GAO Calls for Expanded Federal Oversight of Ammonium Nitrate Facilities
OSHA and EPA should consider revising their regulations to address ammonium nitrate, and OSHA should step up its efforts to educate the fertilizer industry about existing standards that apply to ammonium nitrate, a government watchdog agency says in a new report.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office asserts that the deadly April 2013 fertilizer explosion in West, Texas, highlights the fact that “OSHA and EPA provide limited oversight of facilities that have ammonium nitrate.”
