"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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> "Pete C." > wrote in message
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>> Michel Boucher wrote:
>>>
>>> Seeing as you think that, I'm putting you in charge of spreading
>>> the good word. Your first task, let the families of the victims of
>>> the Texas fertilizer plant explosion know that without the
>>> invisible hand preventing safety regulations, their family members
>>> would still be alive.
>>
>> The fertilizer warehouse explosion (not actually a plant) was not a
>> safety regulation issue. The issue was the encroachment of a residential
>> area into an industrial one. The fertilizer warehouse was there first.
>
> And in defiance of the law it stored more than 250 tons of ammonia nitrate
> which is a fertilizer and also a potent explosive. They were required to
> report any quantity over 400 pounds. They vioilated the law because they
> were trying to maximize profit and public safety be damned. You don't get
> a free pass because of a zoning law you don't agree with.
>


they failed to report to Homeland Security, which is only concerned that the
stuff doesn't get taken off the radar to make bombs. H.S. cares nothing
about safety violations - that is OSHA, etc. There has been no mention of
the plant's failure in this regard, at least none that I have seen.