Harris County (TX) sues EPA over chemical safety rules

[TexasBushwhacker]

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2020/02/21/361525/harris-county-sues-epa-over-chemical-safety-rules/

"The so-called “Chemical Disaster Rule” was put in place in part because of the 2013 West Texas fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people, and required companies to turn in independent audits, thoroughly investigate chemical accidents, and provide more information about those accidents. They also placed stricter requirements on the storage of chemicals, and required companies to share emergency planning information with local police and firefighters.

But the EPA revised the 2017 requirements after pushback from the chemical industry, stating that instead the focus should be on upping the performance of a few facilities. In a regulatory change summary the agency said that most companies adequately prevent accidental releases, and that the rules are no longer “reasonable or practicable.”

[elleng]

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