EPA, Pesticide Industry Spar Over EAB Authority In Cancellation Case

EPA and the pesticide industry are sparring over whether the agency’s Environment Appeals Board (EAB) may review agency provisions of conditional registrations, with the agency arguing EAB should focus on whether a company has complied with those provisions and industry pressing for broader review of the terms of the registration. Bayer CropScience is urging EAB to overturn an agency administrative law judge’s (ALJ) June 1 order that backed EPA’s authority to quickly cancel the conditionally-registered pesticide flubendiamide using a novel...