EPA Faces New Battle Over RMP As Industry Targets Meeting Requirement

Complicating Trump EPA plans to rollback Obama-era facility safety rules, industry lawyers are warning that the agency faces constitutional challenges over its plan to retain provisions that require companies to hold a public meeting to disclose data on an incident, saying the mandate helps potential plaintiffs and seeks to regulate by “shaming.” “A regulatory agency has never before adopted a regulation compelling the owner/operator of a regulated facility to hold a public meeting where its representatives must present information about...