Industry Urges Court To Vacate PFAS CERCLA Rule, Citing Multiple Flaws

Industry groups are asking a federal appeals court to vacate EPA’s landmark rule designating two PFAS as Superfund “hazardous substances,” arguing in their opening brief that the agency misinterpreted the law’s threshold bar that requires a showing of “substantial danger” for its first-time listings and provided a “fundamentally flawed” cost analysis. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and six other groups representing manufacturing and waste/recycling sectors filed their opening brief Nov. 4 in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of...