Środowisko i energia · 6.07.2022

Proposed Consent Decree, Unreasonable Delay Claim Regarding Petition Concerning Treated Seeds and Treated Article Exemption

In accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's March 18, 2022, Memorandum entitled Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements to Resolve Environmental Claims Against the Agency, notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree that resolves Center for Food Safety, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a case in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (3:21-cv-09640-JSC) that alleges EPA unreasonably delayed responding to a petition for rulemaking, submitted to EPA on or around April 26, 2017, relating to the regulatory exemption of pesticide treated seed.