--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | FFDCA description: FFDCA | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [After 15 years of controversy, Circuit Court gives EPA 60 days to rule on Chlorpyrifos pesticide](https://blog.stpub.com/after-15-years-of-controversy-circuit-court-gives-epa-60-days-to-rule-on-chlorpyrifos-pesticide) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Jun 09, 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/chemicals.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/after-15-years-of-controversy-circuit-court-gives-epa-60-days-to-rule-on-chlorpyrifos-pesticide) On April 29, the Ninth Circuit (federal) Court of Appeals issued an important ruling on national pesticide regulation, directed at the controversial organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos. The order directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act within 60 days to either announce an enforceable safe exposure level for use, or to ban the pesticide. The case, *League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) v. Regan*, interprets and applies the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and related authority under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). This decision is the latest step in controversies dating to 2006, involving years of EPA inaction spanning the Obama and Trump administrations. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/after-15-years-of-controversy-circuit-court-gives-epa-60-days-to-rule-on-chlorpyrifos-pesticide) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/after-15-years-of-controversy-circuit-court-gives-epa-60-days-to-rule-on-chlorpyrifos-pesticide#comments-listing) Tags: [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [FFDCA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ffdca), [NRDC](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/nrdc), [Chlorpyrifos pesticide](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/chlorpyrifos-pesticide), [FIFRA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/fifra) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved