White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency

White House Seeks to Shutter Independent Agency That Investigates Chemical Hazards and Disasters

The White House is seeking to shut down the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, according to White House budget documents released Friday. Since it was founded in 1998, the independent agency has led investigations into major disasters, including the fatal explosion of ammonium nitrate fertilizer in West, Texas, in 2013 and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.

White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency

An independent agency that investigates chemical disasters - including fatal fires and explosions at chemical plants and oil refineries nationwide - would shutter by October 2026 under little-noticed language in White House budget documents released Friday.