5th Circuit Allows ACC To Defend Methylene Chloride Rule But Blocks Union

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has approved a bid from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to defend portions of EPA’s rule setting worker-protection and other mandates for use of the solvent methylene chloride while denying a parallel request from the AFL-CIO, giving the industry group an equal role with EPA in the case. But the court’s July 30 orders in East Fork Enterprises, et al., v. EPA may do little to resolve an ongoing dispute...