EPA’s Methylene Chloride Ban Is Vacated — Is the Chemical Legal Again? — East Fork Enterprises, Inc. v. EPA, No. 24-60227
Methylene chloride’s ban just got more complicated. On September 15, 2026, the Fifth Circuit didn’t just pause EPA’s 2024 rule — it granted the industry petitioners’ request for review, vacated the rule and its risk determination, and sent the whole thing back to EPA. If you searched this because you heard “the ban was overturned,”…
