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Chemical Safety Board: Status of Implementation Efforts

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 29, 1999
Report No. T-RCED-99-167
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Summary:

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board recommends ways to enhance industrial safety on the basis of its investigations of accidental releases of toxic and hazardous chemicals and its other activities. The Board was funded at $4 million in fiscal year 1998--its first year of operation--and $6.5 million in fiscal year 1999. The Board is required to submit its budget request concurrently to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress. For fiscal year 2000, the Board has asked for $12.5 million while the President's budget, after OMB's review, calls for $7.5 million for the Board. In response to congressional concerns that the new organization's operational costs, especially salaries, might grow too quickly and become excessive, GAO reviewed the Board's efforts to carry out its mission. This testimony provides information on the status of the Board's (1) investigations and recommendations, (2) pay structure and use of staff, and (3) contracting activities.

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