Air Alliance Hous. v. U.S. Chem. & Safety Hazard Investigation Bd.

Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

This action seeks to compel a federal agency, Defendant U.S. Chemical and *121Safety Hazard Investigation Board ("CSB" or "the Board"), to promulgate regulations requiring persons to report accidental chemical releases to the CSB. The CSB does not deny that its enabling statute requires the agency to so act. See 42 U.S.C. § 7412(r)(6)(C)(iii). Instead, it advances two contentions to fend off Plaintiffs' suit. First, the CSB vigorously asserts that Plaintiffs lack standing to sue. Second, the CSB half-heartedly maintains that the agency's…