Legal Opinion
Petrolite Corp. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 25, 1981No. Civ. A. 80-0798PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a producer of specialty chemical products, challenges the constitutionality of the 1978 amendments to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 136-136y. FIFRA regulates the distribution and marketing of pes ticides by requiring any prospective supplier to obtain a registration for its pesticide from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). To secure such a registration, the manufacturer must submit sufficient test data in support of its application to convince EPA that the chemical is both safe and…
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