The Environmental Protection Agency has moved ahead with the Jan. 1 start date of its worker protection safety rule, despite a request for a delay from AFBF and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
According to the joint petition from AFBF and NASDA to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, the WPS rule was issued in violation of federal law. The proposal, Farm Bureau and NASDA told McCarthy on Dec. 21, 'fails to advance the purpose of furthering the safety of farmworkers.' The rule's rapidly approaching implementation also posed 'a serious problem for administration of the rule's requirements' by state departments of agriculture as well as farmers and ranchers who must comply with its terms.
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