Hawaii’s Oversight of Pesticides Permits Scrutinized for Undue Industry Influence

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  As Hawaii officials finalize new rules for the regulation of pesticide discharge into waterways due to the federal court ruling requiring permits for pesticide discharges, critics say the state’s draft rules are not strict enough and that stakeholders, such as the farming lobby, may have had undue influence in crafting the new permitting requirements.

Now that federal rules have been finalized to require National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System (NPDES) permits…