US court overturns plant safety rule delay
Appeal finds Trump’s postponement of the 2017 Chemical Disaster Rule was unlawful
A US federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to immediately implement a postponed chemical safety rule that would require industrial facilities to take action to prevent chemical disasters.
The 2017 Chemical Disaster Rule was introduced under President Obama in response to a 2013 explosion at the West Fertilizer plant in Texas that killed 15 people. However, under Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency delayed implementing the rule for 20 months.