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Houston Leads Opposition To EPA's RMP Rollback Amid Florence Floods


September 21, 2018 at 06:40 PM
As floodwaters from Hurricane Florence threaten industrial facilities in the Carolinas, the City of Houston, House Democrats, and former EPA staff are strongly opposing the Trump administration's rollback of an Obama-era rule strengthening EPA's facility accident prevention program, arguing it would make facilities more vulnerable to flooding.

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