Abstract
Abstract:
The EPA and the Services have similar policy objectives in this area-ensuring that pesticides do not harm the environment, endangered or threatened species, or their designated critical habitats-but their statutory mandates have historically made it difficult for them to settle on a risk assessment framework. EPA uses its risk assessment method to make biological evaluations (BEs) for pesticides being evaluated for registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for endangered and threatened species and their critical habitats. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently seeking comments on proposed revisions to the interim method used to evaluate risks that pesticides pose to endangered species. [Extracted from the article]
