Pesticide Reviews Advance But EPA Attainment Of Court Schedule Uncertain

摘要

Trump administration officials are reviewing staff-level draft biological opinions of the first pesticides to undergo a new process for assessing risks to endangered species but it is unclear whether they will complete their reviews and forward them to EPA in time to meet a year-end court deadline for issuing the final versions. Gina Shultz, deputy assistant director of ecological services at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), tells Inside EPA in a recent interview that the service has completed drafts of the first three biological opinions (BiOps) and is currently seeking Trump administration review before forwarding the documents to EPA.