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EPA: Request for Public Comment on Proposed Consent Decree Involving
Pesticides and the Endangered Species Act (Deadline May 29, 2002)
Federal Register: April 30, 2002
Volume 67, Number 83 Notices
Pages 21232-21234
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ACTION: Notice
SUMMARY: EPA is making available for comment a proposed consent decree
that would establish a series of deadlines for the Agency to begin consulting
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) relative to certain pesticide uses and their
potential effects on certain plant and fish species listed as threatened
or endangered. EPA will evaluate all comments received during the public
comment period to determine whether all or part of the proposed consent
decree warrants reconsideration. This proposed consent decree, if entered
by the Court, would resolve a lawsuit brought against EPA under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA), by Californians for Alternatives to Toxics (CATs),
the Environmental Protection Information Center, Inc., and the Humboldt
Watershed Council (jointly, Plaintiffs).
DATES: Comments, identified by docket ID number OPP-2002-0056, must
be received on or before May 29, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail, electronically, or in
person. Please follow the detailed instructions for each method as
provided in Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To ensure proper
receipt by EPA, it is imperative that you identify docket ID number
OPP-2002-0056 in the subject line on the first page of your response.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arty Williams
Field and External Affairs Division (7506C)
Office of Pesticide Programs
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: (703) 305-5239
Fax: (703) 308-3259
E-mail address: williams.arty@epa.gov.
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