EPA offical proposes security bill compromise. (News).(Jim Makris, Environmental Protection Agency chief of chemical emergency preparedness and prevention, introduces compromise to senator Jon Corzine's bill)(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, February, 2002

A SENIOR Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official is proposing an alternative to controversial chemical security legislation that would move away from a strict command-and-control approach while still requiring that chemical plants evaluate ways to reduce the risk of a major toxic release.

The proposal is an effort to break a standoff over a bill sponsored by Sen. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) that would grant EPA broad new authority over the chemical industry in an effort to boost plant security. Jim Makris, chief of EPA's chemical emergency preparedness and prevention office, outlined a possible compromise at a recent meeting of the agency's Clean Air Act advisory panel. The legislation, which is strongly opposed by industry and supported by...

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