ELR Citation: ELR 20857
No(s). 81-1757 (3d Cir. May 26, 1981)

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a district court decision, 11 ELR 20849 allowing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a permit for experimental use of a pesticide for soybeans. It adopts the district court's conclusion that, under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, EPA properly considered another submitter's data in issuing the permit.

Counsel for Appellant
Patrick M. Raher
Hogan & Hartson
815 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC 20006
(202) 331-4500

Counsel for Appellees
Patrick J. Cafferty Jr.
Land and Natural Resources Division
Department of Justice, Washington DC 20530
(202) 633-5289

Harold Himmelman, Cynthia A. Lewis
Beveridge & Diamond
1333 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036
(202) 828-0200

Before Gibbons, Garth, and Sloviter, JJ.