Hazardous Materials

  Fire department, what’s the location of the emergency? >> It’s on 24th Street and Osborn. Okay, in the McDonald’s there ma’am? >> It’s inside McDonald’s. One of our employees fall down and she’s pregnant. Okay, okay is she complaining of any pain anywhere? >> I’m sorry. Is she complaining of any pain? >> Yeah…...

PROPANEby Dennis Hoaglin (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF “COCAINE” AND TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF AIR GUITAR) If you wanna get chilled, blown up or killed — PROPANE.Forget the rules, act like a fool — PROPANE.It’s a gas, it’s a gas, it’s a gas — PROPANE. If sprayed with this gas, it’ll freeze off your ass…...

The photos below are from a 1,000-gallon anhydrous ammonia nurse tank explosion June 6, 2005, at the Cenex Co-op yard in Morris, Minn. The explosion released approximately 841 gallons of anhydrous ammonia to the atmosphere…. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

Ethanol, what is the worry? On May 14, 2007, a tanker carrying 8,000 gallons of ethanol overturned and burst into flames on an interstate in Baltimore, Maryland, killing the driver and sending a burning stream of ethanol into the street below, igniting a row of parked vehicles. On October 22, 2006, an eighty-six-car train carrying…...

The Chlorine Institute, Inc. (CI) has launched a major initiative to provide a vast majority of its informative technical publications free to key chlor-alkali industry stakeholders via CI’s online bookstore. Twenty-six of CI’s 47 technical pamphlets already have been made available free, including five added so far this year. Five more will be added each…...

The Chemical Reactivity Worksheet (CRW) is a free program you can use to find out about the reactivity of substances or mixtures of substances (reactivity is the tendency of substances to undergo chemical change). It includes: a database of reactivity information for more than 5,000 common hazardous chemicals; a way for you to virtually “mix”…...

In this final rule, PHMSA is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations to clarify requirements governing emergency response information services provided by arrangement with hazardous materials offerors (shippers). In order to preserve the effectiveness of these arrangements for providing accurate and timely emergency response information, PHMSA is requiring basic identifying information (offeror name or contract number)…...

This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) issued a final rule that establishes interim design standards aimed at improving the crashworthiness of tank cars carrying poison inhalation hazard (PIH) materials.  The rule mandates that tank cars carrying PIH materials, such as chlorine and anhydrous ammonia, feature thicker inner shells and/or outer jackets to improve…...

A MUST READ for businesses that use nurse tanks and for Emergency Responders who may respond to incident involving them!!!  Based on eight (8) recent enforcement investigations, conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Hazardous Materials Enforcement (OHME), this letter is intended to notify the industry…...

Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) is the information protection regime authorized by Section 550 of Public Law 109-295 to protect from inappropriate public disclosure any information developed or submitted pursuant to Section 550. This includes information that is developed and/or submitted to DHS pursuant to the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) regulation which implements Section 550…....

H.R.2868 is to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend, modify, and recodify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to enhance security and protect against acts of terrorism against chemical facilities, and for other purposes. This week a US House subcommittee passed chemical security legislation that critics said would change federal…...