The Trump Administration is working to undo Biden-era rules that require petrochemical facilities and other hazardous sites to better prepare for disasters.

On Feb. 24, the administration proposed to eliminate most of former President Joe Biden’s 2024 updates to the Risk Management Program, which requires more than 12,500 hazardous facilities to draft plans and protocols to prevent and limit the impact from explosions, spills, fires, and leaks.

The 2024 update required companies to adopt inherently safter processes and allow for more employee participation in developing safety plans. It also strengthened requirements for third-party safety audits at sites with a history of accidents.

The rule also required the Environmental Protection Agency to create a database where anyone can look up a list of chemicals stored at a facility along with a list of past accidents. The EPA shut down the database last year after a request from industry groups.

Safety advocates have said the Trump Administration’s rollback will put plant workers, first responders, and people living next to chemical sites at more risk. Coming Clean, Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform, and Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (t.e.j.a.s.) recently released an interactive map of six facilities in Texas with recent histories of back-to-back chemical incidents, including fires, explosions, and worker injuries.