Report predicts regulatory overlap to cost $474 million

By Julian Hattem November 04, 2013

Redundant elements in endangered species regulations could cost the government as much as $474 million over the next decade, according to a new report commissioned by a major pesticide trade group. Having three agencies each conduct its own analysis of how some pesticides affect protected plants and animals is a waste of taxpayer money, the CropLife America report said.

Jay Vroom, president and chief executive of the organization, said in a statement that current law “creates a broken regulatory system for crop protection products, providing no additional benefits to wildlife, farmers or taxpayers.”....Completing the reviews on time, the report concluded, would require the National Marine Fisheries Service to increase its budget by 13 times. The Fish and Wildlife Service would need to grow its budget by 17 times.

“It is unrealistic to expect that our government will spend hundreds of millions of dollars more to expand regulatory capacity at FWS and NMFS, only to affect regulatory redundancy,” Vroom said....To Read More....

My Take - Both agencies are filled with out of control green activists.  Fixing the problem starts with repealing the ESA and starting over again.