Environmentalists have narrowed their suit seeking to force EPA to retroactively review the effects of scores of pesticides on hundreds of endangered species, filing a new complaint that targets agency approval of more than 50 active ingredients, down from nearly 300 named in the original suit. In the June 5 amended complaint in Center For Biological Diversity (CBD), et al., v. EPA, environmentalists argue that the agency has failed to consult with federal wildlife agencies as required under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) when it granted Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) registration for 31 pesticides and to re-initiate consultations after making changes to the registration of 43 pesticides, though some chemicals fall into both categories.
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