Bryan Haywood

In a draft report released to the public today, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) proposes recommendations for substantial changes to the way refineries are regulated in California. Entitled “Regulatory Report: Chevron Richmond Refinery Pipe Rupture and Fire,” the CSB draft calls on California to replace the current patchwork of largely reactive and activity-based regulations […]

For those of us living the process safety world, we will find this report laughable! By that I mean, we have to evaluate our contractor’s safety performance before hiring them to work in, on or adjacent to our covered processes, but apparently the government does not see the value in evaluating the contractors it hires!

ASME has introduced a new Certification Mark with the 2011 Addenda to the Code. All new applicants receive the Certification Mark this year. Until December 31, 2012, the Code Symbol Stamps may still be used, but will be replaced by the new Certification Mark together with the designator letter “U”, “S”, “PP”, etc. As of

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