EPA Plans to Rescind Safety Rules Prompted by Fatal Texas Plant Blast May 22, 2018 By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt moved Thursday to rescind much of a package of safety measures proposed for chemical...
Terrorism Concerns Results in Chemical Storage Rule Delay March 16, 2017 By MATTHEW DALY The Trump administration is delaying a new rule tightening safety requirements for companies that store large quantities of dangerous chemicals....
Some in West Seething Over Slow Aid Distribution January 8, 2014 Frustration is building in the Texas town where an April fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people, injured hundreds more and...
Safety Rules Limited for Small Fertilizer Plants April 22, 2013 By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and JACK GILLUM There were no sprinklers. No firewalls. No water deluge systems. Safety inspections were rare at the fertilizer company in West,...