Boxer Gives EPA Ultimatium on Chemical Safety After Blast
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A Senate committee chairman demanded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency act within two weeks to adopt a decade-old safety recommendation tied to the explosive agents blamed for a fatal Texas fertilizer blast.
Senator Barbara Boxer, in a clash today with the EPA official overseeing the safety of chemical plants, said she would demand the agency adopt the 2002 proposal issued by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board and respond to her within two weeks.