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The Latest On What The EPA Has To Say About Emergency Response And Other RMP Related Topics

May 1st, 2013

US EPA Region 10 just released the May – June edition of their CHEMICAL EMERGENCY PREVENTION & PLANNING NEWSLETTER and you might be interested to hear what they have to say about your Emergency Response Program.  Below are highlights from the newsletter, or click here to view the entire newsletter. EPA recognizes that, in some cases […]

Mechanical Integrity 101 | Inspection of Cold Storage Bunkers

April 29th, 2013

In the fresh fruit and vegetable industry in Central California, it is very common for facilities to use bunker-mounted air-cooling evaporators. A typical installation of a bunker-mounted evaporator can been seen in the schematic below: Performing a mechanical integrity inspection of a bunker-mounted evaporator requires many of the same inspection protocols that any air-cooled evaporator […]

Ammonia Week in Review | April 26, 2013

April 26th, 2013

Another Ammonia Week in Review full of ammonia leaks and fines… Ammonia Leak From Container Triggers Panic – The leakage of anhydrous ammonia while in transit on the Kolkata-Chennai National Highway-5 near Asram Medical College on the city outskirts triggered panic. The liquid-turned gas kept gushing out when the lids of the three out of four […]

FREE Ammonia Safety Training

April 22nd, 2013

Come take advantage of the free ammonia refrigeration safety day at Cypress Community College this Friday. 25th ANNUAL RETA  CA #2 Los Angeles & Inland Empire Ammonia & Refrigeration Safety Seminar Friday, April 26, 2013 Cypress Community College 9200 Valley View • Cypress, CA There will be training sessions on ammonia awareness , corrosion under […]

Ammonia Week In Review | April 19, 2013

April 19th, 2013

From small leaks to a tragic explosion, there is no shortage of news in today’s edition of Ammonia Week in Review… Explosion hits Texas ammonia plant – An explosion struck Adair Grain Inc.’s fertilizer facility in the town of West, Texas, killing an unknown number of people, injuring at least 100 and leveling buildings. Local media said as […]