HSIA resists environmentalists’ intervention in methylene chloride suit

The trade association representing makers and users of the paint-stripping chemical methylene chloride is opposing a recent motion from environmentalists to intervene in its challenge to EPA’s recent ban on sales of the products to consumers, arguing they do not have standing and should not be allowed to intervene. “The proposed intervenors ask to intervene by right. But they do not -- so far as their motion reveals -- have standing to defend EPA’s regulation of methylene chloride,” attorneys for...