What is the difference between the voluntary county bulletins and these new, enforceable Endangered Species Protection Bulletins?
In the past, EPA developed voluntary county bulletins based on consultations with the Services. While these county bulletins are available on EPA’s web site for voluntary use by pesticide applicators, they are not legally enforceable pesticide use limitations. The new Bulletins are referenced on pesticide product labels and are mandatory and enforceable. If geographically specific use limitations are necessary to ensure a pesticide registration complies with the ESA, those use limitations will be relayed to pesticide users through Endangered Species Protection Bulletins referenced on the labels of affected pesticide products. When referenced on a pesticide label, Endangered Species Protection Bulletins are mandatory, enforceable pesticide use limitations. Will EPA review information in the voluntary county bulletins? EPA is pursuing whether a method exists that is short of a full re-evaluation of each pesticide’s use included in them to validate the information contained in the volunta
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