[7] Niners Uphold Ruling On Pesticides Near Salmon Streams

The Ninth Circuit Court has upheld a 2002 ruling (Washington Toxics Coalition v. EPA) from the Seattle District Court that restricted the use of 38 pesticides near salmon-bearing streams in the Northwest. The June 29 decision also upheld the requirement that calls for warnings about possible adverse effects on fish to be posted where the pesticides are for sale.

"These are clearly pesticides that pollute our streams and poison salmon," said Earthjustice attorney Amy Williams-Derry, in a press release. The ruling will keep 100 yard no-spray zones near streams for aerial application and 20-yard buffers for ground application, with few exceptions.

The ruling had been appealed by EPA and intervenors, which included agricultural and forestry groups and business groups associated with the pesticide and fertilizer industries. -B. R.

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