Substack Daily Updates – 4-25-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Review – Bills Introduced – 4-24-25 – 55 bills – HR 3001, common sense priorities – HR 3026, CISA employee reinstatements – Space Geek: HR 2894, ASTRO Act – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/04/review-bills-introduced-4-24-25.html

• Transportation Chemical Incidents – Week of 3-22-25 – 377 incidents (370 highway, 7 air) – 0 serious incidents – Less than 500 gallons total spillage reported, remarkable week – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/04/transportation-chemical-incidents-week_25.html

• OMB Approves PHMSA LNG Facilities ANPRM – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/04/omb-approves-phmsa-lng-facilities-anprm.html

• Review – CSB Updates Accidental Release Reporting Database – 4-17-25 – 39 new incidents added since the January update – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/04/review-csb-updates-accidental-release.html

• Short Takes – 4-25-25 – Mechanical chirality – International participation in Chang’e 8 mission – Isaacman hearing comments – Another food borne illness – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/04/short-takes-4-25-25.html

I have removed the following articles from the CFSN Detailed Analysis paywall:

• CSB Updates Accidental Release Reporting Database – 1-16-25,

I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):

• I posted the following response to a question on LinkedIn about the employee restoration provisions of HR 3026: “It has not been published yet, probably 2 to 3 weeks for GPO to get around to it. When it is published I will get a summary published, but do not hold any employment decisions pending this bill. I do not expect it to go anywhere.”