April 18, 2024
Owens Takes Reins As Acting CSB Head, Launches ‘Transparency’ Push
Former EPA chemicals chief Steve Owens used his first public meeting as acting chief of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) to announce a slate of transparency initiatives for the independent agency, including publication of accidental-release reporting data it has been gathering since 2020. During the July 29 meeting -- the first since former CSB Chair Katherine Lemos stepped down -- Owens said the agency would be “making public” data from its 2020 accidental-release reporting rule, as part...
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