Federal working group issues chemical safety options; ARA, ACC voice concerns about potential new regs

摘要

The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) said on Jan. 7 that it is concerned about "potentially burdensome new regulations" under consideration by a working group of federal agencies tasked with improving chemical safety and security in the wake of the April 17, 2013, ammonium nitrate (AN) explosion in West, Texas. In response to an executive order issued by President Obama last August (GM Aug. 5, 2013), the working group on Jan. 3 issued a series of policy options and regulatory changes that it is considering, and asked stakeholders to submit comments on the proposed changes by March 31, 2014.