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Court Issues Order and Stipulated Injunction Regarding Pesticides and Eleven Species found in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area
Quick Resources
- Review Interim Use Limitations and Access Maps
- View and Print the Order and Stipulated Injunction (PDF) (54 pp, 998.04K, About PDF)
- Access Fact Sheets for 11 species at issue
- View and Print the Brochure (PDF) (2 pp, 1.34MB, About PDF)
- Point of Sale Notification for Urban Uses of Certain Pesticides (View and Print Shelf Tags)
After considering public comment the Federal Government agreed to a Stipulated Injunction to resolve the lawsuit, Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA (Case No.: 07-2794-JCS). On May 17, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Ordered the Stipulated Injunction (PDF) (54 pp, 998.04K, About PDF)
The Stipulated Injunction sets forth a schedule by which EPA will review the registrations of pesticides containing any of 75 pesticide active ingredients for their potential effects to 1 or more of 11 federally-listed threatened or endangered species in 8 counties around the San Francisco Bay area of California. The injunction also identifies interim pesticide use limitations intended to reduce exposure to the 11 species during the time EPA is assessing these pesticides and consulting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as appropriate. The injunction also commits EPA to:
- develop and make available through various means, a brochure (PDF) (2 pp, 1.34MB, About PDF) to inform pesticide users of the Order, the Stipulated Injunction, and the 11 species involved;
- mail copies of the Stipulated Injunction to all registrants of the pesticides subject to the Stipulated Injunction;
- provide to certain retail establishments, shelf tags (PDF) (1 pg, 24K, About PDF) they may use to identify certain pesticides identified in the Stipulated Injunction as “urban use” pesticides;
- annually notify certain retail establishments and certain user organizations that the Stipulated Injunction is still in effect and refer them to EPA’s Web site for further information; and
- display on its Web site, a copy of the Order and Stipulated Injunction, maps identifying the areas where the interim injunctive relief applies, and fact sheets for the 11 species identified in the Stipulated Injunction.