CSB Announces Expert Panel Participants for Two Day Hearing on Safety Performance Indicators in Houston, Texas, on July 23-24
Washington, DC, July 18, 2012 - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today announced the panel participants for its two-day hearing on effective safety performance indicators, where the agency plans to release preliminary findings from its investigation of the Macondo well blowout, explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico.
The meeting will be held on Monday, July 23, 2012, and Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in Houston, Texas, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel located at 1200 Louisiana Street in the Imperial West Auditorium. The meeting will bring together international regulators, union representatives, and industry groups to discuss the use of safety performance indicators in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon accident.
CLICK HEREThis link opens a new window to visit the CSB’s public hearing webpage, to ensure adequate seating is available at the hearing please register for the event by emailing register@csb.gov. The public hearing is free and open to the pubic.
Panel I (Day 1) - Qualities of Effective Indicator Programs - Downstream Petrochemical & Refining
Panel II (Day 1) Qualities of Effective Indicator Programs - Downstream
Petrochemical & Refining
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Ian TraversThis link opens a new window, Head of Chemical Industries Strategy Unit, Hazardous Installations Directorate, U.K. Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
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Jessie Hill RobersonThis link opens a new window, Vice Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
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John W. LubinskiThis link opens a new window, Deputy Director, Division of Inspection and Regional Support, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
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Martin SedgwickThis link opens a new window, Head of Engineering and R&D, Global Technical Services, Scottish Power
Panel III (Day 2) Regulatory, Stakeholder, and Public Interest Groups
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Kenneth E. ArnoldThis link opens a new window, Chairman, Committee on the Effectiveness of Safety & Environmental Management Systems for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Operations
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Ian Whewell,This link opens a new window Former Director, U.K. HSE Offshore Division
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Jake MalloyThis link opens a new window, Regional Organizer, Offshore Energy Branch, RMT O.I.L.C.
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Roy Erling FurreThis link opens a new window, Second Deputy Leader, SAFE
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Dr. Øyvind LauridsenThis link opens a new window, Principal Engineer, Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA)
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Lois EpsteinThis link opens a new window, Engineer and Artctic Program Director, The Wilderness Society
Panel IV (Day 2)
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C.R. (Charlie) Williams II,This link opens a new window Executive Director, Center for Offshore Safety and Chief Scientist - Well Engineering and Production Technology, Shell
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Bob Lauder,This link opens a new window Health & Safety Policy Manager, Oil & Gas U.K.
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Aud NistovThis link opens a new window, Health & Working Environment, Safety and Security Manager and Acting Director of HSE & Operations, Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF)
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Gunhild Holtet Eie,This link opens a new window Vice President for Statoil’s HSE Competence Centre and Kathy KonoczThis link opens a new window, Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), Statoil’s Development Production North American Operations (joint presentation)
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Joe StoughThis link opens a new window, Vice President, Innovation Technologies, IHS
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The Board does not issue citations or fines but does make safety recommendations to plants, industry organizations, labor groups, and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA. Visit our website, www.csb.gov.
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