On or about September 14, 2016, representatives of the EPA conducted an inspection (the inspection) of Respondent’s Facility to determine compliance with Section 112(r) of the CAA and 40 C.F.R. Part 68. Information gathered during the EPA inspection revealed that Respondent’s Facility had greater than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia in a process. From the time […]
EPA found that Respondent had violated regulations implementing Section 112(r) of the Act at 40 C.F.R. Part 68 by failing to comply with the regulations as noted below. Four EPA representatives inspected the facility on August 13, 2014. In consideration of Respondent’s size of business, its full compliance history, its good-faith effort to comply, and
Identifying Facilities as High-Risk and Regulating Site Security, the CFATS regulatory program uses a risk-assessment methodology to identify high-risk chemical facilities. DHS determines risk profiles by requiring facilities that possess specific quantities of chemicals of interest (COI) to complete a questionnaire, known as a Top-Screen, on their chemical holdings. Facilities determined to be high-risk must
A manufacturer of rigid metal, plastic, and hybrid containers faces $503,380 in proposed penalties after OSHA inspectors responded to four (4) separate reports of workers suffering injuries at the facility. As a result of its investigations, OSHA cited the business for five (5) repeated and five (5) serious safety violations of machine safety procedures and placed
Relief System Design is not actually rocket science, so when our Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practice (RAGAGEP) tells us that our relief valve discharge is to be in the “Upward” direction, this is not meant to be a “trick question”. But it does seem to stump a lot of engineers, case in point…
You may be thinking this video was shot in 1950’s, but nope it is 2015! If you ever wondered why we still have PRCS accidents in transportation containers, this may be a small indicator of why! Make sure you have your volume up so you can hear their conversation – UNREAL (ESPECIALLY at the 15:15
I spent this week surrounded by safety pros who wanted to learn the finer details of safety; one day was dedicated to LOTO. I always get some questions about spending a day on LOTO… “what the heck are we going to talk about LOTO for 8 hours?”. I think that if you were to poll
Respondent operates a food distribution plant with 33,400 pounds of ammonia for cold food storage purposes and is a RMProgram level 3 covered ammonia refrigeration process. On February 11, 2016, the EPA conducted an onsite inspection of the RMProgram related records and equipment for the purpose of assessing the Respondent’s compliance with the RMProgram requirements,
The short answer is ABSOLUTELY WE CAN, but we need to be very careful about how we manage our hazardous materials. The purpose of this article is to clear the air about EPA’s use of our own Tier II reports against our facility… they can be an “indicator” of PSM/RMP covered processes but they are NOT
In my world, we always had a written barricading safe work practice. This SWP covered everything from using “jersey barriers” to our bollards design and included the use of barricade tape: YELLOW was for CAUTION and could be crossed as long as you had on the required PPE to be inside the barricaded area and
