Environmentalists, Utilities Urge EPA To Craft Chemical Spill-Prevention Rule

Environmental groups and drinking water utilities are urging EPA to reconsider a Trump-era decision to forgo finalizing a Clean Water Act (CWA) spill-prevention rule for facilities with above-ground chemical tanks, saying that relying on the agency’s proposed worst-case spill response proposal is not protective enough. “The worst-case proposal has merit, but the prior rule making, if revised, would provide for more substantive source water protection benefits,” the American Water Works Association (AWWA), representing a variety of drinking water utilities, says...