(NAFB.com) – The American Soybean Association is expressing concern after the Environmental Protection Agency imposed additional restrictions on farmers in a move that seemed driven by environmental groups. A new registration for glufosinate-P was announced on October 18, but the EPA was slow in releasing the final label for that registration. The label is finally available, and with its public posting, additional unwarranted restrictions are evident. Alan Meadows, an ASA Director, says, “EPA seems to have relented to pressure from environmental groups and decided to impose additional Endangered Species Act restrictions on farmers.” In their comments, the groups claimed the number of runoff points and the size of the spray drift buffers currently required by the EPA were insufficient. “Somewhere between the draft and final registration, EPA, without explanation, tripled the number of ESA runoff points required and imposed a new 10-foot spray drift buffer that farmers must adopt to use glufosinate-P,” Meadows said.