The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational
Safety and Health Administration has announced a request for information
seeking public comment on potential revisions to its Process Safety Management
standard and related standards, as well as other policy options to prevent
major chemical incidents.
The RFI is in response to executive order
13650, which seeks to improve chemical facility safety and security, issued in
the wake of the April 2013 West, Texas, tragedy that killed 15 in an ammonium
nitrate explosion.
As stated in the Federal
Register notice, the public will have until March 10, 2014 to submit
written comments. Interested parties may submit comments at www.regulations.gov, the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Comments may also be submitted by mail or facsimile.
For more information, please see the news
release and visit the Improving Chemical
Facility Safety and Security Web page.
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