Citing Worker Data, Solvents Group Makes Rare Bid For EPA To Regulate Competitor's Chemical

Citing worker safety data, a coalition of halogenated solvents producers has filed a rare Clean Air Act petition asking the Environmental Protection Agency to list a competing chemical as a hazardous air pollutant (HAP), a move that could spur emission rules for the chemical that the competitors pitch as a non-hazardous "environmentally friendly" alternative to ozone-depleting solvents. The Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance (HSIA), representing major solvent makers including the Dow Chemical Company and Occidental Chemical, filed its petition Oct. 28 asking EPA to list n-propyl bromide (n