March 18, 2019, firefighters battle a petrochemical fire at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, Texas. A federal agency says the company that owns the Houston-area petrochemical storage facility that burned for days in March didn’t have an alert system in place to warn of releases from its tanks. Photo: David J. Phillip/AP
The changing climate is strengthening coastal storms and inland flooding, possibly endangering many chemical and oil storage facilities, chemical manufacturing operations and waste disposal sites that were not built for such extreme weather. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), “Over 11,000 facilities across the nation make, use, or store extremely hazardous chemicals in amounts that could harm people, the environment or property if accidentally released.”
This column discusses the chief U.S. laws that may protect against these hazards.
Clean Air Act
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