safer technology and altenratives analysis

The United States Environmental Protection Agency in Washington DC. (Photo by: Loop Images/UIG via Getty Images)

On March 14, 2016, Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed changes to the RMP Rule . On December 21, 2016, the EPA disclosed its changes via a Pre-Publication Copy.

In the proposed rule, the EPA essentially agreed that the scope and trigger for post incident investigation was not universally understood or applied. The final rule