{"id":2600754,"date":"2026-05-09T11:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catfish-farmers-undertakers-miners-celebrate-major-trump-admin-epa-deregulation\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T11:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:51:25","slug":"catfish-farmers-undertakers-miners-celebrate-major-trump-admin-epa-deregulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catfish-farmers-undertakers-miners-celebrate-major-trump-admin-epa-deregulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Catfish Farmers, Undertakers, Miners Celebrate Major Trump Admin EPA Deregulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatfish-farmers-undertakers-miners-celebrate-major-trump-admin-epa-deregulation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2600754&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ended its 40-year-old Integrated Risk Facts System (IRIS) method for classifying hazardous chemicals. The EPA Deputy Administrator, David Fatouhi, issued a memo on April 27 ending the 1985 IRIS approach, arguing that centralizing hazard-and-dose judgments in one program makes it hard to produce \u201cfit-for-purpose\u201d risk assessments tailored to different legal and regulatory needs.<\/p>\n<p>It notes that IRIS toxicity values have been widely used to set standards for issues such as \u201cclimate superfund\u201d cleanups, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hostage-to-extreme-policies-youngkin-looks-to-repeal-virginia-ev-mandate-dictated-by-california-bureaucrats\/\" title=\"Youngkin seeks to overturn Virginia&#039;s EV mandate imposed by California bureaucrats, claiming it holds the state hostage to extreme policies.\">air quality rules<\/a>, and chemical risk evaluations. Industry groups-including catfish farmers, funeral home operators, and mining groups-criticize IRIS for producing overly conservative or unrealistic toxicity levels that can be lower then natural background exposures, potentially driving regulatory thresholds and compliance costs down without improving public health.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ladies-its-your-duty-to-resist-anti-ice-blackmail-on-instagram\/\" title=\"Ladies, It&#039;s Your Duty To Resist Anti-ICE Blackmail On Instagram\">piece cites examples<\/a> of chemicals like ethylene oxide, formaldehyde, and hexavalent chromium, saying some IRIS estimates are disputed for being far from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-state-bans-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors-lead-supreme-courts-next-term-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Red state bans on transgender procedures for minors lead Supreme Court\u2019s next term - Washington Examiner\">naturally occurring levels<\/a>. In response, the EPA plans to shift responsibility to individual EPA program offices rather than relying on IRIS for broad hazard classifications.<\/p>\n<p>Industry reaction is presented as generally supportive of Fatouhi\u2019s change, and it points to ongoing calls to fully disband IRIS. It also describes proposed federal legislation-such as the \u201cNo IRIS Act\u201d-aimed at changing how the EPA bases chemical regulations, with lawmakers arguing that impractical IRIS-based standards harm small businesses and discourage investment and manufacturing in the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Catfish farmers, funeral home operators and miners \u2014 among a host of other industry groups \u2014 convinced the Environmental Protection Agency to kill its forty-year-old chemical regulation system.<\/p>\n<p>EPA Deputy Administrator David Fatouhi issued a memo on April 27 ending the 1985 Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) method of classifying hazardous chemicals. Numerous stakeholders have criticized IRIS for dramatically overestimating the toxicity for certain industry-specific compounds to many business\u2019 detriment.<\/p>\n<p>IRIS was implemented via administrative action and has never been approved by Congress. IRIS toxicological assessments are far-reaching enough that over 80 disparate industry groups signed on to an American Chemistry Council (ACC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25871801-acc-jan-2025-letter-to-epa-re-iris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open letter<\/a> to EPA Secretary Lee Zeldin in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>IRIS-generated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/iris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toxicity values<\/a> include carcinogen estimations and daily pollutant exposure considered safe for human life. EPA program offices nationwide have used these metrics to establish climate superfund cleanup standards, air quality rules, and inform chemical risk evaluations under the Toxic Controlled Substances Act. Climate superfunds are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/environmental-law-review\/blog\/the-pending-fate-of-climate-superfund-statutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state legislative initiatives<\/a> that force fossil fuels companies to pay damages for supposed climate change harms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the IRIS program was designed originally to promote consistency, the development of a risk assessment often includes science policy judgments \u2013 many of which are informed by statutory and regulatory authority and objectives,\u201d Fatouhi\u2019s memo reads. \u201cOver the years, it has become more clear that having a single program within one office at EPA make these judgments for all hazard and dose-response assessments for all of EPA is not optimal for developing fit-for-purpose risk assessments tailored to meet specific legal, statutory, and regulatory obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Administrator\u2019s letter also notes that \u201cthe IRIS toxicity value for ethylene oxide (EtO), a chemical critical for medical equipment sterilization, has been criticized because it was at least 10,000 times lower than levels naturally occurring in the human body.