Life in Good ol DEREGULATED Texas

Sailor said:
We are not taking about California here PackD. This is about Texas. And they have showed this entire country they do not need anything from anyone. They help themselves, they help their neighbors, they help complete strangers, they do not sit whining about someone coming to rescue them and hold their hand. They just take care of business. You should learn something from that asshole.
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So FEMA and the USCG are part of Texas now?
 
ZappasGuitar said:
Oh of course that guy is a bigot and of course he's a Trump supporter.

This is just another childish "gotcha" game from Yurt/YoYo/racist Nazi.

No matter which name he hides behind, the childish "gotcha" games are always the same.
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prove it zappacrite

or admit u have no proof
 
ZappasGuitar said:
I bet the people of West, Texas wished they'd had a bit more Government oversight/EPA regulation of the plant that exploded and blew half their town off the map.
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i see "i bet" and no actual facts zappacrite

post some quotes from people of west, texazz saying they wish they'd had a bit more Government oversight/EPA regulation of the plant that exploded

btw zappacrite that tragic explosion happened under OBAMA
 
Rune said:
So FEMA and the USCG are part of Texas now?
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They were helping each other in Texas long before any government agency showed up to help them. Not too sure why you would find fault with that. I think it is outstanding.
 
Sailor said:
They were helping each other in Texas long before any government agency showed up to help them. Not too sure why you would find fault with that. I think it is outstanding.
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I find fault with your logic...they are getting lots of help from all over the country
 
Mott the Hoople said:
There's a certain amount of BS in the reporters article. I have a pretty good understanding of both Federal EPA and TCEQ State requirements.

Now TCEQ is hardly the libertarian do nothing ideal as is being reported.

First Chemical facilities in Texas must release annual Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) under the Federal Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know Act (EPCRA). EPCRA also has as annual Tier II chemical reporting requirements for industries that use or store specific categories of hazardous materials. Tier II reporting is normally done via State agencies (TCEQ in Texas). In this case Texas has more stringent Tier II reporting requirements than the US EPA Federal requirements.

In addition to these facts EPCRA requires not only annual reporting of chemical inventories but under SARA Title III of the Act it requires that all facilities with chemical inventories maintain a Safety Data Sheet which details the hazardous properties of chemicals and chemical products. Those must be maintained for all chemicals used or in inventory and employees trained in their use.

The you should understand that under EPCRA any facility with a chemical inventories above threshold reporting quantities is required to report those chemicals to local Emergency Response organizations and first responders (normally fire department and local governments) and they are required to have a written emergency response plans with specific requirements that is to be shared and coordinated with local emergency response organizations.

Now anyone who manages a facility a facility in Texas can tell you that if your facility is audited by either EPA or TCEQ the first things their going to want to see are your waste management records, personnel training records and your emergency planning records and God help you if your records are not in in compliance.

Now a couple of other points, now Texas has a well earned reputation for deregulation that, at times like this, bite them in the ass. Those are normally associated with permitting. Having said that I have worked with all States that have Environmental agencies and this may come as a shock to some of my left leaning friends but only California, in my experience, is more strict and difficult to comply with from an environmental compliance standpoint than Texas.

Another point in regards to the ad hom attack on the company CEO. I would have done the same thing he did. During an emergency situation if you don't know what all the facts are when it comes to the media keep your mouth shut. you'll inevitably do more harm than good. The question was a bogus question anyway as the companies inventories of hazardous materials are already public knowledge and have been communicated to local emergency responders and if they have not that CEO is heading to prison. Not to mention that it's highly unlikely that he or anyone working at that plant has memorized their entire chemical inventories. So he did the right thing in not answering the reporters question.
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It sounds like what Mutt is saying is that we have yet another bogus uninformed thread started by the dumb fuck Zipperhead. Always funny when a lib fists a lib
 
As I suspected. When faced with conflicting information from an obviously more informed source just digs in instead of admitting he was duped by the lame stream media. My guess is Xipperhead will now say "I live in Texas. I know." This is why Zipperhead deserves to die in a dumpster fire


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ZappasGuitar said:
I see a whole lot of "could be's" and "could have's" and "may conflict's".

What I don't see are any actual facts.

Remember the plant that exploded in West, Texas?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...plant-explosion-was-criminal-act-feds-n572231

I bet the people of West, Texas wished they'd had a bit more Government oversight/EPA regulation of the plant that exploded and blew half their town off the map.
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Oh certainly. I'm all for regulation when and where needed. Excluding fertilizer companies from hazardous materials regs wasn't one of their better ideas to say the least.

I am though all for being far minded and considering all facts.
 
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