EPA Seeks Pause in Lawsuit on Chemical Risk Rule for Do Over (2)

The EPA asked a federal court to return back to the agency its 2024 rule governing how the agency evaluates chemical risks and place litigation challenging that rule on hold so it can initiate a new rulemaking as soon as possible.

In a motion filed on Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to remand the regulation and pause proceedings including oral arguments, which are scheduled for March 21.

Four policies the Biden administration required through that regulation, which industry and environmental litigants are challenging for divergent reasons, will be ...