Overlaps Involving OSHA, Psm, Epa and Risk Management Plans

BURBANK - OSHA and EPA are developing procedures for joint investigations of chemical accidents; the EPA is involved now with the fatal January 21 explosion at Tosco's Avon refinery near Martinez, CA. Cal-OSHA is uncomfortable about this because it has a six month time limit but EPA investigations have no time constraint. At the federal level, OSHA and EPA are developing a comprehensive strategy for coordinated enforcement of the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard and EPA's Risk Management Pro