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🚨Draft Risk Assessment of PFOA and PFOS in Sewage Sludge Released

As part of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) commitment to safeguarding the environment from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the agency is announcing the availability of the "Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)" for a 60-day public comment period. This draft risk assessment reflects the agency's latest scientific understanding of the potential risks to human health and the environment posed by the presence of PFOA and PFOS in sewage sludge that is land applied as a soil conditioner or fertilizer (on agricultural, forested, and other lands), surface disposed, or incinerated. The draft risk assessment focuses on those living on or near impacted sites or those that rely primarily on their products (e.g., food crops, animal products, drinking water); the draft risk assessment does not model risks for the general public. This draft risk assessment underwent independent external peer review, and the EPA revised the document accordingly. Once finalized, the risk assessment will provide information on risk from use or disposal of sewage sludge and will inform the EPA's potential future regulatory actions under the Clean Water Act (CWA).

🌾Ratification of H-2A Employment Regulation Impacting Agriculture

The Department of Labor is publishing notification of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training's ratification of the rule published October 16, 2015, titled Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or Production of Livestock on the Range in the United States.

🌱EPA Solicits Comments on Clothianidin Exemption for Citrus Growers

EPA has received a specific exemption request from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) to use the pesticide clothianidin (CAS No. 210-880-92-5) to treat up to 75,000 acres of immature (3-5 years old) citrus trees to control the transmission of Huanglongbing (HLB) disease vectored by the Asian Citrus Psyllid. The applicant proposes a use that has been requested in 5 or more previous years and for which a complete application for registration or tolerance petition has not been submitted to the Agency. Therefore, EPA is soliciting public comment before making the decision whether or not to grant the exemption.

🌾H-2A Nonimmigrant Employment Regulations Impact on Agriculture

The Department of Labor is publishing notification of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training's and the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division's ratification of the rule published October 12, 2022, titled Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States.

🍽️2025 Reimbursement Rates Update for Summer Food Service Program

This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service Program. These adjustments address changes in the Consumer Price Index, as required under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The 2025 reimbursement rates are presented as a combined set of rates to highlight simplified cost accounting procedures. The 2025 rates are also presented individually, as separate operating and administrative rates of reimbursement, to show the effect of the Consumer Price Index adjustment on each rate. On average, the 2025 rates adjustment represents a 3.6 percent increase in the rates from last year.

🌱EPA Receives Pesticide Petition for Residue Regulation Changes

This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

🌱Ratification of H-2A Regulations for Temporary Agricultural Employment

The Department of Labor is publishing notification of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training's and the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division's ratification of the rule published February 10, 2010, titled Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Aliens in the United States.

🌱EPA Announces Proposed Pesticide Registration Review for 2025

This notice announces the availability of EPA's proposed registration review decision for ancymidol and opens a 60-day public comment period for the proposed registration review decisions.

📜Executive Order 14134

🌾Proposed Updates to Grain Inspection Geographic Areas and Compliance

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is issuing this notice to announce proposed updates to the boundaries of the geographic areas in which official service providers (OSP) perform official inspection and weighing services under a United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) designation or delegation, and for purposes of cooperative service agreements under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA). The proposed updates are necessary due to changes in natural and man- made landmarks, railroad lines, roads, and signs that were used in historical boundary descriptions.