Seven Senators Voice Opposition to Adding Ammonium Nitrate to Risk Management List

摘要

Seven senators are opposed to a recommendation that ammonium nitrate be added to the list of chemicals for which companies would have to develop risk management plans. Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) sent a letter March 31 to the Inter-agency Working Group on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security. The working group is considering recommending that the Environmental Protection Agency add ammonium nitrate to its list of chemicals for which companies must prepare risk management plans. Such plans are required under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, which authorized the EPA's Risk Management Program (RMP) to require plans to prevention and mitigate accidental releases of listed toxic and flammable substances.