One of the top questions we get when working with clients whose primary business is storing, handling, and processing flammable liquids is… How many flammable storage cabinets can we have in the same area? This answer used to be easy, but these days – not so much. Back in the day, NFPA 30 (2000 Edition) […]
In 2011 someone wrote to OSHA and specifically asked for clarification on the use of the words “or” and “nor” in the paragraph Design, Construction, and Capacity of Storage Cabinets-Maximum Capacity, 1910.106(d)(3)(i), which states: “Not more than 60 gallons of Class I or Class II liquids, nor more than 120 gallons of Class III liquids
In my Process Safety, HAZMAT, and Emergency Response course, I always walk the students through an exercise to demonstrate just how dangerous chemicals such as Cl2 and NH3 are. So many have come to believe that these chemicals are hazardous only when we exceed the OSHA/EPA Thresholds for PSM/RMP. In a 40 ft × 40
In my Process Safety, HAZMAT, and Emergency Response course, I always walk the students through an exercise to demonstrate just how dangerous chemicals such as Cl2 and NH3 are. So many have come to think that these chemicals are only hazardous when we exceed the OSHA/EPA Thresholds for PSM/RMP. In a space that is 40
Anyone who has taken one of my HAZMAT or Process Safety training courses has heard about and seen video of the Atlas Foundry LPG BLEVE that occurred back in 2007. But in a recent process safety course, several students (volunteer FF’s outside of their full time job at this PSM facility) debated on the facts
Respondent’s facility contains a process that produces ethylene, propylene, benzene, butadiene, and toluene. Respondent’s facility has toxic and flammable regulated substances in a process in excess of the threshold quantities listed in 40 C.F.R. § 68.130. An EPA inspector conducted an inspection of Respondent’s facility on November 18-20, 2014. Following the inspection and a review
Respondent owned and operated a chemical manufacturing facility that manufactures nitrogenous fertilizer. The facility processes natural gas to produce anhydrous ammonia. Anhydrous ammonia is the only regulated substance present at the facility and is used in the following processes or areas of the process: ammonia manufacturing, ammonia storage and loading, nitric acid (56%) manufacturing, nitdc
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has released preliminary findings from its ongoing investigation of the toxic chemical release that occurred at a distilled spirits plant in Kansas on October 21, 2016. The CSB’s investigation into the release has identified several shortcomings in the design and labeling of loading stations, as well as adherence to chemical
Respondent owned and operated an oil refinery which operates a variety of processes to produce petroleum products (e.g., propane, butane, gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, furnace oil, etc.) from raw crude oil. On August 11-14, 2014, EPA conducted an inspection of the Facility focused on compliance with CAA§ 112(r) and 40 C.F.R. Part 68. The regulated
Respondent’s facility is a poultry processing facility and uses 145,000 pounds of ammonia (anhydrous) as part of its covered process. On March 26, 2016, at approximately 8:05.p.m., the refrigeration staff received an odor complaint. Upon inspection, they discovered a pressure release valve (PRV) released prematurely on the marination tanks located on the roof. The staff
