Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Ninth Circuit vacated EPA's denial of a petition to cancel the registration of the pesticide tetrachlorvinphos (TCVP). An environmental group petitioned the Agency to cancel the registration of TCVP for use in household pet products, and EPA denied the petition. The group argued the Agency erred...
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
A district court denied nonprofit groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to FDA's denial of the group's petition concerning a threshold of regulation (TOR) exemption that allowed the inclusion of sodium perchlorate monohydrate in food-contact materials. The groups argued FDA violated the...
PennEnvironment, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp.
A district court denied environmental groups' motion for partial summary judgment in a CAA citizen suit brought against a steel company concerning hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide emissions at its production facilities in Pennsylvania. The groups argued the company repeatedly violated the CAA, th...