Assessments May Give Insight Into EPA Progress On New ESA Approach

Preliminary risk assessments slated for release in 2015 in support of the first reviews EPA is conducting under a new process for analyzing risks of pesticides to endangered species could provide an early glimpse into federal officials' progress on developing the process that agencies will eventually use to assess numerous pesticides nationwide. EPA and federal wildlife officials in 2013 unveiled new “interim approaches” for assessing potential risks of pesticides under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), though they cautioned the new...