Workshop: Determining Compliance with Endangered Species Act (ESA) Strategy Requirements

September 18-19, 2024, Philadelphia, PA

Pesticide regulatory agencies’ inspection and compliance programs will be responsible for determining how pesticide applicators are implementing and complying with the ESA Strategy pesticide use requirements. Guidance and information on how to conduct inspections and determine compliance is needed by EPA and co-regulators (states, territories and Tribes) to ensure successful implementation of the ESA Strategies. This workshop served as an initial step toward forming a consistent and robust approach for monitoring compliance with pesticide use requirements related to EPA’s ESA Strategies. The workshop focused on inspection processes for documenting pesticide applicators’ compliance with the EPA ESA Strategies as they become implemented. Participants were asked to work together to identify issue areas and form recommendations for monitoring compliance with the run-off/erosion and drift mitigation measures, which are the core of the ESA Strategies.