U.S. EPA: Public Meeting on Revised Method For ESA Pesticide Assessments
Event Information
Description
EPA will use your registration information solely for this event. We will not share your information with any third party. If you require special accommodations, please contact Kaythi Han at han.kaythi@epa.gov by May 30, 2019 to make arrangements.
EPA is holding a public meeting on June 10, 2019 to discuss draft revisions to the method used to evaluate the impacts pesticides have on endangered species under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. This meeting is part of the federal government’s coordinated effort to improve the Endangered Species Act (ESA) process that is used when pesticides are federally registered. New provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill call for the establishment of an interagency working group to provide recommendations and implement a strategy to improve the pesticide registration process. Input from the public meeting and the public comment period on the revised method will be used by the working group to make these improvements.
Those wishing to attend the public meeting either in person or via webinar must register by Thursday, May 30, 2019. When registering, please select one of the following options:
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Attend the meeting in person. The meeting will be held at EPA's Potomac Yard South Building in Arlington, Virginia in the lobby-level conference center.
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Attend the meeting in person and provide oral comments. Public comments may be made during the oral comment session of the meeting. Please note there are a limited number of spots available.
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Attend the meeting via webinar. Instructions for accessing the webinar will be sent to registered attendees prior to the meeting.
The draft revised method can be found at https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/draft-revised-method-national-level-endangered-species-risk-assessment-process. Upon publication in the Federal Register, EPA will accept public comments on the draft revised method for 45 days in docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0185 on www.regulations.gov.
An agenda and other meeting materials will be available shortly in the docket listed above.
