United States Second Circuit

Dismissal of complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1), is affirmed over claim that 21 U.S.C. section 346a(h)(5) governs judicial review only of EPA decisions to establish, modify, or revoke tolerances and that decisions to leave tolerances in effect are reviewable in the district courts pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/22/2006
• Published 08/22/2006

Judges

• WINTER, Circuit Judge., Before:  WINTER, STRAUB, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Aaron S. Colangelo (Erik D. Olson, Jon P. Devine, Jr., on the brief), Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C. (Patti A. Goldman, Earthjustice, Seattle, Washington, Shelley Davis, Farmworker Justice Fund, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kathy S. Marks, Assistant United States Attorney (David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Sara L. Shudofsky, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), New York, New York (Jonathan J. Fleuchaus, Daniel M. Flores, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees., Donald B. Mitchell (Stanley H. Abramson, Eric S. Baxter, on the brief), Arent Fox PLLC, Washington, D.C. (William J. McSherry, Jr., Janine M. Gargiulo, Arent Fox PLLC, New York, New York;  David B. Weinberg, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.