Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez leads effort to restore Chemical Safety Board funding after Longview mill implosion

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez successfully led an effort to restore funding for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the agency investigating the deadly implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. paper mill in Longview, Washington. The chemical safety board, a small independent federal agency with a $14 million budget, faced a funding cut that could have hampered its ability to determine what caused the incident.

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Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who represents Longview in Congress, successfully spearheaded an effort to restore funding for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the agency charged with identifying what caused the deadly implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co.

The chemical safety board is a small, nonregulatory, independent federal agency. It has a budget of about $14 million

A funding cut could hamstring the agency's ability to investigate what went wrong at the paper mill.

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A funding cut could hamstring the agency’s ability to investigate what went wrong at the paper mill.

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