Settlement Will Result in Completion of Section 7 Consultations for Effects of Seven Pesticides on the California Red-Legged Frog

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Settlement Will Result in Completion of Section 7 Consultations for Effects of Seven Pesticides on the California Red-Legged Frog
On November 4, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California approved a settlement agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Center for Biological Diversity (the Center) that will result in the completion of Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 7 consultations for the effects of seven pesticides on the California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii). The seven pesticides are: glyphosate, malathion, simazine, pendimethalin, permethrin, methomyl and myclobutanil. The terms of the settlement specify that the Service will deliver to EPA draft biological opinions for two of the seven pesticides no later than November 4, 2014, and deliver to EPA final biological opinions for all seven pesticides no later than November 4, 2015.
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