Endangered Species Protection Program

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Endangered Species Protection Program
EPAs program to protect endangered species
from pesticides
Presented by Jaslyn Dobrahner, U.S. EPA, Region
8, Denver, CO 2005 Western Region Pesticide
Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
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Ivory-billed woodpecker

• Swampy forests of southeastern U.S.
• 60 years since last sighting

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Endangered Species in the West
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Goals

• Provide an overview of the Endangered Species
  Protection Program
• 2. Review the use of electronic and paper
  county bulletins

Wyoming toad
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Endangered Species Act

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)
• Passed in 1973 by Nixon
• Purpose
• Conserve ecosystems that listed species depend on
• Provide a program for conservation of listed
  species

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Endangered Species Act

• Endangered Species Act (ESA)
• Species cannot be harmed, pursued, hunted,
  transported or traded
• Fish and Wildlife Service oversight
• Other federal agencies also need to comply

Blowout Penstemon
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ESA

• Section 7 of the ESA
• 7(a)(1) All Federal agencies shallcarry out
  programs for the conservation of endangered and
  threatened species.
• 7(a)(2) All Federal agencies shallinsure that
  any action authorized, funded, or carried out by
  such agency is not likely to jeopardize the
  continued existence of any endangered or
  threatened species

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ESA ESPP

• Endangered Species Act

mandates
Endangered Species Protection Program (ESPP)
Program not yet final
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Endangered Species Protection Program

• EPA
• Office of Pesticide Programs
• ESPP

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Endangered Species Protection Program

• Goals of the ESPP
• To protect TE species from the use of pesticides
• To minimize the impact of the program on
  pesticide users

Pallid Sturgeon
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Pesticides ES

• Facts
• DDT and birds of prey
• 20 of species are listed, in part, because of
  pesticide use
• Use of carbofuran results in 1-2 million birds
  deaths/year
• Hundreds of pesticide registrations/year
  thousands of pesticide active ingredients

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How?

• ESPP risk assessments
• ESPP field implementation

American Burying Beetle
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Risk Assessments

• ESA Sec. 7(a)(2) federal action not likely to
  jeopardize listed species
• Performed by EPA HQ
• input from Regional offices, States, Tribes and
  other stakeholders
• Results in an ES determination
• No effect
• Not likely to effect
• Likely to effect

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Field Implementation

• ESA Sec. 7(a)(1) federal agencies carry out
  programs to conserve listed species
• Sec. 7(a)(2)
• Uses information from risk assessments

Black-footed ferret
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Field Implementation

• ESPP implemented by
• Adding label statements
• Developing county bulletins
• Distributing the bulletins
• Approving State/Tribal-initiated plans

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Label Statements

• Reference to County Bulletins

Under the Endangered Species Act, it is a Federal
offense to use any pesticide in a manner that
results in the death of a member of an endangered
species. Prior to making applications, the user
must determine that endangered species are not
located in or immediately adjacent to the site to
be treated. Applicators must ensure species
protection by following county bulletins, where
available. Visit www.epa.gov or call
1800555-5555 to obtain a county bulletin.
Currently not implemented
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County Bulletins

• County bulletins
• Currently use is voluntary
• 2005? use will be mandatory
• Reference on the label
• Does this Information Apply to You

Whooping Crane
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Paper Bulletins

• Endangered Species Act
• About this publication
• Pesticide Use Limitation Areas
• Table of Pesticide Active Ingredients
• Codes /Limitations
• Reducing Runoff and Drift

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Electronic Bulletins
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Electronic Bulletins
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Electronic Bulletins
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Electronic Bulletins
Gregory County
Piping Plover
Piping Plover
Least Tern
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Electronic Bulletins
3s Within the shaded area shown on the map and
2 miles up all streams that join the shaded area,
do not apply this pesticide within 100 yards from
the edge of water for ground applications, nor
within 1/4 mile for aerial applications.
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Electronic Bulletins
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County Bulletins

• Bulletins available online at
• www.epa.gov/oppfead1/endanger/
• Questions about bulletins?

Ute-Ladies Tresses Orchid
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Publications

• Save Our Species Picture Book

EPA 21T3048
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Publications

• Save Our Species Poster

EPA 735-F-94-014
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Contact Information

• Jaslyn Dobrahner
• US EPA, Region 8
• Denver, CO
• [phone]
• dobrahner.jaslyn_at_epa.gov