Judge Sets March ’24 Trial Date In EPA’s Landmark Denka Enforcement Suit

EPA’s closely watched enforcement action over releases at a Louisiana chemical facility -- the first to test the agency’s rarely used Clean Air Act authority to address an “imminent and substantial endangerment” -- is slated to go to trial early next year. Judge Carl Barbier of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued an Oct. 23 order setting a March 11, 2024 date for a 10-day bench trial in the suit USA v. Denka Performance Elastomer...