Environmentalists try to bypass EPA at the state level to stop pesticide use in Oregon

Unwilling to wait for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act, the Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) on August 9 filed a petition requesting that the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission implement measures mitigating the use of pesticides described in several biological opinions issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).