Industry Suit Tests EPA Rule Allowing NPL Site Listing For Vapor Intrusion

An auto parts company is challenging EPA's decision to add a Mississippi waste site to the Superfund list based on a vapor intrusion pathway, a case that could pose a first test for the agency's 2017 rule that allowed regulators to list hazardous waste sites on the National Priorities List (NPL) solely due to the presence of such a pathway. Meritor, a Michigan-based company, is challenging EPA's addition of the Rockwell International Wheel & Trim site in Grenada, MS, to...