9th Circuit: Groups' Challenge Of EPA's Chemical Exclusion Rule Is Partially Valid

SAN FRANCISCO - A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 14 partially granted and partially denied a petition by numerous environmental advocacy groups that challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Evaluation Rule (RER) for determining the proper uses for various chemicals. The panel concluded that the petitioners' opposition to the EPA's exclusion of "legacy uses" and "associated disposals" from the definition of "conditions of use" was valid (Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 17-72260 [consolidated], 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 34064).
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