EPA Sidesteps State Request For Update On ESA Pesticide Framework

Clarification Appended EPA is sidestepping calls from state regulators who are pressing the agency on whether it will meet a year-end court deadline for completing the first three consultations under a new federal framework for assessing pesticides' risks to endangered species after industry groups earlier this year urged the agency to scrap the process, calling it overly conservative and unrealistic. At a Sept. 18-19 meeting of the State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group's (SFIREG) in Washington,...