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EPA Proposes Further 20-Month Delay For Obama-Era Facility Safety Rule


March 31, 2017 at 06:07 PM
EPA is proposing to delay by an additional 20 months -- from June 19 to Feb. 19, 2019 -- the effective date of the Obama administration's final rule overhauling the agency's industrial facility accident prevention program, citing the need for more time to weigh potential revisions to the rule in response to requests from industry and some states.

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