COURT SIGNALS OPENNESS TO FULL PANEL REVIEW OF KEY PESTICIDES CASE

摘要

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit is asking environmentalists to respond to an industry request for an en bane review of its decision in a key pesticides case, which industry sources say shows the court is seriously willing to reconsider the decision with a full panel review.rnOne industry source says pesticide industry officials are "quite pleased" with the court asking for the response, which is due from environmentalists May 8.rnHowever, an environmentalist discounts the importance of the court's April 24 directive for a response, noting that the court did not seek a response from EPA.