CSB Nominees Face Confirmation Battle As Key Stakeholders Split

President Joe Biden’s nominees to fill three of four vacant slots on the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), the agency that advises OSHA and EPA on needed policy changes to curtail industrial incidents, are facing likely Senate confirmation battles as key outside groups are split over their relative expertise. The American Chemistry Council (ACC), which represents many chemical companies, is opposing the nominees for lacking process-safety experience while a key labor union is supporting them, setting lines for...