The Federal Register

Sunshine Act Meeting--September 24, 2009--6:30 pm

Tue, Sep 1 2009 11:00:00 GMT

In connection with its investigation into the cause of a February 7, 2008, an explosion and fire at the Imperial Sugar refinery northwest of Savannah, Georgia, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board announces that it will convene a public meeting on September 24, 2009, starting at 6:30 pm at the Hilton Savannah DeSoto15 East Liberty Street, Savannah, Georgia.

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 combustible dust hazard recognition, minimizing combustible dust accumulation in the workplace, and equipment design and maintenance. This will be followed by a public comment period prior to a Board vote on the report.

Incident: On February 7, 2008, at about 7:15 p.m., a series of sugar dust explosions at the Imperial Sugar manufacturing facility in Port Wentworth, Georgia, resulted in 14 worker fatalities and 36 injuries. Eight workers died at the scene and six e

Sunshine Act Meeting--September 15, 2009--6 p.m.

Fri, Aug 28 2009 11:00:00 GMT

In connection with its investigation into the cause of a December 19, 2007, explosion and subsequent chemical fire at the T2 Laboratories, Inc., a chemical manufacturer in Jacksonville, Florida, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board announces that it will convene a public meeting on September 15, 2009, starting at 6 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel located at 4670 Salisbury Rd in Jacksonville, Florida in ``The Florida Room.''

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 reactive hazard recognition, hazard education, emergency preparedness, and process design and scaleup. This will be followed by a public comment period prior to a Board vote on the report.

Incident Description: On December 19th, T2 Laboratories, Inc. was producing a batch of methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MCMT). A problem soon occurred and the process operator had an outside operator cal

Chemical Release Reporting

Thu, Jun 25 2009 11:00:00 GMT

The Clean Air Act requires that the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) establish a regulation which would require that accidental chemical releases be reported to the CSB or to the National Response Center. With this advance notice of proposed rulemaking, the CSB seeks to obtain comments on how best to proceed with implementing this requirement. The CSB will use this information in the development of a proposed and then a final rule.

Sunshine Act Meeting

Tue, Apr 7 2009 11:00:00 GMT

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