A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s bid to remand EPA’s framework for reviewing existing chemicals but did agree to pause proceedings for 90 days.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s Wednesday order is a temporary win for the administration, which asked the court to ditch the embattled Biden-era framework rule while it drafts a new approach.
The split three-judge panel gave EPA until July 29 to figure out its next steps. Nancy Beck, the EPA chemicals office’s highest-ranking officer, had previously established a goal to propose a new draft rule by June 2025.
Senior Judge Harry Edwards, in an opinion dissenting from the decision to grant the abeyance, wrote, “There is no good reason for this court to further this delay.”
