Trump's EPA scales back safety rules adopted after deadly chemical explosion

[Jason]

Standards were adopted in 2017 after an explosion in West, Tex., killed 15.

 

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In a statement, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said the revised “Risk Management Program” rule addresses concerns raised by security experts, who feared that releasing the location of the country’s chemical stores could provide a road map for terrorists, as well as others. Wheeler’s predecessor at the EPA, Scott Pruitt, suspended the Obama rule in his first month on the job after chemical companies and refiners complained that the 2017 guidance imposed too much of a burden on them.