Perez Advances Funding for Chemical Safety Board Following Tank Failure at Longview Mill

‘We are its voice’: Tribes seek assurances that Columbia River remains safe after mill disaster

The tribal chairman of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs has called for transparency and accountability for any contamination that may have reached the Columbia River in the aftermath of a deadly chemical tank rupture and spill at a Longview paper mill.

Environmental testing finds no ongoing threat from Longview chemical tank rupture: officials

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Emergency officials have scaled back portions of the response to the deadly chemical tank rupture at the Nippon Dynawave mill in Longview. The rupture on May 26 killed 11 workers and triggered a large-scale environmental response involving local, state and federal agencies. Investigators have not yet released a cause. According to [...]

Lawmaker calls for answers, support after deadly Longview tank implosion

The deadly implosion at Washington's Nippon Dynawave mill has sparked grief and economic concerns, impacting families and workers as investigations continue.

OPB’s First Look: Ripple effects of Longview chemical disaster

Subscribe to OPB’s First Look to receive Northwest news in your inbox six days a week.Good morning, Northwest.The deadly chemical tank rupture at a Longview paper mill late last month is having ripple effects on local residents — and could for years to come.The mill is closed while an investigation into the spill continues, which affects other paper and wood products facilities nearby. OPB Southwest Washington bureau chief Erik Neumann reports t…

Perez advances funding for chemical safety board following tank failure at Longview mill

In the wake of a May 26 chemical tank failure at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill in Longview that killed 11 workers and injured eight others, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, has urged Congress to restore funding for an independent watchdog agency charged with investigating the root cause of major chemical incidents. Read more...

Longview implosion prompts MGP to fight for chemical safety board’s funding - The Daily Chronicle

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, 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, which the Trump administr…