This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency or a state from requiring a permit under the Clean Water Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under FIFRA, or a residue resulting from the application of the pesticide. Point source pollution is waste discharged from a distinct place, such as a pipe, channel, or tunnel.
Source: H.R.897 – 114th Congress (2015-2016): Zika Vector Control Act
OMG. It would… prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency or a state from requiring a permit under the Clean Water Act for a discharge …of a pesticide … or a residue resulting from the application of the pesticide.
Sigh. It would block even the requiring of a permit to spray virtually anything.
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] (Introduced 02/11/2015)
A Republican from Ohio.
Ohio: a notable hotbed of zika prevalence and infections.
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