\u201d<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rather than using IRIS to issue hazard classifications for virtually every chemical, the EPA will devolve this responsibility to particular program offices. EPA program offices are specialized departments that exist to implement particular laws like the Atomic Energy Act and Clean Air Act.<\/p>\n<p>Industry stakeholders responded positively to Fatouhi\u2019s memo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormaldehyde is a critical chemical used by funeral directors across America. Funeral directors are taught in mortuary school how to safely use formaldehyde,\u201d National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Senior Vice President Lesley Witter told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cOur members have been concerned about access to this critical tool due to regulations based on a flawed IRIS value for formaldehyde. We\u2019re happy to see EPA moving away relying on unrealistic IRIS assessments and relying on high-quality Gold Standard science moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NFDA was one of the signatories of the ACC\u2019s January letter, along with groups such as the Catfish Farmers of America and the National Mining Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEPA\u2019s IRIS formaldehyde assessment set toxicity level below the amount of formaldehyde produced by human breath,\u201d added a chemical industry source granted anonymity to discuss sensitive policy matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past, IRIS risk assessments have applied overly conservative approaches that have driven regulatory standards arbitrarily lower \u2014 sometimes even below background levels \u2014 while offering little to no benefits,\u201d an NMA spokesperson agreed. \u201cWe applaud the EPA\u2019s revised approach through its newly formed Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >conduct fact-based assessments moving forward<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Society of Chemical Manufacturers &#038; Affiliates (SOCMA) also supports Fatouhi\u2019s rescission of IRIS. \u201cSOCMA has previously raised concerns about the EPA\u2019s IRIS Program, particularly regarding transparency and the use of the best available science, and continues to support risk assessment approaches that are scientifically robust and predictable.\u201d SOCMA is the only U.S. industry association representing boutique and specialty chemical manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToxicity values in IRIS\u2019 hexavalent chromium assessment would result in drinking water standards lower than average background levels of naturally occurring chromium in groundwater,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-warning-americans-should-brace-for-a-brutal-summer-vacation\/\" title=\"Bipartisan Warning: Americans Should Brace for a Brutal Summer Vacation\">industry official told<\/a> the DCNF. The official noted that the IRIS standards \u201cwould have imposed massive costs on water systems nationwide\u201d with no measurable improvement in public health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the move\u2019s warm reception among the private sector, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanchemistry.com\/chemistry-in-america\/news-trends\/press-release\/2025\/acc-applauds-the-introduction-of-the-no-iris-act#:~:text=ACC%20has%20long%20advocated%20for,competitiveness%20of%20American%20chemical%20manufacturers.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACC<\/a> Vice President of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Dr. Kimberly Wise White told the DCNF there was more to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cACC has highlighted concerns about EPA\u2019s IRIS\u00a0program, which has lacked scientific rigor and remains on the GAO\u2019s High-Risk List for programs\u00a0that are\u00a0vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement,\u201d White said. \u201cWe have called for the disbandment of the IRIS program, the return of responsibilities to program offices, and also support legislation in Congress, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanchemistry.com\/chemistry-in-america\/news-trends\/press-release\/2025\/acc-applauds-the-introduction-of-the-no-iris-act#:~:text=ACC%20has%20long%20advocated%20for,competitiveness%20of%20American%20chemical%20manufacturers.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No IRIS Act<\/a> that would help ensure regulations are based on high-quality science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/member\/john-kennedy\/K000393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">introduced<\/a> the No Industrial Restrictions in Secret (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/1415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No IRIS<\/a>) Act in February 2025. Grothman is attempting to codify the Trump EPA\u2019s statutory revisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn too many cases, IRIS assessments pushed impractical toxicity standards and emissions thresholds far below naturally occurring ambient levels. That\u2019s a direct hit on small businesses who don\u2019t have the resources to chase ever-changing or unattainable standards,\u201d the lawmaker told the DCNF. \u201cWhen you set targets that are effectively impossible to meet, you don\u2019t get better outcomes; you get stalled projects, fewer jobs, less innovation, and manufacturing outsourced to countries whose scientific standards are already more lax than the United States. That\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ve seen, particularly for manufacturers and small operators trying to stay competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy introduced the No IRIS Act to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/623\">Senate<\/a> alongside Grothman. It has been referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m encouraged to see the EPA taking steps to address these issues and moving toward a more transparent, accountable process grounded in sound science. 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