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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has set the date for “oral arguments” (Friday, March 16, 2018, 9:30 A.M. USCA Courtroom 31) challenging EPA’s delay of the Risk Management Plan (RMP) Amendments. The case is 17-1155 Air Alliance Houston, et al., v. EPA and E. Scott Pruitt.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has set the date for “oral arguments” (3/16/2018) challenging EPA’s delay of the Risk Management Plan (RMP) Amendments. The case is Air Alliance Houston, et al., v. EPA and E. Scott Pruitt.
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Since 2014, two workers in B.C. have been seriously injured in flash fires linked to non-bonded fuel hoses (i.e., hoses that cannot dissipate static electricity). In the second incident, the worker’s injuries were fatal. This bulletin explains the hazards. We aim to ensure that everyone involved in the storage, transportation, delivery, and transfer of fuel understands that fuel hoses must be...
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PRCS FATALITY– ONE ENTRANT – ONE WOULD BE RESCUER – OXYGEN DEFECIENT Man dies in hospital following industrial accident in Hamilton (one of two men who were rescued from a tanker truck in Hamilton on Thursday evening has succumbed to his injuries in hospital around 5:30 p.m. – one employee entered the tanker and then collapsed – a second employee then...
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This month OSHA published a FATAL FACT #16-2018 to raise awareness of confined space hazards on farms after a farm maintenance worker died after entering an 8,000-gallon polyethylene storage tank. At the time of the incident, the tank contained liquid whey, known to produce carbon dioxide gas as it decomposes. A broken ball valve inside the tank needed to be replaced....
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In 2016 EPA revised some of the EPCRA reporting requirements based on OSHA’s revision of their Hazardous Communications Standard (now called the GHS). This revision involved the hazard categories in the regulations at 40 CFR part 370 for reporting under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). On March 26th, 2012, OSHA...
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This is video footage from an anhydrous ammonia (NH3) leak (liquid leak) and does an excellent job of showing how NH3 will behave when released as a liquid, with a boiling point of -28ºF. The videographer may not have known how close he was to “death” while shooting his/her footage, but the wind was his best friend, as can be seen in the footage. Be sure to watch the videos...
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From the time Respondent first had on site greater than 10,000 pounds of methyl mercaptan, isopropylamine, and/or dimethylamine in a process, and/or greater than 20,000 pounds of aqueous ammonia in a process, Respondent was subject to the requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part 68 because it was an owner and operator of a stationary source that had more than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance in...
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Respondent owns and operates meat processing facilities located in Pennsylvania. As stated in Respondent’s RMP for each of the PA Facilities, Respondent has anhydrous ammonia in the following approximate quantities:
88,000 pounds at the Wyalusing Facility;
20,500 pounds at the Hazleton Facility.
On June 27, 2017, EPA conducted an inspection of the Wyalusing Facility to determine compliance...
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