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RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices (Part 3)

February 6th, 2018

Peter Thomas, P.E. recently wrote a technical paper and presented at the 2017 RETA National Conference on the topic of RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices. This is the third in a series of blogs which include excerpts from his technical paper. The previous blogs are available in the following links: Part 1, Part 2. RAGAGEP Documents While it […]

RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices (Part 2)

January 23rd, 2018

Peter Thomas, P.E. recently wrote a technical paper and presented at the 2017 RETA National Conference on the topic of RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices. This is the second in a series of blogs which include excerpts from his technical paper. Part 1 is available here. Ammonia Refrigeration RAGAGEP Not every document is considered RAGAGEP. Generally, a […]

RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices (Part 1)

January 9th, 2018

Peter Thomas, P.E. recently wrote a technical paper and presented at the 2017 RETA National Conference on the topic of RAGAGEP: Codes, Standards, and Good Engineering Practices. The next few blogs will include excerpts from his technical paper. Introduction The arena of codes, standards, and regulations can be confusing, frustrating, and often intimidating. The barrage of […]

CalARP and Aqueous Ammonia

December 12th, 2017

As we have summarized in a previous blog post, the CalARP regulation (Title 19 CCR, Division 2, Chapter 4.5) closely models USEPA’s RMP regulation (Title 40 Part §68) with the most notable difference being that the CalARP chemical list is longer and the threshold quantities are lower when compared to RMP. With regard to anhydrous […]

RMP Applicability

November 28th, 2017

The RMP regulation (Title 40 CFR §68) is divided into three program levels: Program 1, Program 2, and Program 3. The requirements of each program level differ in that Program 3 is more stringent than Program 2 which is more stringent than Program 1. The following flow chart which was obtained from General Guidance on […]