EPA Again Delays TCE Rule From Taking Effect While Litigation Continues

EPA is extending once again the compliance deadlines for TSCA restrictions on certain critical uses of the solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) to preserve the status quo while waiting for a federal appeals court to respond to competing requests over how consolidated litigation over the Biden-era TCE risk management rule should proceed. In a pre-publication Federal Register notice , EPA says it is postponing by an additional 90 days -- until Nov. 17 -- “the conditions imposed on each of the...