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The new CAMEO Chemicals 2.7.1 version is now available Read More »
At all times relevant to this Complaint, Respondent owned and operated buildings, structures, installations, equipment, pipes or pipelines, and storage containers, located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent locations, where it deposited, stored, disposed of, or placed, Ammonia CAS# 7664-41-7. Ammonia CAS# 7664-41-7 was a “hazardous substance” as that term was defined…...
The Department of Energy has a little-known database that is a goldmine for emergency planners and responders. This database is called the Protective Action Criteria for Chemicals (PACs), and it uses a hierarchy-based system of the three (3) exposure guideline systems: Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) Emergency Response Planning Guidelines (ERPGs), and Temporary Emergency Exposure…...
Does your Emergency Response Plan use DOE’s “Protective Action Criteria” (PAC) Read More »
UPDATED 2/16/2021 with OSHA Case File A couple of KEY POINTS in this EMA’s report out to the County Supervisors: Two weeks before this incident the County had conducted a drill at another NH3 facility that involved a rooftop NH3 leak (PREPAREDNESS) The release came from a 14″ diameter suction line on the roof of…...
What it’s like to have a 14″ NH3 pipe suffer a 24″ long stress fracture on your roof Read More »
OSHA currently regulates aspects of emergency response and preparedness; some of these standards were promulgated decades ago, and none were designed as comprehensive emergency response standards. Consequently, they do not address the full range of hazards or concerns currently facing emergency responders, nor do they reflect significant changes in performance specifications for protective clothing and…...
OSHA puts the HAZWOPER standard on the UPDATE schedule Read More »
I know we are past the 2018 reporting deadline (March 1st), but last week (4/10/18) EPA posted a beneficial tool for those of you who work with EPCRA Tier Sheets. EPA and OSHA did an excellent job developing this cross-walk worksheet to assist facilities in comparing OSHA’s original and new physical and health hazards adopted…...
Physical and Health Hazards Cross-Walk for EPCRA Tier II Reporting Read More »
In 2016 EPA revised some of the EPCRA reporting requirements based on OSHA’s revision of their Hazardous Communications Standard (now called the GHS). This revision involved the hazard categories in the regulations at 40 CFR part 370 for reporting under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). On March 26th, 2012, OSHA revised its…...
This is video footage from an anhydrous ammonia (NH3) leak (liquid leak) and does an excellent job of showing how NH3 will behave when released as a liquid, with a boiling point of -28ºF. The videographer may not have known how close he was to “death” while shooting his/her footage, but the wind was his…...
When the wind is your friend and you can watch NH3 boil Read More »
What’s changed in CAMEOfm 3.4.1 and Tier2 Submit 2017 “rev 2”? In November, the CAMEOfm 3.4 and Tier2 Submit 2017 program releases included new physical and health hazard categories to match the revised Safety Data Sheet (SDS) options described in OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard of 2012. Newer versions of those programs are now available with…...
New versions of CAMEOfm and Tier2 Submit are now available (January 2018) Read More »
For those who deal with emergency planning and response know all too well about EPCRA’s Tier Sheets, most notably Tier II sheets that facilities submit annually so as to inform the emergency response community of their hazardous materials and extremely hazardous substances on site. These Tier sheets have been around since 1986 and are still a…...
Combustible Dust and EPCRA 311/312 reporting Read More »
What’s changed in MARPLOT 5.1.1? Made improvements to the auto-upgrade process to resolve rare issues some users experienced when upgrading to 5.1 Modified new layer creation process so that layers default to Individual Graphics Mode Updated U.S. Boundaries layers to 2017 data Enhanced threat zone information display in ALOHA popup notes Made improvements to the…...
MARPLOT 5.1.1 is now available for download (December 2017) Read More »
OSHA has cited a power plant and it’s security services provider, for $43,458 in total proposed penalties, following a release of anhydrous ammonia at its Gibsonton facility. On May 23, 2017, OSHA responded to the incident and determined that the ammonia release occurred when a relief valve activated after a pipeline became over pressurized. As a…...
OSHA Cites Power Plant And it’s Security contractor following Ammonia Release Read More »
