[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19968-19969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9974]


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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD


Interim Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, 
Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Disseminated Information

AGENCY: Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.

ACTION: Notice of availability of guidelines and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) 
announces that its Interim Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the 
Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information 
Disseminated by the agency have been posted on the CSB Web site, http://www.csb.gov. The CSB invites public comments on its interim Guidelines 
and will consider the comments received in developing its final 
Guidelines.

DATES: The CSB must receive written comments on or before May 23, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be in writing and should be addressed to 
Christopher W. Warner, General Counsel, Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board, 2175 K Street, NW., Suite C-100, Washington, DC 
20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher W. Warner, 202-261-7600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 515 of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554) 
requires each Federal agency to publish guidelines for ensuring and 
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 
information it disseminates. Agency guidelines must be based on 
government-wide guidelines issued by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). In accordance with this statutory requirement and OMB 
instructions, the CSB has posted its interim Information Quality 
Guidelines on the agency Web site (http://www.csb.gov) and is 
publishing this notice of availability.
    The Guidelines describe the CSB's procedures for ensuring the 
quality of information that it disseminates and the procedures by which 
an affected person or entity may obtain correction of information 
disseminated by the CSB that does not comply with the Guidelines. The 
CSB invites public comments on its interim Guidelines and

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will consider the comments received in developing its final Guidelines. 
Persons who cannot access the interim Guidelines through the Internet 
may request a paper copy by writing to the address listed in this 
notice.

(Authority: Sec. 515, Pub. L. 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763).

    Dated: April 16, 2003.
Christopher W. Warner,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 03-9974 Filed 4-22-03; 8:45 am]
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