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Friday, February 23, 2007
VPP Star Sites Are A Terrorism Concern?
An article in the Gloucester County Times (New Jersey) expresses a concern that because VPP STAR facilities are not regularly inspected by OSHA, they represent a terrorism danger. The article opens by stating:
"Thirteen chemical plants in New Jersey with the potential to create a disaster affecting a minimum 15,000 people living nearby including plants in both Gloucester and Salem counties have not had on-site inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a coalition of labor and environmental organizations urging stronger oversight by the agency."
Most of the facilities are refineries or chemical plants. Later in the article the Chemistry Council of New Jersey responsed to the above statement by saying:
"The Chemistry Council of New Jersey, representing 80 companies in the chemical and refining field, contends that a number of the companies have undergone a rigorous process to receive Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) status a process that allows internal inspections by the company with the results submitted to OSHA, the reason on-site inspections have not been conducted. "
What do you think? Should facilities that have achieved VPP STAR status continue to be inspected by OSHA as a terrorism prevention measure?
"Thirteen chemical plants in New Jersey with the potential to create a disaster affecting a minimum 15,000 people living nearby including plants in both Gloucester and Salem counties have not had on-site inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a coalition of labor and environmental organizations urging stronger oversight by the agency."
Most of the facilities are refineries or chemical plants. Later in the article the Chemistry Council of New Jersey responsed to the above statement by saying:
"The Chemistry Council of New Jersey, representing 80 companies in the chemical and refining field, contends that a number of the companies have undergone a rigorous process to receive Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) status a process that allows internal inspections by the company with the results submitted to OSHA, the reason on-site inspections have not been conducted. "
What do you think? Should facilities that have achieved VPP STAR status continue to be inspected by OSHA as a terrorism prevention measure?
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