Safety Agency Trump Wants Shut Moves Ahead with ‘Quorum of One’

The new chairwoman of a federal agency that investigates major industrial accidents has an unusual problem: she’s the only person on its five-member board, and President Donald Trump wants it shut down.

Katherine Lemos said she plans to continue the U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s work after securing a legal opinion that she can operate as a “quorum of one.”

In her first interview since taking office, Lemos vowed to get the roughly 35-person agency with a checkered-past “off the problem child list,” while promising to be tough on chemical and petroleum industries it oversees.

“I’m not afraid of making recommendations ...