Trump Plan To Kill CSB Makes Regulatory Planning 'Difficult,' Agency Says

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is urging a federal court to reject environmentalists' suit seeking to require a rule mandating facilities report their accidental releases, charging, among other things, that the plaintiffs lack standing, though CSB says that if the court requires such a rule it may be “difficult” given administration plans to kill the agency. While Congress appears unlikely to grant Trump administration requests to zero out the board's funds, CSB's arguments underscore the uncertainty agencies face as...