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Court orders EPA to reinstate chemical safety rule

On September 24, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to immediately implement the 2017 Risk Management Program (RMP) rule instituted under the Obama Administration, which aims to improve emergency response planning in and around facilities that use hazardous chemicals.

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    Environment, Energy & Land Use Steering Committee

    Responsible for all matters pertaining to air, water, energy, and land use, including water resources/management, stormwater, pesticides, air quality standards, solid, hazardous, and nuclear waste handling, transport, and disposal, national energy policy, renewable/alternative energy, alternative fuel vehicles, energy facility siting, electricit
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    Resilient Counties Initiative

    Hurricanes, wildfires, economic collapse, and other disasters can be natural or man-made, acute or long-term, foreseeable or unpredictable. Preparation for and recovery from such events requires both long-term planning and immediate action
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    Associate Legislative Director – Environment, Energy & Land Use