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EPA has reconsidered the amended AEZ requirements and has determined that several aspects of the AEZ provisions, such as those regarding the applicability of the AEZ and distance determination criteria, should be revised to reinstate previous requirements that are protective of public health and to limit exposure for those who may be near ongoing pesticide applications.","action":"Proposed rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2023/03/13/2023-03619.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"170","title":40}],"citation":"88 FR 15346","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2023-05-12","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments must be received on or before May 12, 2023.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0133","FRL-8528-03-OCSPP"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Ref 38 (Final). USDA. Re: FIFRA 25(a) Review of draft final rule: “Pesticides; Agricultural Worker Protection Standard; Reconsideration of the Application Exclusion Zone Amendments.” USDA Comment and EPA Response. July 24, 2024.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0133-0067"},{"title":"Ref 31 (Final). Gentry, A. L., Grzywacz, J. G., Quandt, S. A., Davis, S. W., & Arcury, T. A. (2007). Housing quality among North Carolina farmworker families. Journal of agricultural safety and health, 13(3), 323-337. https://doi.org/10.13031/2013.23355","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0133-0066"},{"title":"Ref 28 (Final). Nuyttens, David & Baetens, Katrijn & Schampheleire, Mieke & Sonck, Bart. (2007). Effect of nozzle type, size and pressure on spray droplet characteristics. Biosystems Engineering. 97. 333-345. 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2007.03.001.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0133-0065"},{"title":"Stakeholder Meetings During the AEZ Final Rule Stage (2024)","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0133-0064"},{"title":"Ref 33 (Final). EPA . Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Inspection Manual: Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Inspection Manual. August 1, 2019.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0133-0063"},{"title":"Ref 36 (Final). Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative. How to Comply With the 2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides: What Owners and Employers Need to Know. 2017.","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2022-0133-0062"},{"title":"Ref 29 (Final). Quandt, S. A., Summers, P., Bischoff, W. E., Chen, H., Wiggins, M. F., Spears, C. R., & Arcury, T. A. (2013). Cooking and eating facilities in migrant farmworker housing in North Carolina. 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