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Jane Clark

----- Original Message -----
From: Ericka <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:05 PM
Subject: Organization Sign-On: Fed. School Pest. Mgmt. Leg. Needs Your
Support (FW) (post)


> From: Kagan Owens <[log in to unmask]>
> Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2001
> Subject: Sign-On: Fed. School Pest. Mgmt. Leg. Needs Your Support
>
> Dear Friends and Activists,
>
> We are writing to you to:
> 1) inform you about negotiated school pest management language to amend
the
> Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA);
> 2) request that your organization sign-on in support of this amendment;
and
> 3) receive your feedback/comments on the negotiated language.
>
> After weeks of negotiations with industry, we are extremely close to
> reaching a final agreement regarding federal school pesticide use and
> notification legislation. We found it important to sit down with industry
> and reach an agreement, because otherwise, federal school pesticide
> legislation would go nowhere, or an amendment to ESEA on this issue would
be
> so weak and meaningless, that it would hinder all future probabilities for
> good legislation to be introduced in the future. We think it is important
to
> get something meaningful attached as an amendment to ESEA (S.1) because
ESEA
> is an excellent vehicle for moving this issue forward. If we did not
attempt
> to attach this amendment, school pest mgmt legislation would be stuck in
the
> Senate Agriculture Committee as the School Environment Protection Act
(SEPA)
> was during the last Congressional session. The whole school pest
management
> issue has great momentum, and the agreed upon language is a minimum
standard
> for state's to build on. As matter of political reality, there is no way
for
> legislation to pass without an agreement with industry because of the hold
> industry has on Congress. NOTE: This negotiated language is not SEPA - but
> new negotiated language - please see the requirements of the amendment
> below.
>
> Generally the negotiated Torricelli school pest management amendment to
> ESEA:
> 1) requires universal notification 3 times per year (at the beginning of
the
> school year, midyear, and once for summer session); notice provided via
the
> universal notification includes a precautionary risk statement
>
> 2) establishes a registry requiring 24 hour pre-notification to those any
> parent, guardian or staff member that signs up; notice provided via the
> registry includes a precautionary risk statement and information on the
> pesticides adverse health effects
>
> 3) requires signs to be posted 24 hours prior to the pesticide application
> and remain posted for 24 hours
>
> 4) requires local education agency's to implement school pest management
> policy as developed by state and EPA approved (school pest management
> --replaces the term IPM--  is defined as "a pest mgmt system that
> a) eliminates or mitigates economic, health, and aesthetic damage caused
by
> pests; b) uses integrated methods, site or pest inspections, pest
> populations monitoring, an evaluation of the need for pest mgmt; and
> considers all alternative pest mgmt strategies including one or more of
the
> following: sanitation, structural repair, mechanical and biological
> controls, other non-chemical methods, and pesticides, which minimizes risk
> to human health and the environment.)
>
> 5) does not preempt state or local school policy if meets or exceeds
> provisions of the act
>
> 6) requires treatment area to be unoccupied when any pesticide is being
> applied and 24 hour reentry period for sprays, foggers, tenting for all
> products in which the label does not specify a reentry interval
>
> 7) exempts antimicrobials and baits, gels, pastes applied in areas out of
> reach of children from the notice via registry and posting requirements.
The
> universal notice will state that baits, gels and pastes may be used by the
> school and notice will not be provided, and additional info on these
> products is available by contacting the contact person.
>
> Please sign your *organization* on as supporters of this important piece
of
> legislation.
>
> Name:
> Title:
> Organization:
> City, State:
> Phone Number:
> Email Address:
>
> All feedback regarding the federal legislation is greatly appreciated. If
> you are unable to sign-on in support - please send me an email
> ([log in to unmask]) with your comments.
>
> Also, please contact your Senators - urging them to support Senator
> Torricelli's school pest management amendment. To find the contact
> information for your U.S. Senators see
> http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm. Letters can be sent
> either by mail, fax, or email. Please be sure to also send me a copy of
your
> letter - which will double our efforts to get your comments heard.
>
> If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
>
> Kagan Owens
> Program Director
> Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
> (NCAMP)
> 701 E Street, S.E., Suite 200
> Washington, DC 20003
> phone: 202-543-5450
> fax: 202-543-4791
> www.beyondpesticides.org
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