Court gives EPA an additional 90 days to update lead paint rule

Over environmentalists' objections, a federal appellate court has granted EPA an additional 90 days to propose an update to its lead dust hazard standard for residential structures and its regulatory definition of lead-based paint, a proposal the agency has just floated to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In a March 26 order , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, without comment, granted EPA's motion to allow for an additional 90 days -- until...