Trade Groups Urge 5th Circuit To Scrap ‘Sweeping’ EPA View Of SNUR Power

Major industry groups are lining up against EPA in its court battle with a plastics maker accused of selling fluorinated containers contaminated with PFAS in violation of TSCA, saying the agency is advancing a “sweeping interpretation” of the scopes of significant new use rules (SNURs) that would all but eliminate a standard “impurity” exemption. “The sweeping and unwarranted assertion of regulatory authority underlying EPA’s orders poses a threat to all businesses whose activities are subject” to the Toxic Substances Control...