Last week, the 9th Circuit joined a 1989 ruling from the 8th Circuit in holding that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not bar a suit under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The decision upheld an injunction of the EPA's approval of 54 pesticide ingredients pending consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service as per section 7 of the ESA to determine possible impacts on endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead populations in the Pacific Northwest.