When it comes to EPA’s Risk Management Plan rule, the state of California made significant modifications to the RMP rule. Basically, California replaced the Risk Management and Prevention Program with the California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program on January 1, 1997. The CalARP Program is very similar to the EPA’s Risk Management Program with the […]
Here is the presentation that Jim Lay, P.E., from OSHA’s Office of Chemical Process Safety & Enforcement Initiatives did last week @ ASSE’s Annual Conference. He did this presentation the same day OSHA rolled out their new enforcement policies on chemical mixtures and RAGAGEP enforcement. The presentation covers RAGAGEP Background, Early recognition of RAGAGEP, RAGAGEP
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April 21, 2015 MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS THROUGH: DOROTHY DOUGHERTY Deputy Assistant Secretary FROM: THOMAS GALASSI, Director Directorate of Enforcement Programs SUBJECT: Evaluating Hazardous Levels of Accumulation Depth for Combustible Dusts The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance in calculating the levels of dust accumulations that may be allowed at workplaces for
PLEASE NOTE the LOI in which OSHA adopted EPA’s 1% rule was thrown out by the courts so I am NOT 100% sure OSHA can use the 1% rule from EPA in their evaluations of what is a covered process/HHC. Last week OSHA changed their position in how they will handle “mixtures” of those chemicals listed in
Pressure decay testing, monitoring a gauge for a pressure drop over a specified period, is unacceptable as a standalone leak test under ASME B31.3 because the code explicitly mandates a 100% visual examination of all joints and connections while the system is under test pressure. While a pressure decay test can indicate that a system
With OSHA’s change last week in how PSM applies to “mixtures” of HHCs I have received a number of questions about “partial pressure” and what impact it can have on whether my process is covered or not? EPA has been using “partial pressure” of 10 mm Hg for their mixture applicability rule since 1999, but
I shot this video just before my safety training session at a safety convention this summer. When I asked for it to be fixed, the venue manager and workers were confused because the projector had power. When I tried to explain the issue they all of a sudden had trouble with the english language. If
Yes, OSHA has rules for the use of flammable liquids in areas that are not designed as a Hazardous Location. OSHA covers Hazardous Locations in 1910.307, but those areas that do not rise to the level of being a Hazardous Location fall under 1910.334(d) which states:
MEMORANDUM FOR: REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND STATE PLAN DESIGNEES THROUGH: DOROTHY DOUGHERTYDeputy Assistant Secretary FROM: THOMAS GALASSI DirectorDirectorate of Enforcement Programs SUBJECT: Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicalsand Covered Concentrations of Listed Appendix A Chemicals This memorandum revises OSHA’s enforcement policy on the concentration of a chemical that must be present in a process for
