Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization et al v. Wheeler et al

  1. May 05, 2022

    EPA Floats New Asbestos Reporting Rule

    Asbestos manufacturers and processors would face a tough new reporting requirement under a rule proposed Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  2. December 23, 2020

    EPA Can't Use Loophole To Avoid Collecting Asbestos Data

    A California judge instructed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reconfigure its chemical data reporting rules to eliminate a loophole for "naturally occurring" chemicals that it has relied on to give some companies a pass when gathering information about the use and import of asbestos.

  3. September 22, 2020

    Asbestos Risk Group Slams EPA's Bid To Avoid Tighter Rules

    Asbestos awareness advocates on Tuesday slammed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's effort to dodge a suit pushing for stronger regulations, saying the agency is missing a chance to have a better understanding of asbestos through tighter reporting requirements.

  4. September 02, 2020

    EPA Moves To Defeat Push For Stronger Asbestos Regs

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is urging a federal judge to toss a suit challenging its decision not to tighten asbestos regulations, saying the choice to not do so was well within its purview.

  5. November 15, 2019

    EPA Can't Escape Suit Seeking Tighter Asbestos Standards

    A California federal judge on Friday denied the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to dodge part of a lawsuit filed by health and environmental groups that are looking to force the EPA to tighten asbestos regulations.

  6. September 30, 2019

    Enviros Look To Keep EPA Asbestos Regs Suit Intact

    Environmentalists urged a California federal judge not to dismiss part of their lawsuit that aims to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to tighten asbestos regulations, while the EPA said a portion of the suit brought under the Administrative Procedure Act must fail.

  7. July 29, 2019

    EPA Looks To Trim Case Seeking Tighter Asbestos Standards

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday asked a California federal judge to dismiss part of a lawsuit filed by health and environmental groups that are looking to force the EPA to tighten asbestos regulations.