Legislation pending before Congress would take some of the sting out of a Clean Air Act provision requiring companies that store hazardous chemicals to submit risk management plans to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Companies had once feared that these plans — which include worst-case disaster scenarios — would be unconditionally available to the public, thereby exposing the companies to potential terrorism. It now seems likely that Congress will pass restrictions on who has access to the information.

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