Our Klamath Basin Water Crisis
Upholding rural Americans' rights to grow food,
own property, and caretake our wildlife and natural resources.
Our Klamath Basin
Water Crisis
Upholding rural Americans' rights to grow food,
own property, and caretake our wildlife and natural resources.
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Oregonians for
Food and Shelter, 3/6/06
We received the
following information today. Please contact your
Senators and ask them to sign on to S.1269 as a
co-sponsor.
Senator Gordon Smith
of Oregon has declared a conflict of interest
because of his food processing business, so cannot
sign on as a co-sponsor. However, this does not
preclude him from voting on the bill.
Senator Wyden of
Oregon needs to hear from Oregonians. He has said
he hasn't signed on as a co-sponsor because he
hasn't heard from many of his constituents. He
has heard from agriculture, but needs to hear from
the other sectors - forestry and pest control.
Please let Senator Wyden know this is an issue
that is very important to us. Contact Mary
Gautreaux in Senator Wyden's office at
mary_gautreaux@wyden.senate.gov
Paulette Pyle
109th
CONGRESS
1st Session S. 1269
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 20, 2005Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. BOND, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. CRAIG, and Mr. ROBERTS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.This Act may be cited as the `Pest Management and Fire Suppression Flexibility Act'. SEC. 2. HARMONIZATION.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: `(3) PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION AND PEST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES- The Administrator shall not require a permit under this section, nor shall the Administrator directly or indirectly require a State to require such a permit, for-- `(A) the use of a pesticide that is registered or otherwise approved for use pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.), if that use is in accordance with the relevant provisions of the approved labeling of the pesticide; `(B) the use of a fire retardant, chemical, or water for fire suppression, control, or prevention in accordance with relevant Federal guidelines by or in cooperation with the Federal Government or a State government; `(C) silvicultural activities (except with respect to the point source activities specified in section 122.27(b)(1) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this paragraph)); or `(D)(i) the use of a biological control organism (as defined in section 403 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7702)) for the prevention, control, or eradication of a plant pest or noxious weed; or `(ii) the conduct of any other plant pest, noxious weed, or pest control activity under that Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.).'. SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF POINT SOURCE.Section 502(14) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362(14)) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: `This term does not include agricultural stormwater discharges, return flows from irrigated agriculture, or the public health protection, pest management, and silvicultural activities described in section 402(l)(3).'. END |
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