Whereas the process safety management regulation is a regulation promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) relating to the use, storage, manufacturing, handling, or the on-site movement of highly hazardous chemicals as defined by OSHA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and it hasn’t been updated since 1992; Whereas, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, there are an average of 150 major industrial fires, explosions, or chemical releases reported each year to EPA; Whereas, in January 1997, one man died and 46 others were injured in a refinery explosion in Martinez, California; Whereas, in April 2010, seven people died in a refinery fire in Anacortes, Washington; Whereas, in August 2012, 19 workers were endangered and 15,000 residents had to seek care after a refinery fire in Richmond, California; Whereas, in April 2018, an explosion at a Husky Energy refinery left at least 20 injured in Superior, Wisconsin; Whereas, in response to the 1997 refinery explosion in Martinez, California, Contra Costa County enacted a groundbreaking industrial safety ordinance to promote safety at refineries that has been successful in reducing the number of safety incidents; Whereas, in response to the 2012 refinery fire in Richmond, California, the State of California responded by implementing comprehensive, modern regulations in 2017, known as Process Safety Management for Petroleum Refineries under the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and Program 4 of the Accidental Release Prevention Program under the California Environmental Protection Agency, that are the strongest in the Nation; Whereas Contra Costa County, the State of Washington, and others are updating their safety regulations based on those enacted in California; and Whereas the Federal standards are in need of similar updating: Now, therefore, be it