HHS Presses Lack Of Standing Claim In Miners’ Challenge To NIOSH Cuts

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reiterating arguments that a pair of West Virginia coal miners lack standing to challenge staffing cuts at a key federal workplace safety agency, saying the plaintiffs’ attempt to seek standing in perpetuity is not appropriate under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Responding to the miners’ arguments that HHS’s latest motion to dismiss Wiley v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., et al. contains several arguments that the court previously rejected, HHS emphasizes...