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| August 31, 2023 |
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| EPA Releases Proposed Vulnerable Species Pilot Project to Protect Endangered Species |
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In 2022, EPA launched its Endangered Species Act (ESA) Vulnerable Species Pilot to identify both at-risk species reasonably certain to be adversely affected by non-residential outdoor uses of pesticides and proposed mitigation measures to reduce these impacts on the species and their habitat. On June 22, 2023 EPA published a draft white paper listing the initially identified set of listed species and the proposed mitigation measures. The paper mentions a plan to expand the pilot to other species in the future. The initial pilot focused on 27 federally listed species, including: the American burying beetle, the Wyoming toad, the Attwater’s prairie chicken, the rusty patched bumble bee, as well as other listed mussel and plant species. Proposed mitigation measures in the white paper include timing restrictions, runoff and erosion minimization, and spray drift minimization. Areas where the 27 species occur will be identified geographically on EPA’s Bulletins Live! Two (BLT) using pesticide use limitation areas (PULAs). Pesticide applicators will be directed by the label to check BLT to determine if they will be applying within or next to a PULA, and if so to follow instructions on a Bulletin also available on BLT. Comments are being accepted for the draft white paper until August 6, 2023, and NAAA is currently drafting comments. |
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 Vulnerable Species Pilot to identify both at-risk species reasonably certain to be adversely affected by non-residential outdoor uses of pesticides and proposed mitigation measures to reduce these impacts on the species and their habitat. On June 22, 2023 EPA published a draft white paper listing the initially identified set of listed species and the proposed mitigation measures.){kind=small}
