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On May 12th, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a hearing on the nominations of Shannon Estenoz to be Assistant Secretary of Fish and Wildlife and Parks of the Department of Interior, Radhika Fox to be Assistant Administrator for Water of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Michal Freedhoff to be Assistant Administrator […]
In January, shortly after President Biden was inaugurated, he released a list of rules promulgated during the Trump administration that will be closely reviewed and scrutinized. As expected, the Trump Administration’s re-write of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule from the Obama administration was on this list. The definition of what actually is a WOTUS […]
The biannual meeting of the EPA’s PPDC was held virtually, hopefully for the last time, this past Wednesday and Thursday. This unique group is made up of stakeholders across the entire spectrum of opinions on pesticide use, from pesticide manufacturers to environmentalist groups who come together to hear updates from staff at the Office of Pesticide Programs and to work towards […]
The EPA has 60 days to either write a new rule to allow for the safe use of chlorpyrifos or halt all food residue tolerances of the insecticide, which would effectively ban most uses of it, according to a ruling handed down by a federal court on Thursday. READ MORE