OIG Says CSB Remains ‘Impaired’ By Lack Of Members Despite Rule Change

EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG)’s annual report on management challenges facing the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) once again finds that the panel cannot function properly with just one Senate-confirmed member, even after reworking its governing rules to better fit the current “quorum of one." In its Nov. 10 report on CSB’s “top management challenges” for fiscal year 2022, the OIG renews its prior warnings against a single-member board, finding that revisions to the panel’s governing “Board...