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Ninth Circuit Orders EPA to Update Standards for Lead-Based Paint and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must propose an update of its lead-based paint and dust hazard standards by March 27, 2018, according to a court order. The current standards were ... read more

Ninth Circuit Orders EPA to Update Lead-Hazard Rules

A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to update its hazard standards for lead paint and lead dust in homes, saying the agency's foot-dragging ... read more

Judge Orders the EPA Back to the Drawing Board Over Lead Standards

"The United States Environmental Protection Agency is not charged by Congress to set lead-dust hazard standards to eliminate any adverse human health effects. Instead, Congress charged EPA to consider ... read more

Court orders EPA to fix outdated lead hazard standards

A federal appeals court this week ordered the EPA to update its antiquated rules on lead hazards within the next 15 months — a move with potential local implications as ... read more

Appeals court orders EPA to act quickly to toughen lead paint standards ...

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, based ... the Environmental Protection Agency to act within 90 days to revise standards intended to protect children from lead paint, ... read more

Court Orders EPA To Revise Lead Paint Hazard Rules In 15 Months

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Wednesday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revise its standards on lead paint hazards to protect children within one year and three months. read more

EPA Imposes More Stringent Lead Paint Dust Requirements

The panel held that EPA was under a duty under TSCA and the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to update LBP and dust-lead hazard standards. In response, EPA finalized a rule in 2019 ... read more

For the Second Time in Four Years, the Ninth Circuit Has Ordered the ...

Congress established the initial definition for lead-based paint, and gave the EPA 18 months to set the first hazard standard for lead in dust. But the agency didn’t get around to doing so until ... read more

Court orders EPA to improve childrens lead protection. - Common Dreams

Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider its 2019 hazard standard for lead in dust from deteriorating lead paint, which would tolerate ... read more

Court orders EPA to take quick action on lead paint - The Hill

A federal appeals court is ordering the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action within 90 days to revise standards meant to protect children from lead-based paint.The San Francisco-bas… ... read more

Appeals Court Orders EPA to Update Lead Paint Rules, Quickly

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to revise its nearly 17-year-old standard for dangerous levels of lead in paint and dust within one ... read more

EPA finalizes tougher standards for lead paint dust - UPI.com

Lead dust can be created when lead paint crumbles or is disturbed. The EPA estimated that the rule will reduce lead exposure for up to 1.2 million people every year, including up to 326,000 ... read more