hexavalent chromium
National Ass'n for Surface Finishing v. Environmental Protection Agency
The D.C. Circuit denied petitions challenging an EPA regulation that revised the NESHAP for hexavalent chromium, a carcinogenic compound that gets emitted into the air during the chrome-finishing process. The new rule, issued in 2012,...
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. California Department of Public Health
A California court held that the California Department of Public Health must adopt a final primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium. The state legislature commanded the department to adopt a standard by January 1, 2004;...
Prime Tanning Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
A district court held that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a leather tanning company in underlying lawsuits brought by farmers who used sludge from the company's tanning activities as fertilizer. The sludge, which the...