Chemical Firm Seeks To Block 2024 Deadline For TSCA Formaldehyde Review

A formaldehyde manufacturer is asking to intervene in environmentalists’ suit against EPA seeking deadlines for 20 overdue TSCA risk evaluations months after the two sides proposed a deal that would require a final formaldehyde analysis by Dec. 31, saying that schedule “is unreasonably short” and ignores some peer reviewers’ criticism of the draft evaluation. Hexion Inc., “a leading global producer of formaldehyde solutions and derivatives” based in Columbus, OH, filed an Aug. 30 motion to intervene in Community In-Power and...