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Houston seeks to tighten hazmat rules, including storage loophole cited in Watson explosion

Houston seeks to tighten hazmat rules, including storage loophole cited in Watson explosion
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A warehouse at Watson Grinding & Manufacturing stands damaged in January, just a few hundred feet from a subdivision in Westbranch were many homes were destroyed.Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
City Council this week is set to consider changes to how Houston oversees the storage and use of hazardous materials, the first step of a broader effort to tighten restrictions after the January explosion of the Watson Grinding & Manufacturing plant that killed three people and damaged hundreds of Spring Branch-area homes.
The first batch of changes are on the council’s Wednesday agenda. If approved, they would make adjustments to the city’s “hazardous enterprise” ordinance, called Chapter 28, which dictates the permitting process for nearly 200 Houston businesses and lays out inspection requirements and other rules. ....

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Environmental Economists Question EPA's Justification for Changes to Clean Water Act | Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Action by the EPA this year has undone protections for wetlands and streams in the United States,
according to a new report from environmental economists. Photo: Graphic Stock
The Trump administration’s decision to remove federal Clean Water Act protections from millions of acres of wetlands and millions of miles of streams is based on dubious methodology and flawed logic, according to a new report by environmental economists from leading research institutions across the United States.
Bonnie Keeler, an assistant professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, is one of the authors. She and her co-authors were supported by the External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (E-EEAC), an independent organization providing economic advice to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The E-EEAC was established after the EPA dissolved its own Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) in 2018. ....

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