U.S. Chamber Asks To Intervene In Silica Suit, Citing 'A Billion' In Costs

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is seeking to intervene in support of a brick industry lawsuit challenging OSHA's recently-issued final rule overhauling its silica standards, arguing that the regulation will impose more than $1 billion in compliance costs each year and affect dozens of industries. In a June 10 motion to intervene in the Brick Industry Association's (BIA) lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and similar groups representing...