CSB Announces Public Meeting – 10-21-15

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) published a meeting notice in today’s Federal Register (80 FR 62014-62015) for a public meeting in Washington, DC on October 21^st, 2015. The Board will discuss and approve the final report on the Caribbean Petroleum incident. A draft of this report was presented at an earlier meeting, but there were not enough CSB Board Members at the time to take action on the report.

The Board will also discuss:

• Pending investigations (including: ExxonMobil Torrance, West Fertilizer, Freedom Industries, DuPont LaPorte, Macondo, and Williams Olefin);

• CSB action plan for FY 2015; and

• Chairperson Vanessa Allen Sutherland’s overview of her first 60 days.

The public is invited to attend and the meeting will be webcast. There will be a period for public comments at the meeting and written comments may be submitted (via email - public@csb.gov).