Bill would strike a bar on releasing producer-identifying pesticide data

The bill text would strike a restriction on government agencies releasing certain pesticide data. The restriction covers data, including its source location, that could directly or indirectly identify individual producers.

The EPA Administrator would send Congress a report on certain pesticide records and data. The report would cover records and data barred from public disclosure under the cited law before enactment, but no longer barred as a result of the proposed amendment. The report would be due no later than 180 days after enactment.

The EPA Administrator could not issue, apply, or enforce certain rules that could delay public disclosure. This limit covers regulations, guidance documents, and interpretive rules about public disclosure of records and data described in the cited law. The rule must be one that could prevent or significantly delay public disclosure.