Opening statement by Senator Hart---. Text of H.R. 10729 (as reported by Committee on Agriculture and Agency comments, Department of the Treasury- CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Futrell, William, member, board of directors, Sierra Club; William But- ler, Environmental Defense Fund; Anita Johnson, Health Research Group; Cynthia Wilson, National Audubon Society; and Joel Pickelner, Krebs, A. V., Agribusiness Accountability Project, Washington, D.C.; ac- companied by Valerie Kantor, Migrant Legal Action; Washington, D.C.; 78 103 90 Dominick, Hon. David D., Assistant Administrator for Categorical Pro- Phillipson, David A., vice president, National Agricultural Chemicals As- sociation; accompanied by John D. Conner, general counsel; John J. Hood, vice president, Geigy Agricultural Chemicals, Division of Ciba- Geigy Corp.; Dr. C. Boyd Shaffer, director of toxicology, American Cy- anamid Co.; Dr. John S. Tobin, director of health and safety, Niagara Chemical Division; and Dr. Donald Spencer, ecologist, National Agri- Questions and the answers thereto__ ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS Crosby, Edwin A., director, National Canners Association, letter of June 23, 226 Dominick, David D., Assistant Administrator for Categorical Programs, Fabrikant, Charles, Special Assistant for Regulatory Affairs, Environ- Lewis, Clauda B., technical information specialist, publications and infor- 189 McIntire, Clifford G., legislative director, the American Farm Bureau Fed- 172 McLain, Marvin L., legislative director, American Farm Bureau Federation, letters of: Page Moore, J. E., manager, forestry programs, American Pulpwood Association, letter of June 19, 1972__ 225 Rollinson, Mark, letter of June 16, 1972___ 224 Scott, John W., master of the National Grange, statement-- 177 Steichen, T. H., president, Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc., letter of June 1, 1972 220 Stevenson, Hon. Adlai E., III, U.S. Senator from Illinois, letter of June 14, 1972 222 Thomson, John A., Vitamin Institute, letter of July 6, 1972_. 180 Wade, Richard A., executive secretary, Sport Fishing Institute, letter of 189 The subcommittee met at 9:40 a.m. in room 1318, New Senate Office Building, Hon. Philip A. Hart (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator Hart. OPENING STATEMENT BY SENATOR HART Senator HART. The committee will be in order. I apologize for being late, but the moral of the story is that you should not go to the office before you come to a hearing. On the 7th of this month, our Senate Committee on Agriculture reported H.R. 10729, the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act, and it was passed by the House. Then this bill was referred to the Committee on Commerce. Our hearing this morning will begin an examination by the Subcommittee on the Environment of the bill reported by the Agriculture Committee for the purpose to see if any further changes are needed. As passed by the House, the proposed legislation contained several weaknesses that Senator Nelson and I hope to remedy by amendments we have introduced. I am glad that the Agriculture Committee adopted some of the amendments and made some other constructive changes of their own. But a number of the amendments suggested to the committee were not adopted. Our purpose this morning is to seek testimony on these proposals. (The bill as reported by the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and agency comments follow:) Staff members assigned to these hearings: Leonard Bickwit, Jr. and Lee Tyner. (1) To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 5 That this Act may be cited as the "Federal Environmental 6 Pesticide Control Act of 1972". 7 AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND 8 9 10 RODENTICIDE ACT SEC. 2. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 135 et seq.) is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 "SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. |