Split 9th Circuit Vacates, Remands EPA Lead Dust Rule For Reconsideration

Mealey's (May 27, 2021, 11:45 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A divided panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 14 vacated and remanded a 2019 rule promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to lead dust hazards, concluding that it must reconsider the rule because lowering the standard “demands reconsideration of the effectiveness and safety of the associated abatement regulation.”...