Major Pending Reports Hold Back CSB Chair Resignation As House Panel Calls For His Firing

At least six key projects under way and some near completion -- including reports on the West, TX, fertilizer plant disaster and the Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion -- are central factors in Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chair Rafael Moure-Eraso's decision not to quit office early, an agency source says, even in the face of a blunt, bipartisan call by House lawmakers Wednesday (March 18) for President Obama to fire him and two senior CSB officials over recent controversies involving Moure-Eraso's use of his position and management of the investigative board.