Trump administration says Saying that it will reconsider the rule,
Last month, in filing in a court, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated that it planned to pursue a rule that can change the ban.
However, in a Monday File a courtIt withdrew the previous speed, saying that “now it is not intended to conduct the rule to evaluate possible changes at this time.”
In an extra File a courtAn officer in the office of EPA’s chemical security and pollution prevention, Lin Declava said that the administration can try to use a guidance instead of how the rule is applied.
“EPA plans to find out whether the guidance can provide more clarity to stakeholders because they implement the rule, especially in relation to any workplace security measures,” Declava’s declaration.
But the announcement means that the Trump administration will defend the asbestos ban in the court following challenges from the chemical industry and others.
In the Biden-era rule, companies need to phase out their use of a type of asbestos, known as chrysotile asbestos, which is the only known type to be used in America
The rules made a six -month automotive break to prevent companies from making products with asbestos, while other industries got more time. Most sheets, a type of seal, which contains asbestos, will be banned after two years, while chlor-alkali sector, which makes chemicals such as chlorine for treatment of water, will be up to 12 years to change.
In contact with asbestos causes lung cancer and mesothelioma, a rare cancer that occurs in the lungs, chest and stomach and heart lining. Esbestos related diseases are estimated to be killedThousands AmericanEvery year.
Former EPA employees, Michel Ros, Executive Director of Environmental Protection Network, in a written statement, filed a “step in the right direction”, stating the latest court of the administration, saying that it came in view of “fierce public pressure and legal accountability”.
“This is just the introduction of public backlash against the plans of the Trump administration that plans to return 31 standards that we breathe and protect us the drinking water,” Ros said.
Many officials of the Trump administration have relations with the chemical industry, including the agency’s Deputy Administrator, whoRepresented a group of car companiesLast year argued against the asbestos ban in a legal filing.
