We call on you to fully implement, not undo, the 2024 Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention rule
Call on EPA to fully implement the 2024 Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention rule and not undo it.
Occurrences
Evidence
Barragán says EPA updated the Risk Management Program in 2024 with additional safeguards, including a community-notification requirement, and asks JCI to commit to the RMP regulations and improve facility safety.
EPA asked the D.C. Circuit to pause legal challenges while it undertakes a new rulemaking on the 2024 chemical safety rule, indicating the agency was not proceeding straight to full implementation.
Assessments
Barragán appears to have actively supported and pressed for the 2024 chemical accident prevention safeguards during her current term, including urging compliance with the updated Risk Management Program requirements. But the available evidence does not clearly show that she directly secured EPA’s full implementation or prevented the rule from being reconsidered. In fact, EPA later paused litigation and began a new rulemaking process, which cuts against the promise’s full outcome of implementing the rule and not undoing it. Because her contribution was real but largely advocacy-based, and the final agency outcome did not align with the promised result, this fits partial rather than full delivery.
Barragán actively pressed for EPA implementation of the 2024 chemical safety/RMP rule in 2025, but the available evidence shows EPA pausing the rule and moving to new rulemaking rather than fully implementing and preserving it. That means the promised outcome was not delivered, though she did make a serious advocacy effort.