Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Auchter

ELR Citation: ELR 20877
No(s). 83-1071 (D.C. Cir. Mar 15, 1983)

The D.C. Circuit reverses a district court ruling requiring the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to promulgate emergency ethylene oxide (EtO) exposure standards, but orders OSHA to expedite its EtO rulemaking. The court notes that although the Secretary of Labor has a duty to iss...