As RMP Rollback Looms, GAO Raises Concerns Over Chemical Data Sharing

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging lawmakers to bolster chemical information sharing between facilities and communities even as EPA is proposing to scrap some of the provisions of the Obama-era final rule updating its facility accident prevention program that would bolster such sharing of facility data. During a June 12 roundtable hosted by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs examining the reauthorization of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, Sen...