September 16, 2026

EPA Defends Methylene Chloride Safety Restrictions As ‘Reasonable’


December 26, 2024 at 10:21 AM
EPA is defending the legality of its landmark rule banning many uses of the solvent methylene chloride and imposing strict worker-protection mandates on those that continue, saying the policy is “reasonable” and grounded in statutory language -- even as the incoming Trump administration could drop those positions next month.

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