OMB Approves Trio Of EPA Chemical Safety Rules Ahead Of Transition

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has completed review of final EPA rules seeking to limit workplace risks from three toxic solvents, teeing up their release in the last weeks of the Biden administration -- and likely efforts to narrow or reverse them after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. OMB cleared the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) rules governing perchloroethylene (PCE) on Dec. 2, trichloroethylene (TCE) on Dec. 4 and finally carbon tetrachloride (CTC) on Dec. 5,...