Seeing High TSCA Bar, Industry Renews Call For Asbestos Rule Vacatur

Chemical manufacturers are renewing their calls for the 5th Circuit to vacate the Biden-era phaseout of the six remaining major uses of chrysotile asbestos, arguing EPA has overstepped its TSCA authority by imposing limits beyond those “necessary” to address unreasonable risks and by failing to defer to other agencies when necessary. In a joint Sept. 17 reply brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, the industry groups argue that the Biden-era rule rewrites the Toxic Substances...