[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 20354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8142]


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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD


Meetings; Sunshine Act

    The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) 
announces that it will hold a public meeting on April 19, 2012, in 
Buffalo, New York, to present the findings from its investigation of a 
flammable vapor explosion on November 9, 2010, at the E.I DuPont de 
Nemours and Co. Inc. chemical plant in Buffalo, New York. The incident 
involved a contract welder and foreman who were repairing an agitator 
support atop an atmospheric storage tank containing flammable vinyl 
fluoride (VF). The VF vapor from interconnected, in-service process 
tanks flowed undetected into the tank and ignited when the welder was 
repairing the agitator support assembly. The welder died instantly and 
the foreman was burned.
    The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Buffalo 
Downtown, Room: Encore I, II, and III, 200 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, NY 
14202 (716-842-1000). The meeting is free and open to the public. Pre-
registration is not required, but to assure adequate seating, attendees 
are encouraged to pre-register by emailing their names and affiliations 
to [email protected] by April 14, 2012.
    At the meeting CSB staff will present to the Board the results of 
their investigation into this incident. Key issues involved in the 
investigation concern flammable gas monitoring, tank isolation and hot 
work permits and sign-offs. Following the presentation of the CSB's 
findings and safety recommendations, the Board will hear comments from 
the public.
    At the conclusion of the public comment period, the Board will 
consider whether to approve the final case study and recommendations. 
All staff presentations are preliminary and are intended solely to 
allow the Board to consider in a public forum the issues and factors 
involved in this case. No factual analyses, conclusions or findings 
presented by staff should be considered final. Only after the Board has 
considered the final staff presentation, listened to the public 
comments and approved the staff case study will there be an approved 
final record of this incident.
    The Board will also consider whether to approve the CSB's draft 
2012-2016 Strategic Plan, which includes strategic goals, objectives, 
and associated measures for managing and evaluating agency operations. 
The draft plan is available for public comment until April 12, 2012 at 
www.csb.gov. All comments can be submitted via email to 
[email protected].
    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 U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board at (202) 261-7600, or visit our Web site at: 
www.csb.gov.

Daniel Horowitz,
Managing Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-8142 Filed 4-2-12; 11:15 am]
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