Legal Opinion
Center for Biological Diversity v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 30, 2017No. 14-1036 Consolidated with 15-5168PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissenting opinion filed by Senior Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
*177KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq., and its implementing regulations require the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to consult with certain wildlife services before taking any action that “may affect” an endangered species or its habitat. See 50 C.F.R. § 402.14(a). Nevertheless, the EPA issued a registration order authorizing the use of the pesticide cyantraniliprole (“CTP”) without having made an ESA “effects” determination or satisfied its duty to…
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