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Ammonia Week in Review | April 21, 2023

April 21st, 2023

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 […]

Ammonia Week in Review | April 14, 2023

April 14th, 2023

Ammonia Gets Ice Cold in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Crews Respond to Possible Ammonia Leak at Reno Ice, Prompts Evacuation – “As we work to mitigate the leak, odors may make their way to the filed. We want to ensure public is safe and reduce additional cause for concern.” […keep reading] Hazmat Called […]

IIAR 2023 Award for Presentation Excellence – Uriah Donaldson

April 10th, 2023

Congratulations to Uriah Donaldson for winning the “2023 Award for Presentation Excellence” at the 2023 IIAR National Conference & Expo in Long Beach, California. Uriah’s presentation titled The Cost of Non-Compliance: An Objective Analysis of Federal EPA’s Enforcement at Ammonia Facilities was highly attended and received the highest evaluations from all of the 2023 IIAR […]

Ammonia Week in Review | April 7, 2023

April 7th, 2023

Ammonia Startles in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… JBS Investigating Ammonia Leak at Greeley Beef Plant that Forced Temporary Evacuation – JBS officials are investigating an ammonia leak at the company’s beef plant in Greeley that required an evacuation of the plant this past week as it was ventilated. […keep reading] Ammonia Leak at […]

Ammonia Week in Review | March 31, 2023

March 31st, 2023

False Alarms in this week’s edition of the Ammonia Week in Review… Bayer Says Boiler Alarm Sounded Tuesday, No Risk to Public – Bayer says there’s never been a harmful ammonia release from their Berkeley site. […keep reading] ‘Potentially Lethal’: Crown Wants $2.95M in Fines for Richmond Ammonia Release – Contaminated ammonia was moved in an uncertified tank […]