[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 7924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3074]


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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD


Sunshine Act Meeting

    In connection with its investigation into three separate incidents 
at the Honeywell International Inc. plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 
2003, the United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board 
(CSB) announces that it will convene a public meeting starting at 10 
a.m. local time on Wednesday, March 2, 2005, at the Holiday Inn Select, 
Executive Center, 4728 Constitution Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, 
telephone (225) 925-2244.
    On July 20, 2003, a release of chlorine gas from the Honeywell 
plant resulted in injuries to seven plant workers and issuance of a 
shelter-in-place advisory for residents within a half-mile radius. On 
July 29, 2003, a one-ton cylinder at the same plant released its 
contents to the atmosphere, fatally injuring a plant worker by exposure 
to toxic antimony pentachloride. On August 13, 2003, two workers at the 
plant were exposed to toxic hydrofluoric acid (HF), and one of them was 
hospitalized.
    At the meeting CSB staff will present the Board with the results of 
their investigation into these three incidents, including a discussion 
of key findings, root and contributing causes, and proposed 
recommendations. The CSB staff presentation will focus on three key 
safety issues: hazard awareness, management of nonroutine situations, 
and safe operating procedures.
    After the staff presentation, the Board will ask for public 
comments. Following the conclusion of the public comment period, the 
Board will consider whether to approve the final report and 
recommendations. All staff presentations are preliminary and are solely 
intended to allow the Board to consider in a public forum the issues 
and factors involved in this case. No factual analyses, conclusions or 
findings of the staff should be considered final. Only after the Board 
has considered the staff presentation and approved the staff report 
will there be an approved final record of this incident.
    The meeting will be open to the public, and there is no fee or pre-
registration required. Please notify CSB if a translator or interpreter 
is needed, at least 5 business days prior to the public meeting. For 
more information, please contact the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board at (202) 261-7600, or visit our Web site at: http://www.csb.gov.

Christopher W. Warner,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05-3074 Filed 2-14-05; 12:42 pm]
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