US HR.872 Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 is active again. We know that many of you are closely watching this.
In a nutshell a 2009 court ruling required pesticide applicators get a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is legislation already in place that is effective and comprehensive and currently regulates pesticides. This proposed legislation will reduce redundancy of regulation caused by this court ruling.
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has put out a single page informational document for your reference on HR 872. It contains information that you may use to write to your legislatures letting them know how you want to them to vote on this legislation. Download it here.