EPA delays chemical storage rule amid terrorism fear
Story Date: 3/15/2017

 

Source: Matthew Daly, WRAL, 314/17

 The Trump administration is delaying a new rule tightening safety requirements for companies that store large quantities of dangerous chemicals. The rule was imposed after a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, exploded in 2013, killing 15 people. 
Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, delayed the effective date of the Obama-era rule until June.

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