US Ninth Circuit remands sulfoxaflor registration

摘要

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has remanded the US EPA’s 2019 decision allowing expanded use of Corteva Agriscience’s insecticide, sulfoxaflor, for further review. It ruled that the Agency’s decision was at variance with guidelines set under the country’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) and urged the regulator to “act immediately” in concluding an “effects” determination of the active ingredient. The Court also held that the Agency’s move was in contravention of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as it failed to conduct the mandated public consultation before registering the insecticide.