The Environmental Protection Agency has indicated it will likely revise a proposal designed to reduce harmful impacts on endangered species from pesticides by “minimizing” rather than prohibiting applications in species habitat.
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In an effort to reduce impacts to endangered species, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to roll out a strategy next month that will take what the agency says is a broad approach to reducing runoff and spray drift from herbicide applications, officials told an advisory group last week.