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Key industries including some that the White House is backing through other policies are lobbying to water down the first major new rules in a generation on chemicals that pose risks to humans.
On Jan. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a Final Rule in the Federal Register adding 1-bromopropane (“1-BP”) to the list of hazardous air pollutants.
On January 5, EPA added 1-bromopropane (1-BP), which is also called n-propyl bromide, to the list of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) under the federal Clean Air Act. 1-BP is used as a substitute for other HAPs in dry cleaning and other industries. This marks the first addition to the list since it was established as part of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.