Ammonia Week in Review | May 25, 2018

May 25th, 2018 | , , , ,

Ammonia leaks, revised amendments to the EPA’s RMP rule, and more in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review



Ammonia Leak Forces Evacuation of Vancouver’s West End Community Centre – “One of our compressors in the ammonia plant did have a small leak in the seal of the drive shaft,” said Chin. The ammonia was quickly isolated in the compressor room, and never made it into another part of the community centre. […keep reading]

EPA Moves to Rescind, Revise Amendments to RMP Rule – Under the proposed rule by Pruitt, the EPA would rescind RMP amendments relating to safer technology and alternatives analyses, third-party audits, incident investigations and information availability, along with several other minor regulatory changes. […keep reading]

Rochester Fire Department Responds to Anhydrous Ammonia Leak – Earlier Thursday afternoon, Rochester Fire Department responded to a farm field in Northeast Rochester where they found an anhydrous ammonia nurse tank leaking. […keep reading]

Fresno County CalARP Training Day – On May 22, 2018 Resource Compliance partnered with Fresno County to provide training on CalARP Regulations. The training covered process safety for the following applications: ammonia (refrigeration, fertilizer, and other), sulfur dioxide, and chlorine. […keep reading]

The Significance of New Sustainable Method of Ammonia Production – Researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Virginia Tech have developed a sustainable method of producing ammonia, a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, which is vital for life on earth, including the production of food to feed the increasing world population. […keep reading]

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