AMVAC CHEMICAL CORP. v. U. S. E. P. A.

Nos. 79-7270, 80-5102.

653 F.2d 1260 (1980)

AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Appellee, v. Douglas M. COSTLE, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1980.

As Amended February 5, 1981.

Rehearings Denied April 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Lewis, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner.

Nancy Long, Land & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for United States.

Before GOODWIN and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and PRICE, District Judge.


PRICE, District Judge:

These multiple proceedings involve the same factual background. The pesticide dibromochloropropane (DBCP) is used to control nematodes, a soil dwelling, microscopic parasite that feeds on plant root structures. The Petitioner and Appellee, Amvac Chemical Corporation (AMVAC), has been and continues to be a registrant and manufacturer of the pesticide. DBCP is a pesticide that must be registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide...

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