The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has initiated an investigation to determine whether the Arkema plant in Texas has complied with safety regulations following explosions at its site as a result of flooding following the hurricane Harvey. An EPA administrator advised the media that he had authorized a request for information from the Arkema Group under section 114 of the Air Quality Regulation to determine whether the group had complied with the waste management plan. established by the federal government.
"I issued a so-called 114 letter urging Arkema to provide us with information on their risk management plan, whether this plan was well followed and whether the teams were properly prepared," said Scott Pruitt in Washington examine. Arkema has 10 days to answer questions.
The EPA also wanted to know how much chemicals were stored in the plant and what measures were taken to protect them from flooding and loss of electricity. Asked by AFP, the Arkema group said a number of government agencies are currently investigating to explain precisely what happened at the Crosby site in late August.
"We are bringing our full cooperation to these investigations," said a spokesman. "We are working with the Chemical Safety Committee, for example, to make its final report public," he added, stressing that the findings of the investigations will be useful to all parties.