The Trump administration recently argued for killing part of EPA’s first-ever drinking water regulation for “forever chemicals” because the public was allegedly deprived an opportunity to comment.
But that justification comes on the heels of the administration using obscure maneuvers to delay other environmental regulations — without first soliciting public comments.
“It strikes me as entirely inconsistent with their behavior in other cases,” said Mark Squillace, a law professor at the University of Colorado. “Irony is the kind way to describe this.”
In a Sept. 11 filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Trump administration argued that the Biden administration made a procedural error when setting a landmark drinking water rule for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
