Monsanto v. Durnell · ¶13

In 1972, Congress passed and President Nixon signed the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act. 86 Stat. 973. That Act “transformed” FIFRA “into a comprehensive regulatory statute” and placed the newly created Environmental Protection Agency in charge of pesticide registration and labeling. Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC, 544 U. S. 431, 437 (2005) (quotation marks omitted). In doing so, Congress “significantly strengthened FIFRA’s registration and labeling standards” and granted “increased enforcement authority” to EPA. Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier, 501 U. S. 597, 601 (1991).

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