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BGA: Coalition Launches Video Urging Calls to White House for Chemical Plant Safety
As Deadline for Decisions Nears, Coalition Launches Video Urging Calls to the White House for Chemical Plant Safety
Video Commemorates West, Texas Chemical Disaster, Highlights President Obama’s Record on Chemical Facility Safety
October 22, 2013
Washington DC – The Coalition for Prevent Chemical Disasters launched a new YouTube video today which calls on Americans to contact the White House and demand robust chemical plant safety measures. On October 31, three federal agencies are required to take the first step to make chemical facilities safer by producing new policy recommendations for safeguarding chemical facilities for the President following an Executive Order he signed in August. These federal agencies—the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)—are the primary agencies tasked in the Executive Order with safeguarding our nation’s thousands of chemical facilities.