Final Rule on Worst-Case Scenario Includes Access Restrictions to Data.(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, August, 2000 by HESS, GLENN

Two GOVERNMENT agencies have issued a final rule that sharply limits public access to sensitive worst-case scenario data about potential accidents at chemical plants and other industrial facilities in the US. The regulation, published August 4 in the Federal Register, is similar to a proposed rule issued in April by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

However, the final version of the rule includes additional security features to further tighten control over access to the data, which stem from offsite consequence analysis. Worst-case scenarios are estimates of hypothetical chemical accidents developed by thousands of companies and submitted to EPA under the Clean Air Act. Each scenario is a detailed...

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