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20040129 Cpda Festf Update
1. The FIFRA Endangered
Species Task Force
Update for CPDA
February 2004
February 2004 FIFRA Endangered Species 1
Task Force
2. Goals of Presentation
• Review FESTF data requirements
• Describe the link to EPA-OPP endangered
species effects determinations
• Address related current events
February 2004 FIFRA Endangered Species 2
Task Force
3. Background
• 1993 - 1996: Registrants receive
individual, highly variable location
data requirements as conditions on
new registrations
– T&ES steering committee formalized
under auspices of CLA
– Pilot program initiated to evaluate
“feasibility” of proximity analysis
– Proximity analysis determined to be
impractical and unfeasible
February 2004 FIFRA Endangered Species 3
Task Force
4. From this came FESTF
• A data development task force composed of 14
pesticide registrants
– Developing data for EPA Office of Pesticide Programs to
meet their needs for generating effects determinations for
endangered species. Data are:
• An Information management system (IMS) is in operation and
being tested in its “alpha” version. A “beta” version is under
development to implement FESTF-approved system
enhancements
• Access to NatureServe data (licensed data on species locations
and biology)
February 2004 FIFRA Endangered Species 4
Task Force
5. Status of FESTF Deliverables
• The IMS
– IMS development complete; enhancements
underway
– Case Studies
• Case Study I completed and additional data
needs identified
• Case Study II at initiation stage
• Endangered species data access through
NatureServe to begin in next few months
• On target to submit to EPA March 2005
February 2004 FIFRA Endangered Species 5
Task Force
6. OPP Effects Determination for Endangered Species
Data submission
OPP Risk Assessment
No action
Risk identified? No
necessary
Refinement of ecological
Risk assessments Yes
FESTF Member Registrant data
No
or offer to pay? development
The stronger the input, the
less the restrictions
Yes
Data FESTF Information Management System Endangered
Input Species Assessment Process
Product proceeds
Is Species Protected? Yes
to registration
No
New Protections are assigned
Product proceeds to registration
EPA communicates Protection through County Bulletin
February 2004 FIFRA Endangered Species 6
Task Force
7. Related Current Events
• Publication of ESA Counterpart regulations
– Federal Register Notice Friday
• Pending publication of EPA’s Endangered
Species Pesticide Program policy
– projected for late this year
• EPA’s announcement of internal case studies on
endangered species assessment process
February 2004 FIFRA Endangered Species 7
Task Force
