EPA has been sued over an order that requires companies to submit data or pay for tests on a particular “forever chemical” of concern.
The Fluorotelomer Consortium filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday over the agency’s test order on 6:2 fluorotelomer acrylate, a member of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, family that researchers have singled out as distinctly risky.
EPA in October issued orders on 6:2 FTAc to five companies: Innovative Chemical Technologies, Daikin America, Sumitomo Corp. of Americas, and the historic DuPont company and its spinoff, Chemours.
The petition — filed by attorneys with Bergeson & Campbell, a Washington-based law firm specializing in chemical regulations — does not mention any companies included in the consortium nor does it lay out specific complaints.
