EPA’s Fix for DEF guidelines Will Help Ag Community
by EPA Regional Administrator Scott Mason
As a native of Cordell, it’s an honor to serve the people of Oklahoma as the Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 6 Dallas headquarters, which also covers Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and 66 federally recognized Tribes. I share President Trump and Administrator Lee Zeldin’s belief that EPA’s work should benefit all Americans without hindering our economy.
Nowhere is this goal illustrated more clearly than in the agricultural community. I’ve met with farmers and ranchers about how EPA can be a help to them, including at a roundtable I held in Burns Flat with Blayne Arthur of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry in May. Their message is clear and consistent: get rid of the unnecessary bureaucracy that makes their work more difficult and less efficient. I’ve shared these concerns with EPA’s senior leaders, and as shown by Administrator Zeldin’s recent announcement revising diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) requirements, EPA is listening and taking action.
Read more »by Muskogee Politico - September 01, 2025 at 10:47PM
Op-ed: Trump EPA’s fix for DEF guidelines will help ag community
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