Industry Seeks OSHA Role In EPA’s Proposed Asbestos Regulation

A trade group is calling on EPA to partner with OSHA on a reworked version of its proposed rule banning current uses of chrysotile asbestos, arguing that TSCA requires the two agencies to coordinate and gives a leading role to the work-safety agency, even as unions and public health advocates say OSHA’s asbestos limits too outdated to protect workers. The Industrial Minerals Association -- North America (IMA) argues in its July 13 comments on EPA’s proposal to ban six ongoing...