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Obama Advisors Eye Liability Insurance To Force Chemical Switching

机译:奥巴马顾问眼睛责任保险以强制化学转换

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Advisors close to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team are recommending Congress pass a law requiring facilities with large quantities of noxious chemicals to purchase terrorist liability insurance, a novel tactic aimed at using market forces to encourage facilities to switch to inherently "safer" chemicals. The Center for American Progress (CAP) in a Nov. 19 report outlined its policy goals for broad chemical security legislation in the 11 lth Congress. Obama has vowed to pursue strict security legislation next year, and Democrats and activists say that expanded Democratic majorities in Congress could help ensure a strict bill that includes wish list items, such as mandates for companies to switch to inherently safer technologies (IST). CAP, which has close ties to the Obama transition, is laying out its recommendations for legislation that would create a permanent chemical security program to replace controversial existing interim Department of Homeland Security rules that are set to expire in October 2009.
机译:与当选总统巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)的过渡小组关系密切的顾问们建议国会通过一项法律,要求拥有大量有毒化学物质的设施购买恐怖主义责任保险,这是一种新颖的策略,旨在利用市场力量鼓励设施转换为本质上“更安全”的化学物质。美国进步中心(CAP)在11月19日的报告中概述了其在十一届预防犯罪大会上针对广泛的化学安全立法的政策目标。奥巴马誓言明年将推行严格的安全立法,民主党人和激进主义者表示,扩大民主党在国会的多数席位可以帮助确保制定一项严格的法案,其中包括愿望清单项目,例如要求公司改用本质上更安全的技术(IST)。与奥巴马的过渡有密切关系的CAP正在提出其立法建议,该立法将建立一个永久性的化学安全计划,以取代有争议的现有国土安全部临时法规,该法规将于2009年10月到期。

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