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Business groups ask House panel to modify chemical plant bill

10/05/2009
By Nick Snow
Twenty-seven business associations, including seven from the oil and gas industry, expressed concern to leaders of a US House committee on Sept. 28 about three provisions in a bill aimed at protecting chemical plants from terrorism.The group urged Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) and ranking minority member Joe Barton (R-Tex.) to delete provisions dealing with federal preemption of state and local regulations, citizen lawsuits, and inherently safer technologies (ISTs) from HR 2868.Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) introduced the bill, formally called the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009, on June 15. The Energy and Commerce Committee's Energy and Environment Committee has sc...
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