ELR Citation: ELR 20071
No(s). 89-1341 (10th Cir. Aug 15, 1991)

The court holds that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not preempt a local pesticide ordinance imposing notification requirements on commercial pesticide applicators. The court abated appeal of a district court decision pending the U.S. Supreme Court's 1991 ruling in Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier, 21 ELR 21127, which held that FIFRA does not explicitly, implicitly, or by actual conflict preempt local governmental regulation of pesticide use. In light of Mortier's holding, the court upholds the district court's decision that FIFRA does not preempt the challenged local ordinance.

Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellants
Joseph D. Lonardo
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease
52 E. Gay St., P.O. Box 1008, Columbus OH 43216
(614) 464-6400

Eugene F. Megyesy Jr., David E. Bellack
Saunders, Snyder, Ross & Dickson
707 17th St., Ste. 3500, Denver CO 80202
(303) 292-6600

Counsel for Defendant-Appellee
Sue Ellen Harrison, Ass't City Attorney
P.O. Box 791, Boulder CO 80306
(303) 441-3020

Before HOLLOWAY, BARRETT, and TACHA, Circuit Judges.