AIR OFFICE FACES CRITICISM OVER FAILURE TO ISSUE METHYL BROMIDE RULE

EPA's air office is under growing pressure, both internally and from chemical industry and farm groups, to issue a rule allowing additional critical uses of the banned pesticide methyl bromide in 2005, as agreed to by the parties to an international treaty. EPA has yet to issue the rule despite meeting two months ago with industry groups which highlighted the urgent need to move quickly. Industry sources now fear the agency will act too late for them to be able...