Comment submitted by Cherry Marketing Institute, Inc. (CMI)

Summary: The Cherry Marketing Institute, Inc. (CMI), representing tart cherry growers and processors, supports the EPA's Draft Fungicide Strategy but urges the agency to ensure that proposed mitigations do not collapse the essential fungicide rotation required to manage disease and prevent resistance. They advocate for cherry-specific exposure data, a focus on hydrologic connectivity for runoff assessments, and the inclusion of airblast-specific spray data and credits.