Judge Raises New Queries After EPA Seeks To Clarify Stance In TSCA Case

A federal judge is asking EPA and environmentalists to respond to a set of questions in a potentially precedent-setting Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) case after an agency lawyer sought to clarify statements she made during recent oral arguments but instead raised new doubts about the agency’s stances on key issues and the suit’s procedural posture. In a Sept. 17 order, Judge Edward Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California asked EPA and environmentalists to...