Groups Lack Standing in PFAS-from-Plastics Case, DC Circuit Says

Environmental groups lack standing to challenge the EPA’s alleged failure to promptly regulate the PFAS-generating use of fluorine gas to strengthen plastics, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to overturn a district court’s ruling. The lower court held the Environmental Protection Agency properly carried out its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) obligations by launching a rulemaking to control the release of PFAS that occurs when certain plastics are strengthened by fluorine gas. ...