Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

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order would be inade tipon the entirz r2cord, xn; s nattzr s,+?rrants 3enti.s~.
Counsel for ;?,A have 3;t?rnpzzi ta :crpar~~ec~al i ze zvidence ?rgperly
admissible and for consideration in chis prcceeding. For ?xanpls,
while contending that the principle <strong>of</strong> finality precludes consideration
<strong>of</strong> pre-1972 evidenca conc3rning fundamental issues such as the effectiveness
<strong>of</strong> 7080, counssi state that it may he ?spropriate to consider ?re-1972
evidence related to sucn narrow issues as ;he gredaror loss rzt2s and
the sizg <strong>of</strong> the livestock induszry. It ir contznded that the Achinisz~~~or's
deci sion in the M-44 proceeding (FIFRA Cocket No. 382, Sept2mber 16,
1975), "L the 2ffsct that-s\ri dencs zvai 1 ab1 e pr? or to 1972 coui'd be
ccnsidered in detemining the avai lkbil icy <strong>of</strong> an antidot2 for scdium
cyanide, i s not precedent far io;:sl czraii cn <strong>of</strong> are-i 972 evi lencz , beczuse
the 1972 finding chat there was na anridox was 2rrgneous and noc sdogortzd
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by Ihe record. Csunsel arsue tht; t h l ~ ruling was ?raper, citing the rule
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concerning an agency's inherent power to correct i:; nistakes. IL is
asserted, however, that an agency's power to corroct its aisiakes dces
not extend to changing a basic decision or policy, e.g., suspension and
cancel lati on <strong>of</strong> the use <strong>of</strong> 1080 as a ?radaci de. Under this vie8,q the
more egregious the mistake, the less ?ewer the agency has to correct it.
Surely the Administrator has the authority to inquirz into ali findines
9/ While the absence <strong>of</strong> an effective antidote is aroncj the criteria
that may tripaer a Rebuttable Presurnotion Aqainst Registration (RPAR) in
accordance w ~ t h 40 CFR-152.11, it is clear that the lack <strong>of</strong> an antidote is
not in and <strong>of</strong> itself suf-iici?nt reason for either denying an existing ,
application for registr-a tiion or cancelling an existing registration.
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Accordingly, iie exisien~,*a or- I din <strong>of</strong> ail antidote i; not 2 ;;;ci2? or
control1 ing finding dnd the decision in the M-44 proceeding would aimos~
cartainly have been the