Course Goals

State and Federal enforcement partners will prepare draft inspection guidance for monitoring compliance with ESA label requirements and mitigations to provide a template for consistent strategies across the country. The goal of the workshop is the production of draft inspector guidance that is consistent with EPA’s current thinking for monitoring compliance with the endangered species protections and mitigation strategies incorporated on pesticide labels as well as compliance monitoring for Bulletins Live! Two and mitigation menu requirements. The draft guidance will then be handed off to SFIREG’s Endangered Species Strategy Implementation Working Committee for finalization in consultation with USEPA.

Target Audience

By invitation only; includes enforcement staff, field managers, and seasoned field staff in addition to USEPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance and Office of Pesticide Program representatives.

Participants

Coming soon.

Planning Committee

  • Michael Bauman – EPA Office of Compliance
  • Randy Boyle – Mississippi Department of Agriculture
  • Steve Dwinell – Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets , SFIREG Chairperson
  • Suzanne Forsyth – University of California Davis
  • Kevin Kern – SFIREG Endangered Species Strategy Implementation MI
  • Kelly Navinski-Wenzel – Kansas Department of Agriculture, AAPCO ESA Working Group Co-Chair
  • Joshua Ogawa – California Department of Pesticide Regulation
  • Fidel Perez – California Department of Pesticide Regulation
  • Andrea Sonnen – Oregon Department of Agriculture
  • Nick Sumner – Georgia Department of Agriculture
  • Royan Teter – EPA Office of Civil Enforcement
  • Nicole Zinn – EPA Office of Pesticide Programs

Travel & Lodging Information

  • State, Territory, and Tribal Participants
    • Lodging, flight, and ground transportation will be arranged and paid for by the PIRT team. There is no registration fee for State, Territory, and Tribal Participants.
  • EPA Participants
    • EPA Participants are responsible for reserving their own flights, lodging, and ground transportation. There is a registration fee for EPA participants.
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