MeetingsRoundtable Meeting — June 2-3, 1999 Overview The Center recently started work on the "Chemical Safety Program Assessment" project. This ambitious project involves the establishment of National Chemical Safety Goals, identification of activities necessary to accomplish the goals, and development of a measurement system to measure progress towards the goals. As part of the project, the Center hosted a two-day Roundtable meeting on June 2-3, 1999 at the George Bush Presidential Conference Center in College Station, Texas to begin establishing National Chemical Safety Goals. The Center gathered together more than 50 stakeholders - from the industry, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), state agencies, industry associations, local emergency planning committees, citizens' groups, environmental groups, chemical plant insurance representatives, and Center researchers - with the express intent of identifying the goals and establish the mechanism for other phases of the project. Five briefing papers were presented to foster discussion. The meeting established a vision and three preliminary goals. A second session is being planned for the fall in conjunction with the Center's annual symposium. The goals will be further defined and plans to implement them developed. Transcripts, summaries and the briefing papers will soon be posted on this page. ALL STAKEHOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE INPUT TO THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT BY E-MAILING DR. SAM MANNAN (MANNAN@TAMU.EDU) , ANY ROUNDTABLE ATTENDEE LISTED ABOVE, OR ANYONE ON THE WORKING GROUPS (TO BE NAMED IN THE NEAR FUTURE).
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