The EPA’s decision to allow a shorter-than-usual comment period on a pesticide rule delay is drawing fire from environmental groups, but legal professionals say the move is ambiguous under federal law.

 

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced May 11 that the agency would postpone the implementation date for a pesticide certification and training rule by a year, which marked the third time the Trump administration changed the effective date of the regulation. In an unusual move, the Environmental Protection Agency published the notice in the Federal Register as a final rule, but asked that interested parties weigh in on the delay within a week. The final day for comment is May 19 — just three days before the delay is to go into effect.

 

Environmental groups are considering taking the agency to court over the short time allotted for public input.

 

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