June 4, 2012 at 08:12 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency is elevating internal review of its controversial rulemaking to strengthen requirements for pesticide manufacturers to disclose “inert” ingredients in their products, citing the complexity of the rulemaking, controversial legal issues surrounding confidential business information (CBI) protection and a high level of public interest. Robert McNally, director of the Field & External Affairs Division at EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs, said May 3 at a meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee that the agency will elevate the proposed rule's “ti