“The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is running on fumes. With 80% of its board seats vacant and more than a dozen open investigations, CSB staffers are being asked to take on management responsibilities while the agency is run by Trump administration holdover Katherine Lemos, a self-proclaimed quorum of one.
Lemos’ lack of experience in chemical safety also has watchers wary of how the agency will fare in the future, said Paula Dinerstein, an attorney for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The nonprofit successfully sued the CSB to force it to implement a rule that collects information from firms after accidental chemical releases.”
