How long will buffers be required?
Judge Coughenour will require buffers along salmon supporting waters until one of two events occurs for a particular pesticide or a particular population of salmon: (1) EPA finds that a pesticide is “not likely to adversely affect” salmon, or will have “no effect” on salmon; or (2) NOAA Fisheries issues a biological opinion under the ESA regarding the pesticide’s effects on salmon.
