CENTER FOR BIO. DIVERSITY v. U.S. E.P.A.

No. 14-16977.

847 F.3d 1075 (2017)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; Pesticide Action Network North America, non-profit organizations, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Defendant-Appellee, CropLife America; Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment ("Rise"); Southern Crop Production Association; Western Plant Health Association; Midamerica Croplife Association; American Farm Bureau Federation; American Chemistry Council; National Agricultural Aviation Association; National Alliance of Forest Owners; National Corn Growers Association; National Cotton Council; National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; National Potato Council; Oregonians for Food and Shelter; USA Rice Federation; Washington Friends of Farms and Forests, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Parent (argued), Center for Biological Diversity, Portland, Oregon; Justin Augustine , Center for Biological Diversity, San Francisco, California; Collette Adkins Giese , Center for Biological Diversity, Circle Pines, Minnesota; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Anna Katselas (argued), Kevin McArdle , Bridget Kennedy McNeil , and Ellen J. Durkee , Attorneys; John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

David B. Weinberg (argued), R. Steven Richardson , and Roger H. Miksad , Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C.; Seth Goldberg and Cynthia L. Taub , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kirsten L. Nathanson and Thomas R. Lunquist , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants.

Dissent by Judge Bea.


OPINION

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act ("FIFRA") charges the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") with the obligation to register and reregister pesticide active ingredients and pesticide products.1 In this case...

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