LETTERS
ARA Establishes 2026 Policy Priorities to Strengthen U.S. Agriculture, Support Innovation, and Advance Supply Chain Resilience
Mar 16, 2026
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) today announced their 2026 Public Policy Priorities, outlining a comprehensive agenda designed to support America’s agricultural retailers, strengthen the nation’s food and input supply chains, and promote science-based, practical policy solutions that keep U.S. agriculture globally competitive.
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ALL PUBLISHED LETTERS
ARA Sends Letter to Representative Schrader Supporting H.R. 5813
Oct 11, 2016
ARA sends a letter to Representative Schrader in support of the Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act (H.R. 5813).
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ARA Signs Enforcement Extension Request of PSM Retail Exemption Memo
Sep 02, 2016
ARA signs a letter to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health requesting an extension of the PSM enforcement delay through July 2018.
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ARA Signs Letter to EPA on Chlorpyrifos
Apr 13, 2016
ARA signs a letter to Administrator McCarthy of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with concerns about EPA’s planned Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting to change the long-accepted, science-based regulatory endpoint for the pesticide chlorpyrifos.
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ARA Signs Letter to PHMSA Requesting Withdrawal of Interpretation Letter
Apr 04, 2016
ARA signs a letter to Dr. El-Sibaie, associated administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHSMA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation. This letter requests the withdrawal of a letter of interpretation issued by PHMSA to Andrew N. Romach of AECOM on December 11, 2015.
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ARA Signs Letter to Congress to Resolve OSHA’s “Retail Facility” Interpretation
Mar 23, 2016
ARA signs a letter to Congress requesting for support to resolve the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) arbitrary and abrupt change in its Process Safety Management (PSM) “retail facility” interpretation.
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ARA Sends Letter to EPA Disapproval of Flubendiamide Cancellation
Mar 04, 2016
ARA sends a letter to assistant administrator in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disagreeing with the intent to cancel all remaining Flubendiamide products manufactured by Bayer CropScience LP ad Nichino America, Inc.
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ARA Signed a Letter in Support of $10 Million for Upper Mississippi River Infrastructure
Mar 02, 2016
ARA signed a letter in support of the fiscal 2017 appropriation of Pre-Construction Engineering Design (PED) funding ($10 million) for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP).
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ARA Signed a Letter to Congress in Support of FAST Act
Dec 03, 2015
ARA signed a letter to Congress in support of FAST Act, the multi-year surface transportation legislation.
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ARA Signs Letter to Congress Regarding Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Nov 19, 2015
ARA signs a letter to the Senate’s and House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations regarding inclusions of certain provisions in the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill to prevent OSHA from enforcing an unlawful PSM retail exemption memorandum issued this summer.
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ARA Signed a Letter to the Surface Transportation Conferees Urging for Provisions Benefiting Agriculture
Nov 10, 2015
ARA signed a letter to the Surface Transportation Conferees supporting the prompt enactment of multi-year surface transportation legislation and urging for provisions that would benefit the agriculture industry.
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