OMB Begins Review Of Biden Administration’s Facility Safety Rule

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has begun formal interagency review of the Biden administration’s draft Risk Management Program (RMP) rule governing chemical facility safety, a measure that officials have said will strengthen a Trump-era version of the rule in part to account for climate and environmental justice (EJ) risks. OMB received the proposed RMP rule on “Accidental Release Prevention Requirements” April 27. OMB oversees interagency review of rules, which typically takes about 90 days, although it...