Rural Coalition et al v. EPA et al

Reference :

20-73220

Complaint date :

October 30, 2020

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, Washington, DC

Plaintiffs types :

Farmers, Environmental NGOs, Health/Food groups

Plaintiffs names :

Rural Coalition, Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), Beyond Pesticides, Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), Center for Food Safety (CFS)

Defendants :

EPA, Andrew Wheeler

Lawyers :

Stephanie M. Parent, George A. Kimbrell, Sylvia Shih-Yau Wu

Case nature :

Administrative

Specificities :

Application for judicial review

Products :

Herbicide, Atrazine, Simazine, Propazine

Requests :

Set aside the Interim Registrations for atrazine, propazine and simazine; grant relief as may be necessary and appropriate to stop the use and sale of pesticides authorized by the Interim Registrations after vacatur.

Name of the Court :

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit of Washington, DC, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Appellate (Appeal) Court

Summary :

Civil society groups petition the Court to review the orders of the EPA approving the interim registration review decisions for the herbicides atrazine, propazine, and simazine. Petitioners allege that EPA violated its duties under FIFRA in approving the Interim Registrations, and that the Interim Registrations lack support in substantial evidence. See also case 3:11-cv-00293-JCS that ordered EPA to assess the risks that atrazine, propazine, and simazine pose to protected plants and animals. In Nov. 2020, the draft Biological Evaluation (BE) assessing risks to listed species from labeled uses of atrazine shows it is causing massive harm to endangered species. Similar draft evaluations for simazine and propazine were also released.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.