From page 49 in the Draft EA (page 50 in the pdf): “GonaCon-Equine is approved for use by authorized federal, state, tribal, public, and private personnel, for application to wild and feral equids in the United States (EPA, 2013; 2015).”
An updated registration was issued in 2017.
On page 178 in the pdf: “The EPA-required product label associated with the registration for GonaCon-Equine is cited in the EA as EPA (2013). That label states that ‘If longer contraceptive effect is desired, a second vaccination may be given 30 or more days after the first injection or during the following year with no known adverse health effects to the vaccinated animal.’”
The 2017 amendment extended the interval to 90 days.
Page 179 mentions the certification requirement for PZP: “In keeping with the EPA registration for ZonaStat-H (EPA, 2012; reg. no. 86833-1), certification through the Science and Conservation Center in Billings Montana is required to apply that vaccine to equids.”
The 2017 update dropped the certification requirement for GonaCon-Equine.
But it should be there if they’re following the 2013 or 2015 registrations. A search of the document for “certification” yielded only one result, the remark about PZP above.
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