April 5, 2011
Bill to Strip Clean Water Act Protections from Pesticides Now in Senate
Ask your Senators to stand with you in opposing S. 718, the pesticide industry’s latest move in their assault on the Clean Water Act (CWA). Like HR 872 that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives, the bill would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the CWA to eliminate provisions requiring pesticide applicators to obtain a permit to allow pesticides or their residues to enter waterways.
Companion legislation has passed the House. It must be stopped in the Senate!
S. 718, the so-called, "Bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides," would ensure that CWA permits are not required for the application of pesticides and amends FIFRA by stating that no permit shall be required for the use of a pesticide. This bill would mean that pesticide applicators will be able to discharge pesticides into US waterways without any government oversight. Should this bill pass in the Senate it would mean final legislation can be signed by the President effectively making it law that EPA cannot uphold the CWA when it comes to protecting U.S. waters from pesticides.
Take Action: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7106/p/dia/action/public/?action_
Bill to Strip Clean Water Act Protections from Pesticides Now in Senate
Ask your Senators to stand with you in opposing S. 718, the pesticide industry’s latest move in their assault on the Clean Water Act (CWA). Like HR 872 that recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives, the bill would amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the CWA to eliminate provisions requiring pesticide applicators to obtain a permit to allow pesticides or their residues to enter waterways.
Companion legislation has passed the House. It must be stopped in the Senate!
S. 718, the so-called, "Bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to improve the use of certain registered pesticides," would ensure that CWA permits are not required for the application of pesticides and amends FIFRA by stating that no permit shall be required for the use of a pesticide. This bill would mean that pesticide applicators will be able to discharge pesticides into US waterways without any government oversight. Should this bill pass in the Senate it would mean final legislation can be signed by the President effectively making it law that EPA cannot uphold the CWA when it comes to protecting U.S. waters from pesticides.
Take Action: http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7106/p/dia/action/public/?action_
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