricultural Committees, urging them to support the Senate Agricultural Committees action in not including a provision passed in the House that would jeopardize the ability of conservation managers to choose the safest, least toxic, and most environmentally friendly pesticides in carrying out activities under integrated pest management and other Farm Bill programs. The provision, Section 11305 of the House-passed Farm Bill, was entitled No Discrimination Against Use of Registered Pesticide Products or Classes of Pesticide Products, and it read:<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cIn establishing priorities and evaluation criteria for the approval of plans, contracts, and agreements under title II, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not discriminate against the use of specific registered pesticide products or classes of pesticide products.\u201d<\/font> <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The provision, inserted at the behest of pesticide manufacturers, was met with outrage by more than 50 environmental, conservation, heath and nutrition, organic, wildlife, organic and other public interest groups. Numerous existing Farm Bill programs, encourage as they should — the use of non-toxic or less-toxic methods of pest control. The foregoing language could be interpreted to find such facilitation of safer pest control methods discriminatory as against the use of conventional pesticides, and could thus prohibit efforts to use such safer methods. This language drives Farm Bill policy on the issue of pesticide usage and environmental conservation in precisely the opposite direction from where it should be going. In a letter to the Natural Resources Defense Council dated February 8, 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed with the concerns expressed by conservation groups and stated that the EPA would be concerned if language in the House passed version of the Farm Bill could be interpreted in any way to inhibit [pesticide risk reduction].<\/font><\/p>\n

Attached is a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, urging them to follow the lead of the Senate Agriculture Committee and remove Section 11305 from the final Farm Bill. Please join me in co-signing this important letter. If you have any further questions or would like to co-sign the letter, please contact Michelle Mulder of my staff at (609) 750-9365 or michelle.mulder@mail.house.gov.
\nSincerely,<\/font><\/p>\n

RUSH HOLT \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 DONALD PAYNE
\nMember of Congress \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Member of Congress
\n<\/font><\/p>\n

———————————————<\/font><\/p>\n

Letter to the Farm Bill Conferees<\/strong><\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

The Honorable Tom Harkin
\nChairman
\nSenate Committee on Agriculture,
\nNutrition and Forestry
\n328A Senate Russell Office Building
\nWashington, DC 20510<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

The Honorable Saxby Chambliss
\nRanking Member
\nSenate Committee on Agriculture,
\nNutrition and Forestry
\n328A Senate Russell Office Building
\nWashington, DC 20510<\/font><\/p>\n

The Honorable Collin Peterson
\nChairman
\nHouse Committee on Agriculture
\n1301 Longworth House Office Building
\nWashington, DC 20515<\/font><\/p>\n

The Honorable Bob Goodlatte
\nRanking Member
\nHouse Committee on Agriculture
\n1305 Longworth House Office Building
\nWashington, DC 20515<\/font><\/p>\n

Dear Chairman Harkin, Chairman Peterson, Ranking Member Chambliss and Ranking Member Goodlatte:<\/font><\/p>\n

We respectfully write to express our strong support for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry not including section 11305 of the House-passed Farm bill, entitled No Discrimination Against Use of Registered Pesticide Products or Classes of Pesticide Products, in the Senate bill. The provision read:<\/font><\/p>\n

In establishing priorities and evaluation criteria for the approval of plans, contracts, and agreements under title II, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not discriminate against the use of specific registered pesticide products or classes of pesticide products.<\/font><\/p>\n

We urge the Conference Committee to follow the lead of the Senate Agriculture Committee with respect to this issue, and leave that provision or similar provisions out of the final bill. Numerous existing farm bill programs, including the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the Conservation Security Program (CSP), the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), and the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs operating at the state level, encourage the use of non-toxic or less-toxic methods of pest control The foregoing language was included in the House bill at the urging of pesticide manufacturers and, if allowed to remain in the final bill, would jeopardize the ability of conservation program managers to use farm bill funding to implement the most environmentally friendly pesticide options available. That is, EQIP and other programs that intentionally facilitate the deployment of non-toxic pesticides could be seen as discriminatory as against the use of conventional pesticides, and such facilitation would be prohibited under this language This language drives farm bill policy on the issue of pesticide usage and environmental conservation in precisely the opposite direction from where it should be going.<\/font><\/p>\n

Attached are a letter from the Natural Resources Defense Council and a letter signed by more than 50 environmental, conservation, health and nutrition, wildlife, organic and other public interest groups, urging the Conferees to remove the House-passed Section 11305 from the final 2007 Farm bill.<\/font><\/p>\n

We respectfully request the deletion of the House-passed Section 11305 from the final 2007 Farm bill.
\nSincerely,<\/font><\/p>\n

Groups supporting removal of pesticide discrimination provision:<\/font><\/p>\n

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
\nAmerican Bird Conservancy
\nBerkshire Cooperative Association
\nBeyond Pesticides
\nBio-Logical Pest Management, Inc.
\nBreast Cancer Action
\nCalifornians for Alternatives to Toxics
\nCalifornians for Pesticide Reform
\nCalifornia Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
\nCarandale Farm
\nCarolina Farm Stewardship Association
\nCenter for Environmental Health
\nCenter for Food Safety
\nCitizens Environmental Coalition
\nClean Catch
\nClean Water Action\/Clean Water Fund
\nCoast Action Group
\nColorado Organic Producers Association
\nCommunity Alliance with Family Farmers
\nCommunity & Children’s Advocates Against Pesticide Poisoning
\nThe Cornucopia Institute
\nDefenders of Wildlife
\nEnvironment California
\nEnvironmental Defense
\nEnvironmental Working Group
\nFlorida Organic Growers and Consumers
\nFood & Water Watch
\nFresno Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
\nFresno Metro Ministry
\nGardens of Goodness LLC
\nGeorgia Organics
\nGreenpeace Toxics Campaign
\nHeal the Bay
\nHealthy Child Healthy World
\nHumane Society International
\nHumane Society of the United States
\nIPM Institute of North America, Inc.
\nLearning Disabilities Association of California
\nMarrone Organic Innovations, Inc.
\nMontana Organic Producers Cooperative
\nMonterey Coastkeeper
\nNew England Small Farm Institute
\nNew York Public Interest Research Group
\nNortheast Organic Farming Association of New York
\nNortheast Organic Farming Association of Vermont
\nNorthern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society
\nNorthwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
\nParents for a Safer Environment
\nPesticide Action Network North America Regional Center
\nPesticide Education Project
\nPestec, IPM Provider
\nPhysicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles
\nThe Organic Center
\nOrganic Consumers Association
\nOrganic Farming Research Foundation
\nSierra Club
\nScience and Environmental Health Network
\nSouthern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
\nSustainable Agriculture Coalition
\nSteven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
\nToxics Information Project
\nTri-Valley CAREs
\nTwin Oaks Dairy LLC
\nUnion of Concerned Scientists
\nVeritable Vegetable, Inc.
\nVirginia Association for Biological Farming<\/font><\/p>\n

Contact: Michelle Mulder, Counsel, U.S. Representative Rush Holt, 50 Washington Road, West Windsor, New Jersey 08550, 609-750-9365 (tel.), 609-750-0618 (fax).
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