Respondent owns and operates a facility that processes and packages fruit and vegetable products. Between June 5 and June 7, 2018, EPA performed an inspection of the Facility pursuant to Section 112(r) of the CAA, Sections 304–12 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, and Section 103 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and […]
Respondent owns and/or operates a refrigeration-based cold storage facility which is located within a populated residential, commercial, and industrial area and is adjacent to a significant roadway. At the Facility, Respondent handles, stores, and uses, and has handled, stored, and used anhydrous ammonia. On April 24, 2018, EPA performed an inspection of the Facility pursuant
Respondent owns and operates a carbon dioxide liquification plant, which uses anhydrous ammonia to produce and refrigerate liquid carbon dioxide. On September 19, 2017, EPA performed an inspection of the Facility pursuant to Section 112(r) of the CAA, Section 103 of CERCLA, and Sections 302-312 of EPCRA. Based upon the information gathered during this inspection
Respondent operates a facility to manufacture, store and distribute ice cream and other food products. Respondent produced, used, or stored more than 10,000 pounds of ammonia (anhydrous) at the Facility and was subject to the requirements of CAA§ 112(r)(7). Respondent was subject to Program 3 requirements because it was subject to the OSHA process safety
Respondent is the owner and operator of a chemical wholesale distributor that repackages and custom-blends chemicals. Respondent formulates two mixes, paper adhesives and lacquer thinners, for sale. Respondent currently operates lacquer thinner mixing and flammable liquid storage systems at the Facility. With regard to the lacquer thinner mixing and flammable liquid storage systems, Respondent produces,
Respondent owns and operates a facility that produces approximately 300 tons of crushed, cubed, and block ice per day for retail, the fishing industry, and special events. The ice is produced using an anhydrous ammonia refrigeration system. On April 24, 2017, there was a release of anhydrous ammonia from the 6,500-pound ammonia refrigeration system at
A contractor lost consciousness from ammonia exposure at an ice cream plant leading OSHA to propose more than $200,000 in fines against the company and the contractor.Here is a breakdown of the citations to the facility and the contractor…
Respondent is the owner and/or operator of a Refinery with the NAICS code of 32411, Petroleum Refineries. The Facility refines low sulfur yellow crude into ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, naptha, heavy gas oil, and vacuum tower bottoms and those processes contain flammable mixtures of regulated substances listed in Table 3 of 40 C.F .R. §
A few years ago I wrote a piece about identifying ALL equipment, especially valves, with a unique identifier. The purpose of that posting was brought about by a lot of facilities challenging our PHA, II, Audit findings/recommendations that all equipment be identified with a unique identifier in the field, on P&ID’s, in SOPs, LOTO procedures,
As a follow-up to my 2014 post, Are you maintaining your LEVEL A suits “by the book”? , where I covered the care/testing requirements for my brand of LEVEL A suits, I wanted to make sure the word is out… ALL LEVEL A suits built to ASTM F1461-17 REQUIRE some specific testing and inspection in
At 12:30 am on May 30th, 2020, failure of a 6” pressure piping elbow located on top of a storage tank resulted in black liquor being sprayed onto adjacent buildings, equipment, and ground within an approximately 50m (165′) area. The line from the liquor transfer pump into the top of the tank failed and 74%
To reduce the risk of more than 300 chemicals of interest (COI) being weaponized, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program identifies and regulates high-risk chemical facilities to ensure appropriate security measures are in place. Under CFATS, a chemical facility is “any establishment that possesses or plans to possess
