Abstract
Risk management from some 50,000 companies that make or use large quantities of toxic or flammable chemicals are due to be filed with the Environmental Protection Agency by today, June 21. The plans must outline how companies plan to respond to an accident, how they have prepared for such emergencies, their accident histories, and how great an impact a bad plant accident would have on the surrounding area. EPA staff estimate that about 2,000 plans had been received as of late last week and say they will soon be posted on the Internet. All the plans will be available on EPA's Envirofacts web site (http:// www.epa.gov/enviro) sometime this fall. However, public availability of the accident impact information—particularly worst-case scenarios—has created quite a fight among members of Congress, community groups, states, the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA), and others, one that is expected to continue. The fight has centered on public access to the worst-case scenarios ...
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