EPA Urges Court To Reject Challenge To Mercury Inventory, Waivers

April 19, 2019
EPA is urging a federal appellate court to dismiss a suit brought by states and environmentalists seeking to strengthen the agency's June 2018 mercury inventory and repeal the categories of reporting waivers it included, arguing that its rule met requirements that Congress included in its reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). “EPA designed its mercury inventory reporting rule to meet its statutory duties under [TSCA], while complementing existing sources of information, and minimizing data collection and reporting burdens...


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