New Farm Bill Retains ESA Pesticide Reviews But Seeks Improvements

House and Senate negotiators have agreed to compromise language in the Farm Bill that tasks EPA and federal wildlife officials with improving an Obama-era process for assessing pesticides' risks under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), but it drops a House plan to curb the reviews though the Trump administration is seeking to weaken the mandate in a rulemaking. Congressional negotiators Dec. 11 issued a compromise Farm Bill that would task EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and federal wildlife agencies...