State Threat To End Pesticide Programs Could Delay EPA Applicators Rule

February 11, 2016
State regulators' threat to terminate their programs for certifying pesticide applicators, unless EPA significantly revises its proposed rule updating training requirements for applicators, could delay the final rule beyond the end of Obama's term, an observer says, noting the agency likely will have to address the states' concerns in a final rule. "It's a big deal," a former EPA source says of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture's (NASDA) threat last month in public comments that most states...


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