Oregon Environmental Council v. Leonard Kunzman

714 F.2d 901 20 ERC 1007 , 69 A.L.R.Fed. 825, 13 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,901 OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, Citizens For the Safe Control of the Gypsy Moth, Elaine Olsen, Glen Olsen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Leonard KUNZMAN, Director, State of Oregon, Department of Agriculture, State of Oregon, Department of Agriculture, John R. Block, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 82-3232. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 3, 1983. Decided Aug. 30, 1983. Peter R. Steenland, Martin Green, Washington, D.C., William F. Nessly, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., for defendants-appellees. Larry N. Sokol, Jolles, Sokol & Bernstein, Portland, Or., John E. Bonine, Michael Axline, Eugene, Or., for plaintiffs-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before CHOY, FERGUSON, and CANBY, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 The United States and Oregon Departments of Agriculture announced plans to spray a 6,400 acre area of South Salem, Oregon with a pesticide containing the chemical carbaryl in order to combat an infestation of the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar ). Residents…