EPA's Long-Delayed CWA General Permits for Pesticides Sprayed Near Waters of the US Effective October 31, 2011

摘要

Pesticide application is regulated pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). However, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals required EPA to develop a separate general pesticide NPDES permit with its 2009 decision, National Cotton Council, et al., v. EPA, 553 F.3d 927 (6th Cir. 2009).