D.C. Circuit Dismisses Industry Challenge To EPA’s PFOA, PFOS Levels

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has dismissed the chemical industry’s challenge to EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) interim health advisory levels (HALs) for the two most-studied PFAS, backing an EPA motion to dismiss the suit before even reaching the merits. “Petitioner has failed to carry its burden of establishing standing,” the court says in its brief Jan. 23 per curiam order in American Chemistry Council (ACC) v. EPA. “Despite relying on...