March 2, 2011 at 09:33 PM
The U.S Chemical Safety Board (CSB) may have to deal with funding reductions in the next year, depending on how federal budget talks transpire, though a top agency official noted that the short-term continuing resolution (CR) passed by the House and Senate this week maintains 2010 funding levels. An earlier CR proposal would have cut roughly $300,000 from the independent agency, which is tasked with investigating serious chemical accidents. “We're concerned about it because we're working diligently to keep our investigations funded,” Daniel Horowitz, the agency's managing director, told Inside