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Chemical Producers Defend Process Safety As EPA Readies RMP Rule

June 20, 2016 at 4:56 PM
As EPA prepares to issue a final rule strengthening its facility accident prevention program, producers of small-batch chemicals are defending the safety of their operations in a bid to resist EPA and OSHA suggestions that production of their products is less safe than manufacture of chemicals in large batch continuous processing. The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) met with senior EPA officials May 19 to argue their members' processes and procedures are safe, specifically noting they include process...

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