Group Seeks Stepped Up EPA Facility Safety Data After Court Expedites RMP

September 24, 2018
A public interest group is calling for stepped up enforcement of EPA administered industrial facility safety rules that require disclosure of facilities' data after a federal court expedited compliance with an Obama-era rule strengthening the agency's accident prevention program, even as the Trump administration seeks to roll the rule back. An industry attorney says that because of the Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule's staggered implementation deadlines, facilities will have to begin complying with some facility audit and emergency coordination provisions...


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