Plaintiffs Ask Federal Court to Halt Dicamba Spraying, Hold EPA in Contempt
An emergency motion was filed late last night, June 11, asking a federal court to halt all dicamba use and hold the EPA in contempt of court for its decision to allow farmers to use existing stocks of three dicamba herbicides.
If the judges agree, the motion could once again leave farmers without many dicamba herbicide options to use over millions of acres of dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton this summer.
The motion was filed by the plaintiffs who brought a lawsuit against EPA to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, demanding the court end three herbicide registrations -- XtendiMax, Engenia, and FeXapan. They succeeded when, on June 3, three judges ruled in their favor, effectively ending the registrations of the herbicides with a "vacatur" order. Five days later, EPA issued a cancellation order, which ended the registrations but permitted growers and commercial applicators to continue using "existing stocks" of the herbicides through July 31.
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If the judges agree, the motion could once again leave farmers without many dicamba herbicide options to use over millions of acres of dicamba-tolerant soybean and cotton this summer.
The motion was filed by the plaintiffs who brought a lawsuit against EPA to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, demanding the court end three herbicide registrations -- XtendiMax, Engenia, and FeXapan. They succeeded when, on June 3, three judges ruled in their favor, effectively ending the registrations of the herbicides with a "vacatur" order. Five days later, EPA issued a cancellation order, which ended the registrations but permitted growers and commercial applicators to continue using "existing stocks" of the herbicides through July 31.
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