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Court Remands EPA’s Methylene Chloride Review Over Unions’ Opposition


July 15, 2021 at 06:00 PM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has granted EPA’s request to remand without vacatur the Trump-era risk evaluation of methylene chloride, rejecting objections from unions, states and environmental groups that the agency’s plan to rework its analysis of the toxic solvent will not address several elements they claim are unlawful.

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