Court Weighs TSCA ‘Petition’ Language Ahead Of Hearing In Test-Order Suit

EPA and the environmentalist coalition suing it to force TSCA test orders for 54 PFAS found in North Carolina waters are laying out competing arguments on fundamental issues in the case ahead of a Feb. 14 hearing in federal district court, including what constitutes a “petition” under the law and how much deference courts owe to the agency’s responses. In dueling briefs filed Feb. 1, the two sides in Center for Environmental Health (CEH), et al., v. EPA outlined...