Industry Continues Hill Push To Renew Lapsed Chemical Safety Program

Chemical industry groups are continuing their long-running effort to have Congress renew a lapsed chemical safety program, citing in part concerns over worker safety and security gaps that undermine the industry’s operational integrity and ability to remain secure from the threat of terror attacks. At issue is the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS) program, which expired two years ago. Eric Byer, president and CEO of the Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD), told Inside OSHA...