[CED/CD/EAT] EPA Webinar on Understanding Bulletins Live! Two (Endangered Species Protection Bulletins)

[Weber, Jennifer - (jennyweber)]

EPA Hosting Webinar on Understanding Bulletins Live! Two (Endangered Species Protection Bulletins)

Endangered species protections can take the form of nationwide mitigations on the general pesticide product label or geographic-specific mitigations located in Endangered Species Protection Bulletins (Bulletins), which are accessed through EPA's Bulletins Live! Two (BLT) website. Pesticide applicators are required to visit the BLT website when directed by a product label and follow any mitigations specified for the intended application area. When users are directed to follow them on a pesticide label, Bulletins are enforceable mitigations under FIFRA. This webinar provides an overview of the BLT system, what pesticide applicators need to know about complying with Bulletins, and how and when to access BLT and locate applicable Bulletins.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a public webinar on Thursday November 9, 2023, from 2-3:00 p.m. EST (Noon - 1:00 p.m. in Arizona), to provide an overview of the Bulletins Live! Two system. The webinar will include information on the development of Bulletins and accessing Bulletins using the Bulletins Live! Two system.

During the webinar, EPA staff will:

  *   Describe how Bulletins relate to pesticide labeling.
  *   Explain the use of Bulletins Live! Two<https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/bulletins-live-two-view-bulletins> to determine if there are geographically specific mitigations for intended pesticide application areas.
  *   Demonstrate Bulletins Live! Two using malathion as an example.
  *   Address frequently asked questions.

EPA invites all interested stakeholders to attend the November 9, 2023, webinar. A meeting link and agenda will be sent to everyone who registers for the event.

To register, click on the following link: Registration (gotowebinar.com)<https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1074523460856637527>

Additional Background Information:

When EPA registers a pesticide or reevaluates it in registration review, the Agency has a responsibility under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to determine whether the pesticide presents unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment. EPA conducts human health and ecological risk assessments to determine what risks are posed by a pesticide and whether changes to the use or proposed use are necessary to protect the environment.

EPA also has a responsibility under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to ensure that pesticide registrations do not jeopardize the continued existence of federally listed species or adversely modify their designated critical habitats. Federally listed species protections can take the form of nationwide mitigations on the general pesticide product label or geographically specific mitigations located in Endangered Species Protection Bulletins (Bulletins), which are accessed through EPA's Bulletins Live! Two (BLT) website. When directed by a product label, pesticide applicators are required to visit the BLT website and follow any mitigations specified for the intended application area. When users are directed to follow them on a pesticide label, Bulletins are enforceable mitigations under FIFRA.

Jennifer Weber
Pesticide Safety Education Program
Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

MARICOPA COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
4341 E. Broadway Road
Phoenix, AZ 85040-8807
Office: (602) 827-8222
jennyweber at arizona.edu<mailto:jennyweber at arizona.edu>

extension.arizona.edu/maricopa

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