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EPA hit with court order on insecticide as it tackles endangered species compliance

11/23/22 6:21 AM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Center for Biological Diversity Center for Food Safety endangered species Endangered Species Act Environmental Protection Agency ESA consultation FIFRA Fish and Wildlife Service George Kimbrell Jake Li Lori Ann Burd Michal Freedhoff National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Pesticide Programs Stephanie Parent
The Environmental Protection Agency got a reminder, as if it needed one, of the need for a legally sufficient plan addressing the risks of pesticides to endangered species when a federal appeals court ordered it Tuesday to issue a new assessment on an insecticide used in blueberry and citrus production.
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