United States Ninth Circuit

Granting a petition for writ of mandamus by a group of environmental organizations seeking to compel the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act upon a rulemaking petition it granted years ago concerning dust-lead and lead-paint standards and holding that the EPA was under a duty stemming from the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Residential Lead-Based Pain Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to update their standards and therefore ordering the issuance and promulgation of a new rule.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/12/27

Judges

• SCHROEDER

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

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