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NAFO supports EPA rule on pesticides and the Clean Water Act

The National Alliance of Forest Owners joined a number of other parties in an amicus brief in American Farm Bureau Federation v. Baykeeper and CropLife America v. Baykeeper. The decision in the cases threaten an Environmental Protection Agency rule that provided that pesticides applied in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungivide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) do not constitute a discharge of a pollutant requiring a Clean Water Act permit. FIFRA already regulates the proper use of pesticides. Requiring an additional permit is overly burdensome and duplicative. This is designed to increase the burden to use pesticides – a limited but important tool to maintain forest health.

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