Groups File TSCA Petition Seeking Ban On Inhance Plastics After Court Loss

Environmental groups are petitioning EPA to “promptly” issue a TSCA rule banning plastic-fluorination work at the center of its legal battle with the manufacturer Inhance Technologies, after an appellate court held that a Trump-era rule limiting “significant new uses” of PFAS does not apply to contamination in the company’s products. The April 11 petition could offer a new path for EPA to restrict Inhance’s plastic manufacturing, separate from multi-front litigation that relies on Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 5...