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11/21 EPA Issues Final Rule on Aquatic Herbicides and NPDES


12/05 Endothall Registration Decision

1/05 EPA issues interpretive statement on pesticides and water. Seeks comment on proposed rule


11/04 DAR registers triclopyr for aquatic uses

10/04 Fluridone TRED public comment period opens:
- Federal Register Notice

- EPA Docket for Fluridone


09/04 Comments on 2,4-D Risk Assessments

06/04 GEIR for Aquatic
Plant Management

2/04 BASF requests DAR review of Imazapyr/ Habitat.

07/03 EPA interim guidance
on pesticide applications to water bodies




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Aquatic Applications and NPDES
EPA has issued a final rule clarifying two specific circumstances in which a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit is not required to apply pesticides to or around water. They are: 1) the application of pesticides directly to water in order to control pests; and 2) the application of pesticides to control pests that are present over or near water, where a portion of the pesticides will unavoidably be deposited to the water in order to target the pests...Read More...



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