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Sources Question Significance Of Pending TSCA Methylene Chloride Ruling

June 23, 2025 / by

Maria Hegstad /

Inside EPA

Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in Inside EPA. Former EPA official Bob Sussman is cautioning against expectations that the 5th Circuit may take significant action on consolidated challenges to the Biden-era TSCA rule banning most uses of the common solvent methylene chloride, following oral argument where one judge strongly questioned EPA but another spoke rarely.

Is Trump Reversing a Biden-era Asbestos Ban? Here’s What We Know

June 23, 2025 / by

Austin Williams /

Live Now Fox

Michelle Roos was quoted in Live Now Fox. The Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump is planning to reconsider a Biden-era rule banning the last type of asbestos still used in U.S. industries—specifically chrysotile asbestos, which is linked to mesothelioma and other deadly diseases.

States’ PFAS Work Likely To Suffer Under EPA’s FY26 Budget Cuts

June 11, 2025 / by

Suzanne Yohannan /

Inside EPA

Betsy Southerland, former Director, Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in Inside EPA. EPA’s plan to slash funding for state environmental and water infrastructure programs in its fiscal year 2026 budget is expected to significantly undercut states’ abilities to finance upgrades to drinking water systems to meet upcoming PFAS requirements and may undermine state efforts to regulate PFAS on their own, utility and other sources say.

EPA Plan To Rewrite TSCA Rule On Asbestos Leaves Ban’s Status Unclear

June 17, 2025 / by

Maria Hegstad /

Inside EPA

EPN was mentioned in Inside EPA. The Trump EPA’s plan to rewrite the Biden-era TSCA phaseout of the major uses of chrysotile asbestos and further delay litigation over the measure is raising questions over whether the agency will continue to enforce the existing rule as it expects it will take 30 months — much of the administration’s remaining term — to redo the rule.

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