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Agriculture your username 7 hours ago The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the District of Columbia District Court on Tuesday to dismiss two counts of a four-count complaint against its registration of the Dicamba herbicide; specifically, Count 2, purporting that the Endangered Species Act (ESA) buffer zones required in the registration violate the Administrative Procedure Act, and Count 4 relating to the EPA’s determination that Dicamba use would have “no effect” on endangered species or their habitats.  In its filing, the EPA argued that Count 2 regarding ESA Buffers should be dismissed because the plaintiffs, the American Soybean Association and Plains Cotton Growers Inc., did not follow the proper procedures to file a complaint under the ESA by neglecting to provide 60-day notice. The defendant explained that the plaintiffs “mistakenly believe that certain 57 – to 310-foot buffer zones, measured from the edge of agricultural fields inward, which EPA incl

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