The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule that would rescind planned changes to its Risk Management Program adopted in the wake of the West, Texas, fertilizer disaster that killed 15 people.
On Thursday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed the proposed rule, which would rescind several amendments proposed by the Obama administration in January 2017, including requirements for third-party audits and incident investigations at chemical facilities regulated by the agency. Mr. Pruitt had opposed the rule in his position as attorney general in Oklahoma prior to being named the head of the EPA.
The EPA is also planning to modify planned amendments relating to local emergency coordination, emergency…
