The EPA recently updated its endangered species protection bulletins, which are designed to allow pesticide applicators to check for threatened and endangered species in areas where they intend to make an application. The new bulletin system is called Bulletins Live! Two (BLT). The bulletins offer geographical information about the location of threatened and endangered species and their designated critical habitat.
Pesticide applicators need to check pesticide labels for threatened and endangered species instructions. If the label directs the user to the BLT website, then the applicator is required to check the bulletins to determine if a threatened or endangered species or critical habitat exists near their application site. The bulletins relay this geographical information by showing designated Pesticide Use Limitation Areas (PULAs). If an application is to be made within a PULA, the bulletins contain additional use limitations that are enforceable under FIFRA and therefore must be followed during the application.
When using BLT, be sure to have the EPA registration number for the product you intend to apply and the month and year in which you intend to make the application. Once you have entered this information and zoomed into the general area in which you intend to make the application or applications, you can download and print a PDF of the bulletin that includes the additional pesticide use limitations.
You can read more about the EPA’s endangered species protection bulletins here. A BLT tutorial can be found here, and the BLTs themselves are located here.
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