Sen. Boxer Urges EPA To Tighten Facility Safety Rule By Requiring IST

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is urging EPA to tighten its proposed rule overhauling the agency's industrial facility accident prevention program by requiring that certain facilities use inherently safer technologies (IST) such as alternative chemicals or process changes, arguing that the rule as drafted fails to adequately improve safety. Although Boxer is urging EPA to put forward a stricter version of its proposed rule, agency officials have suggested that is not likely. EPA is seeking to issue by year-end a final...