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7th Annual Stanislaus Chemical Safety Day When: November 1, 2018 Time: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Breakfast at 7:00 – Lunch at 11:45) Location: Stanislaus County Fairgrounds | 900 N. Broadway Ave., Turlock, CA 95380 Stop by the Resource Compliance booth to say hello; we look forward to seeing you! Resource Compliance’s President and Senior Engineer, Peter Thomas, will be presenting […]
In Part 1 of this series, we examined the purpose of Management of Change and Pre-Startup Safety Review (MOC/PSSR) and how to determine when it is required. We will now review the specific requirements of MOC/PSSR. RMP/PSM/CalARP regulations are very similar on the prescriptive requirements for both MOC and PSSR. For simplicity, we will look […]
A Utah ice rink has an ammonia leak after a VFD fails in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Ammonia Leak Forces Evacuation of Park City Ice Arena – The Park City Fire Department spent about 4 hours at the Ice Arena on Saturday. They were able to identify the source of the leak, shut it off […]
A water treatment facility in Manhattan has an ammonia leak in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Hazmat Team Responds to Ammonia Leak at Manhattan Water Treatment Plant – City officials say workers doing a routine check of the facility just after 11 a.m. noticed a smell. They discovered a small leak in a 12-foot-deep […]
When I first got into Process Safety Management, Peter Thomas advised me, “If you want to be an expert in anything, be an expert in Management of Change and Pre-Startup Safety Review.” He then added that if you understand MOC/PSSR requirements, you will understand how every other element is affected by a process change. Now […]