To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.

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 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the Clean Water Act, or directly or indirectly requiring any state to require a permit, for the application of any pesticide subject to FIFRA if the pesticide is applied in conformance with FIFRA.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6273 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6273

  To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied 
 in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under 
    the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

 Mr. Peterson (for himself, Mr. Holden, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. 
 Skelton, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Childers, Mr. Ross, Mr. Costa, Mr. 
  Pomeroy, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Ellsworth, and Mr. Owens) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
 and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to 
exempt the application of pesticides subject to that Act, when applied 
 in conformance with that Act, from certain permit requirements under 
    the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BALANCING OF FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE 
              ACT AND FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Exemption.--Section 11 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136i) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(f) Exemption From Federal Water Pollution Control Act Permit 
Requirement.--The Administrator shall not require a permit under 
section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1342), nor shall the Administrator directly or indirectly require any 
State to require a permit, for the application of any pesticide subject 
to this Act if the pesticide is applied in conformance with this 
Act.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 402(l) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(l)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Application of pesticides subject to federal 
        insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act.--The Administrator 
        shall not require a permit under this section, nor shall the 
        Administrator directly or indirectly require any State to 
        require a permit, for the application of any pesticide subject 
        to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
        U.S.C. 136 et seq.) if the pesticide is applied in conformance 
        with that Act.''.
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