EPA RMP rule delay challengers warn against staying litigation

Petitioners challenging EPA's delay of the Obama-era updates to its risk management plan (RMP) facility safety rule say the agency's recent proposal to rescind many of the updates should not be a reason to delay their lawsuit, raising a preemptive argument against such a request and also claiming that the proposal undermines EPA's legal defenses. In a May 25 letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Democratic states, labor unions and environmental groups suing...