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A few years ago we were asked to participate in an engineering review/facility siting for a proposed facility. The business was in a $ crunch so one way they decided to save some $ was to utilize DOT-306 tankers as “temporary storage tanks”, thus reducing the number of above-ground storage tanks AND a reduction in the size of secondary containment. As we got into this review, we noticed...
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Years back a facility had to apply for a “Special Permit” (example of a permit at link) to get an exemption for their HAZMAT Attendance requirements and then it was very specific to the loading/unloading station and came with many caveats. Now 49 CFR 177.834 has this exception built into the standard and it reads:
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Back in January 2019, I posted an article titled “Is API 570 your Piping Inspection/Repair RAGAGEP… Repair Requirements are now crystal clear” and this posting caused quite the stir with many of you. Most of you followed the code(s) and went and verified what I shared in the article, but as usual, I got a lot of negative “feedback” as if I were trying to sell my...
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This past week I learned that what used to be allowed only under a “special permit” is now part of the regulation for unloading (and loading) HAZMATs. It was very popular during my time as a safety/PSM manager and all my plants applied for and received the DOT Special permit(s) to unload both Railcars and Tanker Trucks of HAZMATs. But now, plants do not have to apply for a special...
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Over the years I have been told time and time again that there are two absolutes in ammonia refrigeration. #1 – we do not have “temporary operational conditions” so we have no need for “temporary operating procedures” and #2 – there is no “process chemistry” in ammonia refrigeration. But it dawned on me this week that I had beaten the “temp...
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Last week I mentioned a trade group was planning to implement a standard/guide (not sure how it will be classified) that will suggest that the industry should use respirators that carry a NIOSH 14G approval rather than the more common 23C respirator. Since all of this has been happening I have received numerous e-mails, calls, and texts asking me “what the heck is the difference”...
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RMPs must be updated at least once every five years. EPA offers a Checklist for Submitting your Risk Management Plan (RMP).
We must fully update your RMP for resubmission sooner than the five-year anniversary date if any of these changes occur:
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The Ammonia Safety Awareness Program was developed due to the rise of ammonia-related incidents and hazards over the past few years, including the tragedy at Fernie Memorial Arena. Developed in collaboration with industry professionals, this program provides training and downloadable tools to fill in knowledge gaps and share best practices for maintaining ammonia refrigeration equipment...
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This topic has always been one that seemed to be controversial in the ammonia refrigeration sector, with decades of denial that Stress Corrosion Cracking could occur in an ammonia refrigeration process due to the water content in the ammonia. But last month, Technical BC (British Columbia) discussing their SCC concerns related to pressure vessels in a refrigeration process. I know, that ammonia...
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One of the biggest and longest debates in process safety circles is the responsibility of businesses to upgrade their process design(s) based on an updated RAGAGEP. OSHA attempted to address this in a 2016 LOI. Now EPA has stated their “official position”…
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The Respondent owns and/or operates a chemical manufacturing facility that uses:
A. Oleum (fuming sulfuric acid) [sulfuric acid, mixture with sulfur trioxide] (“Oleum”);
B. Hydrogen fluoride/hydrofluoric acid (cone 50% or greater) [hydrofluoric acid] (“Hf “).
in a fluoroproducts process and a sulfuric acid process. From August 28 – 31, 2018, EPA conducted an inspection...
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The Facility is a nitrogenous fertilizer manufacturing facility that produces anhydrous ammonia, urea solutions, urea-ammonium nitrate, and by-product gaseous carbon dioxide. The Facility also produces intermediates (including nitric acid and ammonium nitrate solution) during the manufacture of the above products. Based on the quantity of anhydrous ammonia present at the Facility, the Facility is subject...
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