EPA Says Allowing Discovery In TSCA Suit Would Create ‘New Petition’

EPA is renewing its bid to block environmentalists from introducing new evidence in their suit over the agency’s response to a TSCA petition seeking individual toxicity tests for 54 PFAS, saying wide-ranging discovery would allow the plaintiffs to “circumvent” the statute by creating “an entirely new petition” for the court to review. “While Plaintiffs are, of course, free to submit a new petition to EPA at any time, the Court should reject Plaintiffs’ efforts to use discovery to inject new...