Industry Backs EPA's Plan For Narrow Asbestos Analysis, Sparking Clash

The power industry is supporting EPA's narrow approach for assessing the health risks of exposure to asbestos, especially its decision to preclude legacy uses, setting up a clash with critics who say the agency should broadly assess all risks as part of an effort to ban the mineral. In recent comments to EPA, the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group (USWAG), which represents more than 130 electric utilities and power producers, backs EPA's plan under the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act...