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Indeed, despite the Chemical Safety Board having a federal mandate to investigate and report about the accident, Xcel energy went to court to block the release of the report, saying it would be detrimental to their court case. [6] Xcel Energy also leaked a confidential draft of the report to the media before the official report was released. [9]
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and became operational in January 1998. The Senate legislative history states: "The principal role of the new chemical safety board is to investigate accidents to determine the conditions and circumstances which led up to the event and to identify the cause or causes so that similar events might be prevented."
The CSB released its report in September 2009, saying the explosion had been "entirely preventable". [6] It noted that the sugar industry had been aware of the risk of dust explosions since 1926. Specifically, internal company memorandums by managers in 1967 expressed their concern about the potential of explosions from sugar dust.
Subsequent investigation reports by BP, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), and an independent blue-ribbon panel led by James Baker identified numerous technical and organizational failings at the refinery and within corporate BP. The disaster had widespread consequences on both the company and the industry as a whole.
West Fertilizer Explosion and Fire investigation - U.S. Chemical Safety Board. Final report ; Letter from the CSB to Senator Barbara Boxer about access to the investigation site; CSB Video Documenting the Blast Damage in West, Texas; Texas fertilizer plant explosion collected news and commentary at The Guardian
On April 26, 2018, an explosion and subsequent fire occurred at the Husky Energy Oil Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin.An initial explosion was reported at 10:00 AM and was extinguished close to noon, however a piece of debris had hit a storage tank containing asphalt, which ignited after spilling across the refinery, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the air.
Following these incidents, a team of expert officials from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) conducted investigations and contacted West Virginia state authorities in 2011 to establish a program to prevent chemical accidents and releases throughout the Kanawha River valley, known as "Chemical Valley" for its history ...
On Thursday, August 31, 2017, the same day as the first fire, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced an investigation. [12] This report concluded on 24 May 2018. [3] The report made five recommendations, directed at four entities: Reduce flood risk to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP).