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Chemical Safety Board: No increase despite workload

by Jeff Johnson
February 3, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 5

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Looking at other chemically related federal agencies, the independent Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board will receive $11 million for fiscal 2014, slightly less than previous years and below the Administration’s request of $11.5 million.

CSB’s appropriated level has remained flat throughout its decade-plus life. This year’s funding comes despite the board’s warning at a Senate hearing on the West Fertilizer explosion last summer that it could not keep up with its workload without additional funding to support investigation of chemical accidents.

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