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IG Urges CSB To Issue Shelved Chemical Facility Accident Reporting Rule


July 8, 2016 at 05:09 PM
EPA's Office of Inspector General (IG) is urging the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), which it oversees, to issue a rule requiring facilities to report chemical accidents to the board, and for the board to increase its investigations of those incidents, priorities the IG says dropped off as the board wrestled with internal strife.

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