Pollinator Stewardship Council v. EPA

13-72346
No description
Final judgment
United States, California

Beekeepers/Honey Producers
Pollinator Stewardship Council, American Honey Producers Association, National Honey Bee Advisory Board, Thomas R. Smith, Bret L. Adee, Jeffery S. Anderson
EPA, Dow Chemical
Janette K. Brimmer, Gregory C. Loarie, George A. Kimbrell, Sylvia Shih-Yau Wu

Administrative
, Sulfoxaflor, Neonicotinoid
U.S. apicultural organizations beekeepers challenged the EPA's unconditional registration of the sulfoxaflor insecticide that has been classified as "highly toxic to bees".
United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit of California, United States

September 10, 2015
Positive
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.

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.