Source: NATIONAL ASSOC. OF STATE DEPTS. OF AGRICULTURE, 7/7/15

EPA released its Risk Management Approach to Identifying Options for Protecting the Monarch Butterfly, which outlines the Agency’s approach for actions to protect the monarch butterfly. EPA is soliciting public comment on which potential action or a combination of actions would be most effective in “reducing the impacts of herbicides on the monarch butterfly and its habitat.” The agency is also requesting additional suggestions for protection measures for the monarch. EPA is accepting public comments through July 24, 2015 at www.regulations.govin Docket# EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0389.

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