Human Health Recreational Ambient Water Quality Criteria and/or Swimming Advisories for Microcystins and Cylindrospermopsin

Attached please find comments from the following organizations: Agricultural Retailers Association American Dairy Coalition American Farm Bureau Federation Arizona Pork Producers Associations California Pork Producers Association Colorado Pork Producers Association Dairy Producers of Utah Exotic Wildlife Association Idaho Dairy Association Illinois Farm Bureau Federation Illinois Corn Growers Association Indiana Pork Advocacy Coalition Iowa Corn Growers Association Iowa Pork Producers Association Kansas Corn Growers Association Kansas Pork Association Michigan Corn Growers Association Minnesota Corn Growers Association Missouri Dairy Association National Alliance of Forest Owners National Associate of State Departments of Agriculture National Association of Wheat Growers National Cattlemen's Beef Association National Corn Growers Association National Cotton Council National Council of Farmer Cooperatives National Pork Producers Council North Dakota Corn Growers Association Ohio Agribusiness Association Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association Ohio Pork Council Oregon Dairy Farmers Association Texas Dairy Association Texas Poultry Federation The Fertilizer Institute United Egg Producers Upstate Niagara Cooperative

Attached is a letter submitted on behalf of the Agricultural Retailers Association requesting a comment extension to help ensure that the Agency's recommended criteria rest on sound scientific rationale and valid data. ARA believes an additional 90 days is necessary to review the draft criteria so that all stakeholders have sufficient time to provide meaningful scientific views, data, and other information before EPA moves any further along in this effort. An extension is also appropriate because EPA is not under any statutory deadline to develop the criteria at issue, nor is there any consent decree or settlement agreement that requires EPA action at all, much less by a date certain.