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<h1 style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">EPA Hosting Webinar on Understanding Bulletins Live! Two
<i>(Endangered Species Protection Bulletins)</i><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">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.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;box-sizing: inherit;transition-duration: 200ms;transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:1rem">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a public webinar on
<b>Thursday November 9, 2023, </b>from 2-3:00 p.m. EST <b>(Noon – 1:00 p.m. in Arizona)</b>, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">During the webinar, EPA staff will:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Describe how Bulletins relate to pesticide labeling.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1B1B1B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;transition-duration: 200ms;transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);margin-bottom:1rem;max-width:unset">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Explain the use of <a href="https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/bulletins-live-two-view-bulletins"><span style="color:#005EA2">Bulletins Live! Two</span></a> to determine if there are geographically
specific mitigations for intended pesticide application areas.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1B1B1B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;transition-duration: 200ms;transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);margin-bottom:1rem;max-width:unset">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Demonstrate Bulletins Live! Two using malathion as an example.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1B1B1B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;transition-duration: 200ms;transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);margin-bottom:1rem;max-width:unset">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Address frequently asked questions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="background:white;box-sizing: inherit;transition-duration: 200ms;transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:1rem">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;box-sizing: inherit;transition-duration: 200ms;transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:1rem">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">To register, click on the following link:</span><span style="color:black">
<a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1074523460856637527">Registration (gotowebinar.com)</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="margin-top:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Additional Background Information:<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="background:white;box-sizing: inherit;transition-duration: 200ms;transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:1rem">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;box-sizing: inherit;transition-duration: 200ms;transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-transform;transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1);margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:1rem">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Jennifer Weber<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Pesticide Safety Education Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Maricopa County Cooperative Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">MARICOPA COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">4341 E. Broadway Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Phoenix, AZ 85040-8807<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Office: (602) 827-8222<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:jennyweber@arizona.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">jennyweber@arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">extension.arizona.edu/maricopa</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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