Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

?roved. The lin~xed use <strong>of</strong> 1080 in Si3 baits auchorizzd her2ir: is caszz
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' ~:ve i n r?.r,o\ii ng parxi ca l.r depredaci i;g c3yc-,ss
;~ithoux undue risks to non-target, species. !L is concluded r,hat the
hazards <strong>of</strong> lC80 in toxic collars and SLD baits as authorized herein are
sufficiently minimal hat broad prohibitions on their use +thin the
range <strong>of</strong> endansered species are not required. The result ~,vould, oc
course, be different, if, for ~xarnple, i E was shown thaz miangered
species such as the Sdn Joaquin kit f3x (~er2 in the ar2a and that they
might attack collared livestock or be attrac~ed by scnnTs designed for
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co~yotes.
For all that appears, us2 <strong>of</strong> lC8O in the sxear POST is intended as
a general coyote pogulazion ruppressicn xci?niqiie 2nd chis 2pplicacion
is being disrnisszd for the same reason as the appiicatjon for us? <strong>of</strong>
1080 in large-baits, i .e., it has not been scewn to be sffeczive fqr the
intended purposz.
Nyorning, et a1 . have contended that the evi'dence is sufficient to
registgr the bait delivery unit (BDU) tzsted by Jr. Powarc ( 7 0 1 ~ ,
supra) as a means <strong>of</strong> ?redator con~rol , 1: is iqell settled, however,
that the issues in a suspension or cancellaxion proc2eding may not be
expanded to include us?s or restrictions not proposed in the notice
issued by the Administrator. --- Shell Oil Carn~anv, - et al., FIF4A Docket
Nos. 401, et a1 . (Decision on Interlocutory Appeal, April 9, 1979).
12/ Because Executive Order No. 1 1643, February 8, 1972 (37 FR 2875))
prohiEting the use <strong>of</strong> toxicants on Federal lands for predator control has
been revoked (47 FR No. 20, at 4223, January 27: 1982), no ~rohibici=n
<strong>of</strong> the use <strong>of</strong> toxic collars and SLD baits as authorized herein on Federal
lands is being imposed.