Public Comment: EPA Must Consider Climate Change When Reforming Chemical Disaster Rule June 15, 2021 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled a series of two Virtual Public Listening Sessions — June 16th and July 8th — for the public to provide input on the EPAs Risk Management Plan (RMP) rule also known as the ‘Chemical Disaster Rule’. Along with members from various other environmental nonprofits, union labor organizations, and community organizations, UCS will be providing comments tomorrow, June 16th, on how the new rule can be improved. Here’s what I plan to say during the public comment on Wednesday: Good Afternoon My name is Casey Kalman and I am a Geospatial Researcher at the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. We work to improve public policy through the application of rigorous and independent science.