Ammonia Week in Review | April 21, 2017

Ammonia hits the road in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review…..

Ammonia Spill in St. John’s Sees Response From HAZMAT Team Overnight – When firefighters arrived on scene, it was determined that the department’s HAZMAT team would be needed to deal with the incident. […keep reading]

Darke County Crews Investigating Reported Ammonia Leak – Dispatchers said the chemical used as an agricultural fertilizer leaked from a tanker truck. […keep reading]

All Clear Given at Evacuated Publix Warehouse Due to Ammonia Leak – Several hundred of the workers had to be evacuated, Friday, at around 10 a.m., due to an ammonia leak. […keep reading]

EPA RMP Citations @ Food Facility (NH3 & $106K, w/ 20 Facility Audits) – This is another incident involving hot-gas defrost and liquid hammering effect causing a large diameter pipe to fail and releasing 183 pounds of NH3. […keep reading]

PSI Explained: Safe Upper and Lower Limits / Consequence of Deviation – Title 8 CCR §5189(d)(2)(D)-(E) and Title 29 CFR §1910.119(d)(2)(i)(D)-(E) require that the information pertaining to the technology of the process include “Safe upper and lower limits for such items as temperatures, pressures, flows or compositions; and, an evaluation of the consequences of deviations, including those affecting the safety and health of employees.” […keep reading]