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AG GROUPS BACK NOMINATION OF NEW EPA ADMINISTRATOR
Jan. 22, 2021
Agri-Pulse reports:
Twenty-three farm groups are backing Michael Regan's nomination to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The groups say in a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that as secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, he "has an established record of listening to all stakeholders, including farmers and ranchers."
To read the letter click here.
In North Carolina, Regan "has worked to find practical, sound solutions to myriad environmental issues in the state, while ensuring science and data guided his decisions" and "understood the impact those decisions would have on rural communities and the families that live and work there," the letter says.
The National Pork Producers Council led the letter-writing effort. Among the signers: the American Farm Bureau Federation, Biotechnology Innovation Organization, National Farmers Union, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and groups representing a wide range of commodity producers.
Senate EPW Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., said earlier this month after meeting with Regan: "The more I get to know [him], the more confident I am that he is up to the task and ready to lead."
By the way: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) isn't on the committee, but he has a message for Regan when it comes to the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act: Don't bring back the Obama-era "waters of the U.S." rule that the Trump administration repealed. "I would hope that the Biden administration wouldn't be stupid enough to go down that road again," Grassley said.
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