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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 21208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08588]

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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: May 1, 2014, 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. PST

PLACE: Brodniak Auditorium, Anacortes High School; 1600 20th St. 
Anacortes, WA 98221

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 
    The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) will 
convene a public meeting on May 1, 2014, starting at 6:00 p.m. PST at 
the Brodniak Auditorium, Anacortes High School, 1600 20th St., 
Anacortes, WA 98221.
    At the public meeting, the Board will consider and vote on the 
final investigation report into the April 2, 2010, explosion and fire 
that fatally injured seven employees at the Tesoro Refinery in 
Anacortes, WA. The CSB's investigation found that at the time of the 
incident a bank of heat exchangers was being brought online in the 
refinery's naphtha hydrotreater unit when another heat exchanger in a 
parallel bank catastrophically failed, spewing highly flammable 
hydrogen and naphtha which ignited. Seven Tesoro workers who were 
nearby, assisting with the heat exchanger startup, were fatally burned. 
The accident at Tesoro was the mostly deadly U.S. refinery incident 
since the 2005 explosion at BP Texas City, TX. that killed 15 workers 
and injured 180 others.
    At the meeting, CSB staff will present to the Board the results of 
the investigation's findings and safety recommendations.
    The Board will then consider whether to approve the final report 
and recommendations. All staff presentations are preliminary and are 
intended solely to allow the Board to consider in a public forum the 
issues and factors involved in this case. No factual analyses, 
conclusions, or findings presented by staff should be considered final.
    Only after the Board has considered the staff presentations, 
considered public comments that were previously submitted, and adopted 
a final investigation report and recommendations will there be an 
approved final record of the CSB investigation of this incident.

Additional Information

    The meeting is free and open to the public. If you require a 
translator or interpreter, please notify the individual listed below as 
the ``Contact Person for Further Information,'' at least five business 
days prior to the meeting.
    The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating 
accidents and hazards that result, or may result, in the catastrophic 
release of extremely hazardous substances. The agency's Board Members 
are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. CSB 
investigations look into all aspects of chemical accidents and hazards, 
including physical causes such as equipment failure as well as 
inadequacies in regulations, industry standards, and safety management 
systems.

Contact Person for Further Information

    Hillary J. Cohen, Communications Manager, hillary.cohen@csb.gov or 
(202) 446-8094. General information about the CSB can be found on the 
agency Web site at: www.csb.gov.

    Dated: April 10, 2014.
Rafael Moure-Eraso,
Chairperson.
[FR Doc. 2014-08588 Filed 4-11-14; 11:15 am]
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