EPA RMP citations @ Refinery (Flammables & $?????)

I am not sure how much of the $4 million was for RMP, as there were other issues in this Consent Decree and I have only pulled out the RMP issues.

On or about September 4, 2017, heater tube 23 ruptured in the CRU2/HTU2 charge heater process due to creep, a molecular failure mechanism that causes metal deformation as a result of stress from high temperatures. The rupture of heater tube 23 caused the release of a naphtha/hydrogen mixture into the heater box. The naphtha/hydrogen mixture ignited, causing a fire and smoke to emanate from the heater stack (hereinafter the “Fire”). An outside operator, who was called by the board operator to investigate the “No Flame” alarm signaled from the control system, was engulfed by the emanating flames and died as a result of second and third-degree burns over eighty percent of his body.

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