Ammonia Contained in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… GFD Contains Ammonia Leak At Hankins Street Plant – The Greeneville Fire Department responded Saturday morning to an anhydrous ammonia leak at the La Quesera Mexicana plant at 121 Hankins St. […keep reading] Taylor Farms Reopened its Salinas Food Processing Facility One Year After a Potentially Disastrous […]
Many evacuate in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Dangerous Chemical Leaks Have Injured Workers at One of America’s Largest Meat Processors – A pipe weld in the plant had ruptured, filling the room with a white cloud of ammonia gas – a chemical used to refrigerate meat that can be deadly in high doses. […]
Uriah Donaldson presented a technical paper at the 2023 IIAR Conference titled The Cost of Non-Compliance: An Objective Analysis of Federal EPA’s Enforcement at Ammonia Refrigeration Facilities. This blog series includes excerpts from his technical paper. Part 3: A Historical Timeline of Major Events (1980-1994) December 10, 1980 | The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) aka […]
Ammonia Goes Green in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… C&S Wholesale Grocers Rolls Ahead on ‘Green Path’ Sustainability Road Map – To cut down GHGs like hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), C&S reported that it has made “tremendous investments” in green refrigeration systems and now uses a natural refrigerant—ammonia—within almost 100% of its warehouses. […keep reading] Traffic […]
Costly Leak in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… EPA Fines Duluth Center for Failure to Report 2021 Ammonia Leak – The EPA fined the DECC $118,000 for failing to report the release of ammonia, along with two years of required documentation for sulfuric acid and storage of other onsite emergency and hazardous chemicals. […keep […]
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