"A federal appeals court has ordered EPA to begin enforcing an Obama-era chemical plant safety standard that was stalled by the Trump administration.
Issued just before President Obama left office, the so-called Chemical Disaster Rule aimed to protect emergency responders from chemical exposure, prevent accidents at plants and help facility operators learn from accidents that do occur.
The one-page order to reinstate the rule was issued late Friday by Democratic-appointed Judges Judith Rogers and Robert Wilkins of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, also heard the case but didn't participate in Friday's decision."
Source: Greenwire, 09/25/2018
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