EPA Extends Asbestos Comment Deadline To July

EPA is pushing back the comment deadline on its proposed TSCA rule to ban several uses of chrysotile asbestos by 30 days, following requests from industry and a public health group for more time to weigh complex legal, economic and scientific questions underlying the proposal, especially its impacts on drinking water treatment. The agency announced in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication May 25 that it will extend from June 13 to July 13 the public comment deadline...