EPA TO PURSUE NEW PCB RULE AMID LEAKAGE CONTAMINATION CONCERNS

摘要

EPA is planning to pursue a new regulation to address products containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in order to respond to concerns that PCB-containing paints and caulks are leaking into schools and homes, amid growing controversy over health risks at New York schools contaminated by decades-old caulking. However, given the time necessary to develop, propose and finalize a rulemaking, one environmental attorney says it may be necessary as an interim measure for EPA to issue an emergency enforcement order under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to require schools to test for the presence of PCBs. The source also says some House lawmakers are weighing whether to introduce legislation that would mandate such testing.