AMAZING GRACE RUMBLES ON, AND ON, AND....
W.R. Grace is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review pretrial rulings in the government’s case charging the company with trying to hide health risks associated with its vermiculite mine in Libby.
The basis of the argument is that, when the company operated the mine, minerals that made up the asbestos found there — winchite and richterite — weren’t regulated by the federal government. Therefore, says Grace, they can't be prosecuted for allowing these minerals to escape under the Clean Air Act.
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy of Missoula agreed with Grace but was overturned by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Grace is now asking the Supreme Court to reverse the appeals court’s decision.
When will it ever end?