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Chemical safety board vital to N.J. gets new life after being ignored by Trump
Updated May 05, 2021;
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For decades, chemical explosions got the same attention as plane crashes, with an independent government agency rushing to the scene, gathering evidence and then coming up with a probable cause and recommendations to prevent a repeat.
That agency has deep New Jersey ties. The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board was born out of an explosion at a Lodi pharmaceutical manufacturing plant more than two decades ago, and owes its existence to a New Jersey lawmaker, the late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg.
Biden nominates 3 people to board investigating Husky
The federal agency, which is investigating the Husky refinery blast, has only had one board member for almost a year as its backlog of open investigations grows. 12:45 pm, Apr. 29, 2021 ×
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Board member Kristen Kulinowski makes introductory remarks as fellow board members Manuel Ehrlich (left) and Rick Engler listen on Dec. 12, 2018, at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. The board was in Superior to give the public an update on the investigation of the April 26, 2018, Husky refinery explosion and fire. (Steve Kuchera / News Tribune)
After a year of having just one board member and a growing backlog of cases, the federal agency investigating the Husky refinery blast in Superior could soon have more members.
Published: Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Collage of Interior, Energy, EPA and Transportation nominees.
President Biden announced Interior, Energy, EPA and Transportation nominees. Pictured clockwise from top left: Radhika Fox, Faisal Amin, Shannon Estenoz, Tommy Beaudreau, Michal Ilana Freedhoff, Jill Hruby, Christopher Coes, Meera Joshi and Winnie Stachelberg. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom; RW Institute; U.S. Endowment; Columbia University, Freedhoff, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Coes/LinkedIn; Department of Transportation; Center for American Progress
The Biden administration today reinforced its environmental roster, announcing a slew of EPA and Interior, Energy and Transportation department nominees.
In one of the highest-profile moves, the White House said energy attorney Tommy Beaudreau will be nominated to serve as deputy Interior secretary, adding both agency management savvy and some potential pragmatic appeal to key Senate centrists.
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