Former US Chemical Safety Board chairman won’t be prosecuted

The US Department of Justice decided almost a year ago not to prosecute the head of the nation’s Chemical Safety Board (CSB) for perjury, according to government documents obtained by E&E News. Rafael Moure-Eraso led the CSB – the US agency charged with investigating chemical accidents – from June 2010 until March 2015, when he was under fire for alleged serious mismanagement. He purportedly lied during hearings convened by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in June 2014 and March 2015. At the time of the hearings in question, Moure-Eraso was facing growing congressional and White House pressure following allegations of mismanagement and misuse of private email, and other information the committee had received contradicted his testimony.