The EPA is giving the military and certain industries yet more time to use trichloroethylene without worker protections mandated by a Biden-era risk management regulation.
The Environmental Protection Agency is postponing the compliance deadline from Feb. 17 to May 18, 2026, for a limited number of the solvent’s uses.
The action, which follows at least five previous deadline extensions, comes after a Feb. 11 court order lifting a stay in litigation challenging the 2024 rule that phased out all uses of the solvent, but gave facilities using the chemical in certain ways more time to find alternatives provided they protected ...
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