The EPA is delaying until May its planned release of a proposed rule that would require industries to provide information about their production and imports of asbestos—including the mineral’s presence in manufactured goods.
The delay follows an April 6 request by Industrial Minerals Association-North America to narrow the proposed rule’s scope.
The Environmental Protection Agency agreed under a June 7, 2021, settlement in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to issue the proposed rule (RIN 2070-AK99) by March 7. The agency later delayed that until April 14, but the Office of Management and Budget ...
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