Congress: API suggests potential CRA vote on EPA safety rule

January 13, 2017
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is suggesting that EPA's recently finalized revised facility safety rule could be a target for lawmakers to undo through a Congressional Review Act (CRA) disapproval resolution, after various sectors have faulted the rule for imposing new hazard analysis and auditing requirements on certain facilities. EPA Jan. 13 published in the Federal Register its final rule overhauling its RMP program as part of a broad federal effort to implement President Obama's 2013 Executive Order on...


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