Industry Challengers Outline Broad Arguments Against RMP Update Rule

The industry coalition suing EPA over its controversial update to the risk management program (RMP) says it will ask a federal appellate court to scrap four aspects of the rule in particular -- those that mandate third-party audits, “safer technology” analyses, public transparency, and adoption of new “generally accepted” engineering practices. Petitioners in Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD), et al., v. EPA filed their statement of issues with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...