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LA HR355
Resolution
Status
6/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Troy Romero
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AI Summary
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Urges the EPA and U.S. Congress to approve LSU AgCenter's request for a Limited Replicated Field Trials Exemption to test a sodium nitrite-based toxicant for controlling feral hogs
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Louisiana's feral hog population has reached nearly one million, causing an estimated $90 million in damages statewide and over $1.5 billion nationally
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Current EPA guidance indicates toxicant approval is unlikely within 10 years, which would allow economic impacts to exceed $15 billion nationally during that period
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Requests the EPA promptly issue pesticide registration for the feral swine toxicant once testing and safety assessments are completed
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Copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the EPA administrator, Louisiana's congressional delegation, and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality secretary
Legislative Description
Urges and requests the United States Environmental Protection Agency to take action on feral hog toxicant testing and registration
ANIMALS
Last Action
Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
6/13/2025