Litigation and Legislation-- Pesticides and Clean Water - H.R. 872

The players and script for the play are summarized by the National Cotton Council on November 4, 2011.  There are so many acronyms that's hard to navigate the tall grass, but I'll give it a go:

• NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
  
  
• EPA's 2006 Final Rule on Aquatic Pesticides
  
  
• PGP - Pesticide General Permit
  
  
• Pending litigation relevant to the situation - U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (National Cotton Council, et al. v. EPA)
  
  
• Legislation - H.R. 872.  The status of the bill and positions taken by congressional leaders is summarized in the material published by the National Cotton Council.
  
  
• Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act (HR 872) is a positive-sounding name for the legislation.  There is  another side to the coin, as illustrated by the talking points published by the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides.
  
• Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) are summarized in the November 7, 2011 edition of Ag Professional.
  

Ciao!