EPA Seeks Remand Of Paraquat Approval Dispute To Conduct Further Review

Mealey's (September 28, 2022, 1:45 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has moved in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for voluntary remand without vacatur of a lawsuit brought by a nonprofit law firm and various groups that say the EPA’s interim registration review decision approving the use of the pesticide paraquat for 15 years is contrary to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and not supported by science....