September 16, 2026

EPA Seeks To Extend Stay In PCE Rule Suit As It Weighs Workplace Changes

By Maria Hegstad
August 25, 2025 at 05:52 PM
EPA is asking the 5th Circuit to grant another 90-day abeyance in legal challenges over the Biden-era TSCA rule phasing out many uses of the common solvent perchloroethylene (PCE or perc) while it reconsiders workplace exposure limits in the rule, although EPA says it is “prepared to proceed” if the court denies its request.

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