[Federal Register: January 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 8)]
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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

 
Notice To Cancel a Sunshine Act Meeting Scheduled for January 14, 
2004

    The January 14, 2004, public meeting of the Chemical Safety and 
Hazard Investigation Board in connection with its investigation into 
the cause of a deadly explosion and the leakage of 26,000 pounds of 
aqua ammonia into the atmosphere from the DD Williamson & Co., Inc. 
plant in Louisville, Kentucky, has been cancelled. The public meeting 
had been scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. local time on January 14, 
2004, at the Galt House, 140 North Fourth Street, Louisville, KY. The 
original Federal Register notice announcing the meeting was published 
on Thursday, December 18, 2003, 68 FR 70487.
    Due to the recent receipt of new information relevant to the 
investigation and the need to conduct further inquiry, the Board 
(Merritt, Poje, Bresland, and Medina) has unanimously voted to cancel 
the meeting scheduled for January 14, 2004, and to reschedule it for a 
later date.
    The DD Williamson incident occurred at 2:10 a.m. on Friday, April 
11, 2003, when a vessel explosion at the DD Williamson plant killed an 
operator and caused extensive damage to the western end of the 
facility. As a consequence of the explosion, 26,000 pounds of aqua 
ammonia (29.4% ammonia solution in water) leaked into the atmosphere, 
forcing the evacuation of 26 residents. The DD Williamson plant employs 
approximately 45 people and is located in a mixed industrial and 
residential neighborhood approximately 1.5 miles east of downtown 
Louisville.
    For more information, please contact Raymond Porfiri at the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board at (202) 261-7600, or 
visit our Web site at: http://www.csb.gov.


Raymond C. Porfiri,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 04-792 Filed 1-9-04; 1:05 pm]

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