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Mayor of West, where blast killed 15, laments Trump EPA's weakening of Obama-era chemical storage
Mayor of West, where blast killed 15, laments Trump EPA’s weakening of Obama-era chemical storage standardsWhen new regulations were enacted after a deadly fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people in a Texas town south of Dallas, West Mayor Tommy Muska hadn’t even had the chance to read the rules before they were obsolete.
A week after the Obama-era rules regulating how companies store dangerous chemicals were put in place, the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump put them on hold in January 2017.
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency fulfilled one of Trump’s oft-stated promises to roll back regulations adopted by the Obama administration by officially rescinding those standards — prompted by the April 2013 blast that tore through West Fertilizer Co., injuring more than 300 people.
Muska was in his first term as mayor when the explosion rocked West on April 17, 2013. More than 2,400 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the plant ignited in the blast.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2019/11/21/mayor-in-texas-town-where-blast-killed-15-laments-trump-epas-weakening-of-obama-era-chemical-storage-standards/