Helliker

Joseph F. Butler, Stanley W. Landfair, McKenna Long & Aldridge, Los Angeles, CA, for Intervenor Defendants and Cross Claimants.

Lawrence S. Ebner, McKenna Long & Aldridge, Washington, DC, for Intervenor Defendants.

MATZ, District Judge.

Chemical Producers and Distributors Association ("Plaintiff") is a voluntary, non-profit trade association consisting of approximately 90 companies involved in the production of generic pesticides.

Paul E. Helliker ("Defendant") is the Director of California's Department of Pesticide Regulation ("DPR"), the state agency charged with enforcing California's pesticide regulation scheme.

Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Dow Agrosciences LLC, BASF Corp., Bayer Cropscience LP, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., and Monsanto Co. (collectively, "Intervenors") are pesticide manufacturers who have obtained California registrations for their products in the past. (In their respective briefs, the parties sometimes refer to the Intervenors as "the Basics," in contrast to "the Generics." For purpose of clarity, I will refer to the Intervenors as "the original applicants.")

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiff…