NRDC Sues Over EPA's 'New' Chemical Framework As Groups Detail Claims

摘要

Environmentalists have quietly sued to block the Trump administration's framework for reviewing new chemicals under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), clearing the way for a legal test on whether the administration can proceed with its plan to drop the use of enforcement orders as an interim step in regulating the substances. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Jan. 5 sued EPA in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit to block the agency's "New Chemicals Decision-Making Framework."