COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 10729 TO AMEND THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND CONTENTS 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, Page Krebs, A. V., Agribusiness Accountability Project, Washington, D.C.; ac- companied by Valerie Kantor, Migrant Legal Action; Washington, D.C.; Nelson, Hon. Gaylord M., U.S. Senator from Wisconsin__ Dominick, Hon. David D., Assistant Administrator for Categorical Pro- grams, Environmental Protection Agency; accompanied by Dr. William M. Uphold, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticide Programs; and Charles Fabrikant, Special Assistant for Regulatory Affairs__. Phillipson, David A., vice president, National Agricultural Chemicals As- Prepared statement_-__- Questions and the answers thereto_. 133 147 154 ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS 226 Dominick, David D., Assistant Administrator for Categorical Programs, 273 227 Heal, Ralph E., executive secretary, National Pest Control Association, 225 Lewis, Clauda B., technical information specialist, publications and infor- mation section, Division of Pesticide Community Studies, Environmental McIntire, Clifford G., legislative director, the American Farm Bureau Fed- 172 Moffat, D. Howe, letter of August 17, 1972‒‒‒ Moore, J. E., manager, forestry programs, American Pulpwood Associa- 274 225 Steichen, T. H., president, Farmers Union Central Exchange, Inc., letter 220 Stevenson, Hon. Adlai E., III, U.S. Senator from Illinois, letter of June 14, 222 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) |