September 16, 2026

EPA Plans Worker Protection Guide After Zeldin Reversed Asbestos Plan

By Maria Hegstad
September 12, 2025 at 04:37 PM
The Trump EPA’s recent 180-degree reversal on its initial plan to rescind the Biden-era TSCA rule phasing out six uses of chrysotile asbestos and instead issue new worker protection guidance on the 2024 rule, came after Administrator Lee Zeldin overruled two other senior Trump EPA appointees, a source with knowledge of the internal matter says.

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