Employer Seeks To Block 2024 Deadline For TSCA Formaldehyde Review

A formaldehyde manufacturer is asking to intervene in environmentalists’ suit against EPA seeking deadlines for 20 overdue TSCA risk evaluations months after the two sides proposed a deal that would require a final formaldehyde analysis by Dec. 31, saying that schedule “is unreasonably short” and ignores some peer reviewers’ criticism of the draft evaluation. If successful, the move by Hexion Inc., “a leading global producer of formaldehyde solutions and derivatives” based in Columbus, OH, would give employers more time to...