Legal Opinion
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency and William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 16, 1972No. 71-1365PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
On December 3, 1970, petitioner Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a non-profit New York corporation, 1 peti tioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodentieide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 135-135k, for the immediate suspension and ultimate cancellation of all registered uses of aldrin and dieldrin, two chemically similar chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides. On March 18, 1971, the Administrator of the EPA announced the issuance of “notices of cancellation” for aldrin and diel-drin because of “a substantial question as…
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