Appeals Court Seeks Standing Evidence in EPA’s Asbestos Case

Appeals court judges asked industry, labor, and health organizations to provide evidence they have standing to challenge an EPA rule designed to reduce health risks from ongoing chemical manufacturing, brake, and other uses of chrysotile asbestos, a known carcinogen.

“We need some standing,” said Edith Brown Clement, one of a trio of judges to hear arguments Monday at the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The panel pointed to its 2024 opinion in U.S. v. Texas which determined clear evidence of injury is needed to determine standing, not issues such as alleged frustration of an organization’s purposes, ...