In an order, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied EPA’s request for an additional 6 months to take final action on its proposal to ban application of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops. The court did grant the Agency an additional 3 months—to March 31, 2017—to finalize the proposal, but it said it retains jurisdiction over the matter and will grant no further extensions.
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Chlorpyrifos was introduced into commerce by Dow Chemical Company more than 45 years ago and is now the active ingredient in the company’s specialty insecticide Dursban® 50W. According to the company, the product controls more than 280 insect pests.