Federal Register: April 7, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 65)
DOCID: fr07ap09-24 FR Doc E9-8034
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr07ap09-24
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Sunshine Act Meeting
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In connection with its investigation into an explosion and fire that occurred at the Bayer CropScience facility in Institute, West Virginia, on August 28, 2008, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) announces that it will hold a public meeting on April 23, 2009, in Institute, West Virginia, to present preliminary findings from its investigation of the explosion that fatally injured two workers.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the West Virginia State
University Wilson Building, Multipurpose Room, 103 University Union,
Institute, WV 25112. The meeting is free and open to the public. Pre
registration is not required, but to assure adequate seating, attendees are encouraged to preregister by emailing their names and
affiliations to bayer@csb.gov by April 10.
At the meeting, the CSB investigative team will present its preliminary findings on the circumstances of the accident to the CSB Board and the public. The Board will ask questions of the team in front of the audience. Following the presentation of the CSB's preliminary findings, a panel of outside witnesses will be invited to speak on a number of issues related to the accident.
At the end of the panel discussion, comments from members of the public will be heard. The meeting will be videotaped, and an official transcript will be included in the investigative file.
All staff presentations are preliminary and are solely intended to
allow the Board to consider the issues and factors involved in this
case in a public forum. No factual analyses, conclusions, or findings
of the staff should be considered final. Only after the Board has
considered and approved the staff final report will there be an approved final record of this incident.
Christopher W. Warner,
General Counsel.
SUMMARY:
Meetings; Sunshine Act,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
In connection with its investigation into an explosion and fire that occurred at the Bayer CropScience facility in Institute, West Virginia, on August 28, 2008, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) announces that it will hold a public meeting on April 23, 2009, in Institute, West Virginia, to present preliminary findings from its investigation of the explosion that fatally injured two workers.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the West Virginia State
University Wilson Building, Multipurpose Room, 103 University Union,
Institute, WV 25112. The meeting is free and open to the public. Pre
registration is not required, but to assure adequate seating, attendees are encouraged to preregister by emailing their names and
affiliations to bayer@csb.gov by April 10.
At the meeting, the CSB investigative team will present its preliminary findings on the circumstances of the accident to the CSB Board and the public. The Board will ask questions of the team in front of the audience. Following the presentation of the CSB's preliminary findings, a panel of outside witnesses will be invited to speak on a number of issues related to the accident.
At the end of the panel discussion, comments from members of the public will be heard. The meeting will be videotaped, and an official transcript will be included in the investigative file.
All staff presentations are preliminary and are solely intended to
allow the Board to consider the issues and factors involved in this
case in a public forum. No factual analyses, conclusions, or findings
of the staff should be considered final. Only after the Board has
considered and approved the staff final report will there be an approved final record of this incident.
Christopher W. Warner,
General Counsel.