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A Message from ATA Vice President Ben Anderson about a
PROPOSED NEW PESTICIDE PERMIT CATEGORY
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appy New Year! I hope that everyone is making the best of their 2021 so far. The article on the next page is from Ron Wright CGCS, the Southeast field staff representative for the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. Many of you may not know Ron since he focuses on golf, but he also speaks on behalf of all turf industries, when he considers upcoming hurdles the industry will face. This letter is an important read, and I encourage everyone to take the time to carefully consider the information he is sharing. I shared my PowerPoint presentation with the ATA Board of Directors prior to the Green Industry stakeholders meeting with the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries in order to obtain input from their wide turf backgrounds. My guess is, we will all be affected one way or another by this new regulation. There is some good news! The State is allowing us to share our suggestions on this issue. Both Ron and I
gathered information and put together PowerPoints to be able to make suggestions on how we think this new regulation should function. I shared mine with the rest of the ATA Board of Directors, that have all different turf backgrounds, to have all the input possible. Ron had the input of the Alabama Golf Course Superintendents Association Board of Directors after they reviewed his PowerPoint as well. I feel like both associations will do their best to speak for the industry and make these changes as easy as possible. We presented these PowerPoints on January 28th and have input on the structure of the new rules that Ron describes on page 9. Thanks,
Ben Anderson ATA Vice President
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