Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9675117 | Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The United States' approach to incident prevention and response to hazardous chemical facilities has undergone two major transformations in the last 20 years. The first was triggered by the Bhopal tragedy in 1984, which led to major changes within the US chemical industry and a series of Federal laws and regulations intended to prevent major chemical accidents. A more recent transformation is currently underway in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington. It involves the advent of various security-related requirements affecting many of the same facilities covered under the existing accident prevention rules. This paper provides an overview of these transformations and their impacts.
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Authors
James C. Belke, Deborah Y. Dietrich,