In letters sent to various agencies, President and CEO Eric R. Byer highlights the growing concern of fraudulent activity on a range of essential chemicals and the resulting risks.
The Alliance for Chemical Distribution President and CEO, Eric R. Byer, released a statement applauding Representatives for introducing H.R. 8996, a bill to enhance freight rail safety across the nation.
The amendment, supported by 22 bi-partisan co-sponsors, including members of the House Armed Services Committee, would restore the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program as part of the Service Member Quality of Life Improvement and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2025.
This new award recognizes advocates of the chemical distribution industry who support policies in Congress that create real impacts for the chemical industry and its supply chain partners.
The bill focuses on a program that provides U.S. companies with tariff relief on many products from certain developing countries, saving American businesses hundreds of millions of dollars in tariffs each year while allowing the exporting countries to increase and diversify their trade.
The ACD President was joined by the office of U.S. Representative Laurel Lee (FL-15), the National Security Council, the Center for Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Agency, the American Chemistry Council, the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates, the Fertilizer Institute, and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers to help explain the consequences of the program’s expiration back in July 2023.
The ACD warned how the proposed rule would exacerbate inefficiencies that already exist in the current Toxic Substances Control Act Section 6 risk evaluation process.
The letter urges the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to tie important conditions to the authority to allow the transport of hazardous materials by Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization.
