EPA Struggling With Perchlorate Review, Raising Doubts On Court Deadline

摘要

EPA is straggling to complete a peer review of the science and modeling underlying its efforts to assess and regulate the ubiquitous rocket fuel ingredient perchlorate in drinking water, raising doubts that the agency will be able to meet its court-ordered October deadline for completing the work. "It appears highly unlikely that they will meet the deadline," an industry source says, though the source questions what penalties will result from missing it.