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Assessing Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides – 3rd Interagency Workshop on Joint Interim Approaches to NAS Recommendations
September 17, 2014
On October 6, 2014, EPA and its federal partners, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, will hold a one-day workshop to provide a forum for stakeholders to offer scientific and technical feedback on the joint interim approaches issued in November 2013 by EPA, FWS, NMFS and USDA in response to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report entitled, “Assessing Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides.”
The workshop is an opportunity for stakeholders and agencies to continue their dialogue on the technical aspects of implementing the NAS recommendations, specifically to provide scientific and technical information that could potentially be used by the agencies to inform various scientific determinations that will be made during the course of pesticide consultations.
This meeting builds on the previously held public meetings in November and December 2013 and April 2014 and is part of the enhancement of the stakeholder engagement process that was finalized in March 2013. This public meeting furthers the agencies’ goal of developing a consultation process for pesticide impacts on listed species that is efficient, inclusive and transparent.
More information will be available at www.epa.gov/espp/2013/nas.html. Go to www.regulations.gov, docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0233 for the Federal Register Notice of Public Meeting.
For general information contact: Catherine Eiden, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7887; email address: eiden.catherine@epa.gov.
For meeting logistics or registration contact: Keith A Paul, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, Ecological Services, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone: (703) 358-2675; fax: (703) 358-1800; keith_paul@fws.gov.
Workshop Date and Time
The workshop will be held on October 6, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. All requests to participate in the workshop must be received on or before September 26, 2014. Please email your request to participate in the meeting to keith_paul@fws.gov.
Workshop Location
The meeting will be held at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Skyline, Building 7, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia. Public parking is available, follow the blue signs to the lot. There is fee for all day use. The meeting will be held in the Rachel Carson Room. You will need to present identification (either government issued personal identity verification card or state driver’s license) at the security check-in.
This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids are available on request at least 10 days prior to the meeting by contacting keith_paul@fws.gov.
Webinar and teleconference information will be provided to participants requesting access via webinar and telephone.