Industry groups urge Obama to improve existing security regs, not add new ones; West trial dates pushed back

摘要

The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) and the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) added their names to an April 28 letter to President Obama, urging the administration to take specific actions with regard to improving chemical facility safety and security. The letter references Executive Order (EO) 13650, which was issued by the president last summer (GM Aug. 5,2013). The EO established an interagency working group to conduct listening sessions, solicit input from stakeholders, and make recommendations to improve chemical facility safety in the wake of the April 17, 2013, fire and ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas.