EPA Faces Host Of Queries Over Looming Draft Chemical Spraying Permit

摘要

As EPA prepares to send its draft pesticide spray permit to the White House for review, the agency is facing a host of questions from states concerned about its enforceability, who will be covered and who will be liable for spills, and whether they will have enough time to create state permits after EPA finalizes its general permit in December.rnEPA officials April 26 told a group of state pesticide regulators that while the agency is running behind on creating its court-mandated Clean Water Act (CWA) general permit for pesticides sprayed over or near water, the draft permit, a fact sheet, and a proposed Federal Register notice have been circulated to agency headquarters and regional offices and will be sent this week to the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) for review.