EPA inspected a meat plant that has an ammonia refrigeration process that qualified as a Program 3. This inspection should garner additional attention as this inspection took place VERY SOON after the facility was sold/bought. The new owner took over on August 29, 2011 and the inspection took place on May 16th and 17th, 2012. The new owner was cited for issues that resulted from the previous owners lack of attention to detail to process safety. Lesson’s learned… for a couple of dollars a due diligence would have saved $ and embarrassment for the new owner. The citations could not even be considered “low hanging fruit” as these were so easy; the EPA inspectors were tripping over them as these had already fallen off the tree!! Here is a break down of the citations and a copy of the settlement agreement… (BTW… I am very disappointed in what EPA accepted as “closure” for these issues as NONE of the closure plans actually improved or ensured “process safety”. Everything was “from this point forward XXXXX will do….”. When you see some of the citations you will ask yourself, what about the last 12 years??)