Fearing Litigation Delays, Industry Urges EPA To Finalize RMP Revisions

March 19, 2019
Groups representing major industries are urging EPA to quickly finalize its rollback of an Obama administration rule that strengthened the Risk Management Plan (RMP) facility accident prevention program, fearing expected litigation over the rollback could extend beyond some of the existing RMP rule’s compliance deadlines. But their effort faces resistance as environmentalists and public health groups are ramping up their calls for EPA to drop the planned rollback, citing the ongoing industrial fire at a Houston-area refinery. These proponents of...


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