PSM and RMP Citations/Analysis

The Respondent operates a frozen poultry storage facility adjacent to other businesses, within several hundred feet of residences, and near a hospital. Respondent uses anhydrous ammonia in a refrigeration “process,” as defined by 40 C.F.R. § 68.3, in a system of pipes and vessels at the Facility (the “Process”). On June 5, 2019, EPA inspectors…...

On February 8, 2017, an explosion at the DeRidder Mill killed three contract workers and injured seven others (the “Explosion”). These workers from Elite Welding, LLC (“Elite”), were welding on the cracked intersection of a vertical eight-inch clean condensate pipeline and a three-inch pipeline near the Mill’s 100,000-gallon foul condensate tank. This tank accumulates harmful…...

Respondent has a synthetic rubber manufacturing process at the facility that processes two petrochemicals, butadiene and styrene, and the temperature of the reaction is controlled by anhydrous ammonia. Respondent has greater than a threshold quantity of 1, 3-Butadiene and Ammonia (anhydrous) in a process at the Facility, meeting the “covered process” definition defined by 40…...

Respondent is the current operator of a chemical manufacturing and distribution facilities. The General Duty Clause applies to any stationary source producing, processing, handling, or storing regulated substances, as defined above, or other extremely hazardous substances (“EHS”). EHSs include regulated substances listed pursuant to Section 112(r)(3) of the Act at 40 C.F.R. § 68.130 and…...

The respondent’s facility (“Facility”) is located in a mixed-use area. The Facility is located on the third and fourth floors of a mixed-use commercial/industrial building that houses medical offices, a deli, and other businesses. The Facility is located within a third of a mile of several tourist attractions, including museums and restaurants. The east end…...

Respondent has an Ethanolamines unit used for chemical manufacturing purposes at the Facility that has greater than a threshold quantity of anhydrous ammonia.  EPA Findings of Violation Count 1 – Quality Assurance… Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here...

The respondent operates a water chlorination process. On July 27, 2021, EPA conducted an announced inspection of the Facility. The Facility maintains a maximum inventory of 14,000 pounds of chlorine, a regulated substance, as a liquified compressed gas in 1-ton cylinders. Here are the findings from the inspection:… Membership Required You must be a member...

Respondent operates a food manufacturing process involving ammonia refrigeration with more than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia on site.  Respondent has an RMProgram level 3 covered process, which stores or otherwise uses anhydrous ammonia in an amount exceeding its applicable threshold of 10,000 pounds.  On February 27, 2020, the EPA conducted an on-site inspection of…...

Respondent is the owner and operator of a frozen foods processing facility that includes anhydrous ammonia storage tanks, valves, piping, compressors, freezer tunnels, and other buildings, structures, equipment, installations, or substance-emitting stationary activities from which an accidental release of anhydrous ammonia may occur; which belong to the same industrial group; which are located on one…...

Respondent engages in chemical warehousing and storage activities at the Facility. The Warehouse comprises more than 200,000 square feet of space. It is used, in part, for storing hazardous materials, including, without limitation, flammable liquids and other extremely hazardous substances that may be toxic, reactive, flammable, volatile, or corrosive as stored in the Warehouse…. Membership...

A federal workplace safety investigation into a Jan. 19, 2022, ammonia leak that hospitalized two workers and led to the evacuation of about 50 workers at a Canton poultry processing plant found their employer might have prevented the incident by ensuring required safety standards were followed. OSHA found the uncontrolled temperature and pressure conditions on…...

Respondent is the owner and operator of a frozen foods processing facility that includes anhydrous ammonia storage tanks, valves, piping, compressors, freezer tunnels, and other buildings, structures, equipment, installations, or substance-emitting stationary activities from which an accidental release of anhydrous ammonia may occur; which belong to the same industrial group; which are located on one…...