Environmentalists Sue EPA Over Delayed TSCA Chemical Evaluations

Environmental groups are suing EPA over its failure to complete 22 pending TSCA chemical risk evaluations by their statutory deadlines in early summer -- targets that agency officials had long warned were unachievable due to the toxics program’s lack of funding, staff and other resources. Five environmental organizations, represented by the law firm Earthjustice, filed suit Sept. 18 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking an order that would require EPA to complete the 22 overdue...