State AGs Fight Rollback of Chemical Safety Rules

Twelve state attorneys general have called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to abandon a proposal to roll back regulations that protect first responders and other workers from chemical accidents. Amendments made in 2017 to EPA’s Risk Management Program regulations added safeguards against explosions, fires, poisonous gas releases, and other accidents at facilities that store and use toxic chemicals, according to a news release from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. The 12 attorneys general submitted comments on the EPA’s proposed rule to rescind key prov...