Public interest groups reject the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's February 25th draft amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that would implement the Stockholm POPs Convention, LRTAP POPs Protocol, and Rotterdam PIC Convention

A coalition of environmental and health organizations rejected the EPA's February 25, 2004, draft amendments to FIFRA, arguing the bill fails to adequately implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The groups contend the draft ignores health-based standards, fails to align domestic regulation with international POPs listings, and lacks a transparent public comment process. They further argue that the administration is using the bill to advance a "fringe constitutional theory" regarding the non-delegation of power to international bodies.

• The coalition argues that the draft bill fails to require the EPA to use the Food Quality Protection Act's (FQPA) health-based standard of "reasonable certainty of no harm" for regulating POPs and other persistent, bio-accumulative, toxic substances (PBTs), instead mandating "cost-benefit analysis" and "sound science" requirements that may hinder public health protections.
• The organizations claim the draft does not ensure that international decisions to ban or restrict additional POPs under the Stockholm Convention serve as the default for U.S. domestic regulation, noting that the EPA is not required to give weight to the international listing process when reviewing or canceling pesticide registrations.
• The coalition asserts that the draft lacks a mandate for the EPA to synchronize the U.S. regulatory process with the international decision-making process, specifically by failing to require public notices, industry information gathering, and public comments during the Stockholm listing process.
• The groups allege the administration is attempting to codify an "international non-delegation doctrine," which argues that Congress cannot require an agency to act based on the decisions of an international body, a theory the coalition claims contradicts existing U.S. law such as the Montreal Protocol.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2004). Public interest groups reject the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's February 25th draft amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that would implement the Stockholm POPs Convention, LRTAP POPs Protocol, and Rotterdam PIC Convention. https://www.ciel.org/news/public-interest-groups-reject-the-u-s-environmental-protection-agencys-february-25th-draft-amendments-to-the-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act-that-would-implement-the-stockholm-po/

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Public interest groups reject the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's February 25th draft amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that would implement the Stockholm POPs Convention, LRTAP POPs Protocol, and Rotterdam PIC Convention. 2004. https://www.ciel.org/news/public-interest-groups-reject-the-u-s-environmental-protection-agencys-february-25th-draft-amendments-to-the-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act-that-would-implement-the-stockholm-po/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2004public, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Public interest groups reject the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's February 25th draft amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that would implement the Stockholm POPs Convention, LRTAP POPs Protocol, and Rotterdam PIC Convention}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2004}, month = mar, url = {https://www.ciel.org/news/public-interest-groups-reject-the-u-s-environmental-protection-agencys-february-25th-draft-amendments-to-the-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act-that-would-implement-the-stockholm-po/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }