EPA announced Friday afternoon it would reconsider the Biden-era rule on a dangerous chemical used to make refrigerants.
The agency said it will rethink the workplace exposure limit imposed by the final risk-management rule for carbon tetrachloride, a heat-absorbing solvent prized by industry groups as a more eco-friendly alternative to hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs.
The agency expects to propose a new rule in seven to 10 months, “to ensure that the rule is implementable to protect workers consistent with statutory requirements,” said Nancy Beck, the highest official in EPA’s chemicals office, in a document filed Friday in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is overseeing consolidated legal challenges over the rule.
Whether EPA can move forward with the reconsideration process for CTC is still subject to approval from the court.
