[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36147-36148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13169]


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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD


Sunshine Act Meeting

    The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board announces 
that it will convene a Public Meeting beginning at 10 a.m. local time 
on June 4, 2002, at 2175 K Street, NW., Suite 400 Conference Room, 
Washington DC. The Board will discuss and deliberate on staff 
evaluation of responses from recipients of CSB recommendations. The 
Board will also hear a status report on the investigation of a chemical 
plant fire at Third Coast Packaging Company in Friendswood, Texas on 
May 1 and an explosion and fire incident at the Kaltech Company 
facility in the Chelsea section of New York City on April 25. In 
addition, the Board will hear an update on the Reactive Chemical 
Hazards Investigation.
    At the meeting CSB staff will present to the Board proposed status 
assignments to recommendations resulting from several completed 
investigations. The assignments include categories that specify if the 
recommendation was successfully adopted and if it is open or closed. 
The Board will discuss the proposals presented by the staff.
    Recommendations are issued by a vote of the Board. They address an 
identified safety deficiency uncovered during an investigation, and 
specify how to correct the situation. Safety recommendations are the 
primary tool used by the Board to motivate implementation of safety 
improvements and prevent future incidents. CSB recommendations may be 
directed to government entities, safety organizations, corporations, 
trade associations, labor unions, and others. With the issuance of a 
final report and recommendations, the Board begins the

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process that promotes saving lives and property.
    All staff presentations are preliminary and are intended solely to 
allow the Board to consider in a public forum the relevant issues and 
factors. No factual analyses, conclusions, or findings should be 
considered final. Only after the Board has analyzed and reviewed the 
staff proposal, and voted to approve the status will there be a final 
record of board action.
    The meeting is open to the public. Please notify CSB if a 
translator or interpreter is needed, 10 business days prior to the 
public meeting. For more information, please contact the Chemical 
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's Office of Prevention, Outreach, 
and Policy, (202)-261-7600, or visit our website at: www.csb.gov.

Christopher W. Warner,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 02-13169 Filed 5-21-02; 3:18 pm]
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