SDS Biotech Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency

MEMORANDUM

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

At issue in this case are the pesticide registration requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 136-136y (1980). Plaintiff, SDS Biotech Corporation, holds a number of pesticide registrations for chlorothalonil products. Defendant, Griffin Corporation, holds two conditional chlorothalonil registrations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), also a defendant, is responsible for administering the registration program.

The history of this case is somewhat complicated. SDS Biotech obtained the first…