Industry Asks EPA To Delay Finalizing Sweeping Environmental Justice Guide

Industry groups are asking EPA to delay finalizing sweeping guidance for incorporating environmental justice (EJ) considerations into regulatory analysis in order to integrate final versions of several related guides, including materials on cumulative risk assessment and a policy for ensuring “meaningful” public involvement in rulemaking. The agency should ensure it is “coordinating updates and finalizing those documents prior to issuing the final EJ Technical Guidance,” the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says in Jan. 30 comments , noting that comment periods...