Lawmakers Pushing EPA-Crafted Bill To Stymie CWA Pesticide Permit

摘要

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are planning to quickly move EPA-crafted legislation that would scuttle the agency's forthcoming Clean Water Act (CWA) general permit for the application of pesticides to U.S. waterways by placing the authority to regulate pesticides and their application explicitly under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). But the bill's supporters only have a short time to pass the bill through both houses of Congress before EPA's pesticide general permit is set to take effect by court order April 9.