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Under pressure, the EPA has been trying to fix the way it registers pesticides while accounting for effects on endangered species.

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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EPA To Tackle Herbicides In ESA Reform Efforts

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.