Type of Assessment:
Risk Assessment, Draft Biological Evaluation
Title:
Memorandum. Opening of 60-day Public Comment period on EPA's Draft Endangered Species Act (ESA) Biological Evaluation for the Registration Review of 11 Rodenticides
Open For Comments:
Nov 29, 2023, 12:00 AM
Comments Due:
Feb 13, 2024, 11:59 PM
Summary:
This memorandum opens a 60-day comment period on the draft biological evaluation (BE) for the registration review of 11 rodenticides, which includes the following active ingredients: the first-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (FGARs) chlorophacinone, diphacinone and its sodium salt, and warfarin and its sodium salt, the second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, difethialone, the non-anticoagulant rodenticides bromethalin, cholecalciferol, strychnine, and zinc phosphide. In November 2024, after reviewing comments received during the public comment period on the draft BE for the rodenticides, EPA will issue a final BE and a response to public comments document. If EPA determines that these pesticides may affect listed species and/or their designated critical habitats, EPA will initiate formal consultation with the Services. Based on the BE, the Services will then develop Biological Opinions for the 11 rodenticides, as appropriate.
