Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20183
No(s). 17-72260, 17-72501, 17-72968, 17-73290, 17-73383, and 17-73390 (9th Cir. Nov 14, 2019)

The Ninth Circuit dismissed in part, granted in part, and denied in part petitions to review EPA's 2017 Risk Evaluation Rule, which established a process for evaluating the risks of chemical substances. Environmental and health groups argued the rule violated TSCA's requirement that EPA evaluate ris...