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WARNING!!! Harsh language and using the Lord’s name in vain. But a great visual aid of a LARGE NH3 release.
We try to stress in our PRCS Entry and Rescue courses that it is almost always easier to get into a small opening than it is to exit that same opening. Many variables at play during an entry make this a fact, and this video does an excellent job showing how egress can be a
Just when we think we have seen it all, someone rises to the occasion to demonstrate the bottom of the barrel must be a bottomless pit! Folks, this is so wrong I can not imagine the fire company publishing it on Youtube. Maybe it was a citizen with a cell phone… but how could a
Respondent is the owner and/or operator of a facility which stores liquid propane (“LP”) for wholesale distribution. Respondent filed an RMP for the Facility with EPA on or about October 18, 2013 that identified a covered propane process at the Facility as a Program 3 process, and that specified a quantity of 822,500 pounds of
Respondent has a Program 3 covered process, as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 68.1O(d), using Anhydrous ammonia. 40 C.F.R. § 68.12(a) and (d) require that, in addition to submitting a single RMP as provided in §§ 68.150 to 68.185, facilities with a Program 3 covered process shall among other things, develop a management system as
This week, I began working on a process design review project for a client looking to build a facility in the state of WI. This facility will use Anhydrous Ammonia within the facility and SAFTENG was hired to ensure compliance with the design and installation/construction of their Anhydrous Ammonia process. As part of the project,
This CAFO resolves the following CAA violations that Complainant alleges occurred in conjunction with Respondent’s storage and handling of hazardous substances at its facility: Failure to prepare and submit a Risk Management Plan that includes all covered processes, in violation of 40 C.F.R. §68.12(a) and 68.150(a); Failure to comply with process safety information requirements, including
