Case: 13-72346 07/02/2013 ID: 8689627 DktEntry: 2-2 Page: 1 of 22 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT NATIONAL POLLINATOR DEFENSE FUND, INC., AMERICAN HONEY PRODUCERS ASS N, NATIONAL HONEY BEE ADVISORY BOARD, AMERICAN BEEKEEPING FED N, THOMAS R. SMITH, BRET L. ADEE, JEFFERY S. ANDERSON, Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; BOB PERCIASEPE, in his official capacity as Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondents. PETITION FOR REVIEW and CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Petition for Review Pursuant to Section 16(b of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136n(b, and Rule 15(a of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, the National Pollinator Defense Fund, Inc., American Honey Producers Association, National Honey Bee Advisory Board, American Beekeeping Federation, Thomas R. Smith, Jeffery S. Anderson, and Bret L. Adee hereby petition the Court for review of the order of the United States Environmental Protection Agency registering the new active ingredient sulfoxaflor
Case: 13-72346 07/02/2013 ID: 8689627 DktEntry: 2-2 Page: 2 of 22 for use on multiple commodities, turfgrass, and ornamentals, entered on May 6, 2013. See Attachment A hereto. Corporate Disclosure Statement Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1, petitioners National Pollinator Defense Fund, Inc., American Honey Producers Association, National Honey Bee Advisory Board and American Beekeeping Federation certify that they have no parent corporation and that no publicly held corporation owns more than 10% of the petitioners. Respectfully submitted this 2nd day of July 2013. GREGORY C. LOARIE, CA Bar No. 215859 Earthjustice 50 California Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94111-4608 T: 415.217.2000 F: 415.217.2040 E: gloarie@earthjustice.org JANETTE K. BRIMMER, WA Bar No. 41271 Earthjustice 705 Second Street, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98104-1711 T: 206.343.7340 F: 206.343.1526 E: jbrimmer@earthjustice.org
Case: 13-72346 07/02/2013 ID: 8689627 DktEntry: 2-2 Page: 3 of 22 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County of Sonoma; I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to this action; my business address is 50 California Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94111. I hereby certify that on July 2, 2013, I caused to be served one true copy of the PETITION FOR REVIEW and CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT via certified mail on the following persons: Eric H. Holder, Jr. U.S. Attorney General 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Telephone: (202 514-2001 Bob Perciasepe Acting Administrator U.S. EPA Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Telephone: (202 564-4700 Facsimile: (202 501-1450 Robert Dreher Acting Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Env t & Natural Resources Division Law and Policy Section P.O. Box 4390 Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044-4390 Telephone: (202 514-2701 Facsimile: (202 514-0557 I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on July 2, 2013 in San Francisco, California. /s/ Gregory C. Loarie
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