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The Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group will be co-chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Labor or their designated representatives.
The group is ordered to:
- Enhance Information Collection and Sharing
- Improve Operational Coordination with State, Local, and Tribal Partners
- Enhance Federal Coordination
- Enhance Information Collection and Sharing
- Modernize Policies, Regulations and Standards
- Identify Best Practices
Policy, Regulation and Standards efforts will:
- Develop options for improved chemical facility safety and security that identify improvements to existing risk management practices through agency programs,
- Engage key stakeholders to discuss the options and other means to improve chemical risk management that may be available
- Develop a plan for implementing practical and effective improvements to chemical risk management
- Read a fact sheet on the order here.
- Read the full order here.
- Browse Chemical Safety signs and labels here.
Hopefully this committee will be able to produce and enforce safety guidelines that can be implemented nationwide. Having standardized safety protocols is just another step to encourage companies across the US to create safe workplace cultures.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your thoughts on this. You make a great point - standards and workplace culture are the keys.
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