Pollinator Stewardship Council v. EPA

Reference :

13-72346

Complaint date :

No description

Status :

Final judgment

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, California

Plaintiffs types :

Beekeepers/Honey Producers

Plaintiffs names :

Pollinator Stewardship Council, American Honey Producers Association, National Honey Bee Advisory Board, Thomas R. Smith, Bret L. Adee, Jeffery S. Anderson

Defendants :

EPA, Dow Chemical

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Janette K. Brimmer, Gregory C. Loarie, George A. Kimbrell, Sylvia Shih-Yau Wu

Case nature :

Administrative

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

, Sulfoxaflor, Neonicotinoid

Requests :

U.S. apicultural organizations beekeepers challenged the EPA's unconditional registration of the sulfoxaflor insecticide that has been classified as "highly toxic to bees".

Name of the Court :

United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit of California, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Decision date :

September 10, 2015

Decision nature :

Positive

Decision content :

Vacate the EPA’s unconditional registration of sulfoxaflor and remand for the EPA to obtain further studies and data regarding the effects of sulfoxaflor on bees, as required by EPA regulations.

Legal basis :

Court Ruling :

Link to the ruling

Summary :

U.S. apicultural organizations and beekeepers challenge the EPA's unconditional registration of the sulfoxaflor insecticide that is classified as "highly toxic to bees" on the grounds that EPA's data on this insecticide is insufficient. On Sept. 10, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the EPA's unconditional registration of sulfoxaflor, and remanded for EPA to obtain further studies and data regarding the effects of sulfoxaflor on bees, as required by EPA regulations.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.