Environmental Policy

EPA Implements “Final” Pesticide NPDES General Permit

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted on its website its final Pesticide NPDES General Permit (PGP) Monday, Oct. 31, consistent with the 6th Circuit Court’s deadline. NAAA has developed a comprehensive overview of the permit detailing the impacts of the new permit on aerial applicators. The Association has also developed a number of documents bulleted below to aid aerial applicators in complying with the permits.

EPA's NPDES Permit For Pesticides

Spray Drift Labeling Language

The Need for Simple and Flexible Labeling Language

  • Click Here to Read NAAA's 2011 Comments to EPA on Revised Spray Drift Labeling Language
  • Click Here to Read NAAA's 2010 Comments on Draft PR Notice 2009-X

In an effort to move forward with a uniform spray drift statement for all pesticide labels, EPA held a stakeholder meeting in February to gat

Links to State NPDES Permits

State-developed PGPs will require EPA approval, but they will likely differ significantly from one state to the next. As a result, it's important for aerial applicators to learn about the NPDES permit policies for each state in which their application work will take place. 

The state agencies responsible for water permitting and web links to information about those states’ draft permits that are now available are as follows (NAAA will continue to update this list as additional state draft permits become available):

Environmental Policy

NAAA works to educate and influence federal officials to ensure that federal environmental policy—from pesticide use to clean air and water—takes into account the operational needs of the aerial application community and the benefits the industry provides the environment by mitigating agricultural inputs and topsoil runoff to using less agricultural land to produce greater crop yields. This results in the preservation of large areas of sensitive and bio-diverse ecosystems.

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