On April 21, 2009, the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing titled, “Secrecy in the Response to Bayer’s Fatal Chemical Plant Explosion,” in Room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
The documents available on the House Subcommittee’s website are absolutely chilling, and show how close Bayer potentially came to large scale community disaster. These documents should be required reading for anyone working in or near a large chemical plant using flammable, toxic, or hazardous chemicals.
Here is the witness list and the links to the documents presented to the House Committee.
Witness List
• The Honorable John D. Rockefeller, IV, United States Senator, West Virginia
• John Bresland, Chairman, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
• William Buckner, President and CEO, Bayer CropScience
• Nick Crosby, Vice President, Institute Site Operations, Bayer CropScience
• Admiral James Watson, Director of Prevention Policy for Marine Safety, Security and Stewardship, U.S. Coast Guard
• Joseph Crawford, Chief of Police, City of St. Albans, West Virginia
• Michael Dorsey, Chief of Homeland Security and Emergency Response, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
• Kent Carper, President, Kanawha County Commission, Kanawha County, West Virginia
• Pamela Nixon, Environmental Advocate, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Documents
• Chair Stupak's Opening Statement
• Chair Waxman's Opening Statement
• Testimony of John Bresland
• Testimony of William Buckner
• Testimony of James Watson
• Testimony of Joseph Crawford
• Testimony of Michael Dorsey
• Testimony of Kent Carper
• Testimony of Pamela Nixon
• Supplemental Memo
• Emergency Response Documents
• MIC Documents
• Information Concealment Documents
• Photos of Bayer Plant After Fire
• Video of Bayer Plant After Fire
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These documents can be found at:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1583:energy-and-commerce-subcommittee-hearing-on-secrecy-in-the-response-to-bayers-fatal-chemical-plant-explosion&catid=133:subcommittee-on-oversight-and-investigations&Itemid=73
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