"A panel of three appellate judges grilled attorneys for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Natural Resources Defense Council in a suit about the exemptions to the agency’s mercury inventory reporting rule.
The judges heard oral arguments Nov. 20 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit over a challenge to the June 2018 rule from the NRDC and Vermont. The two contend the EPA’s mercury reporting rule (RIN:2070-AK22) unlawfully exempted too many manufacturers and importers to effectively protect human health and the environment.
The lawsuit was also backed by a coalition of 11 other states that have their own mercury restrictions and are members of the Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC)."
John Herzfeld reports for Bloomberg Environment November 20, 2019.
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