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Monday, August 15, 2016 at 10:02:54 AM
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Table of Contents (9 articles)
CHEMICAL LEAK DISCOVERED IN VAN WERT; CAUSES ROAD CLOSURES
Tags: us_OH, public, release, response, petroleum
LION ENCLOSURE AT HOGLE ZOO CLOSED DUE TO CHEMICAL LEAK
Tags: us_UT, public, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
SHELTER IN PLACE LIFTED AS CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINED AT HONEYWELL
Tags: us_LA, industrial, release, response, sulfuric_acid
CAUSTIC CHEMICAL THAT FLOODED INTO LOCAL WATERWAY IDENTIFIED
Tags: us_GA, industrial, release, response, cleaners
FIREFIGHTERS GIVE ALL-CLEAR AFTER SOUTHEAST SIDE CHEMICAL SCARE
Tags: us_TX, public, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
GOLD KING MINE SPILL‰??S ECONOMIC IMPACT FLEETING IN DURANGO, LASTING IN THE NAVAJO NATION ‰?? THE DENVER POST
Tags: us_CO, public, follow-up, environmental, illegal
COURT APPROVES $5.6 MILLION BAYER SETTLEMENT, MANDATES CHEMICAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENT å• ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER å• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT NEWS
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
EMERGENCY CREWS CALLED TO FIRE ON PURDUE‰??S CAMPUS
Tags: us_IN, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
FREMONT CHEMICAL REACTION LANDS GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER IN HOSPITAL
Tags: us_CA, transportation, explosion, injury, waste
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CHEMICAL LEAK DISCOVERED IN VAN WERT; CAUSES ROAD CLOSURES
Tags: us_OH, public, release, response, petroleum
VAN WERT, Oh. (WANE) ‰?? The odor of a chemical substance was reported in the area of South Washington Street and Central Avenue.
Upon further investigation, it was discovered on August 14, that the odor was coming from a town creek and a visible petroleum slick was in the water, according to the Van Wert County Police Department.
The potential source is believed to be coming from the 700 block of East Main Street.
The EPA has been notified and is en route to the location.
The Van Wert City Police Department is asking all residents to stay off the noted closed roadways until barricades have been removed.
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LION ENCLOSURE AT HOGLE ZOO CLOSED DUE TO CHEMICAL LEAK
Tags: us_UT, public, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
SALT LAKE CITY ‰?? Crews from the Salt Lake City Fire Department responded Sunday morning to a report of a five gallon spill of hydrochloric acid at Hogle Zoo.
At 10:51 a.m., Salt Lake City Fire Department responded to a chemical leak at the Utah Zoo. A zoo employee noticed what he described at two-to-three gallon leak of hydrochloric acid, SLCFD said. The leaked product was contained to an area in the basement of the building that has the indoor enclosure for the lion exhibit.
Officials said the lions were kept in the outside portion of their enclosure and were not affected.
The employee was evaluated on scene as a precaution and was released without being transported to the hospital.
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SHELTER IN PLACE LIFTED AS CHEMICAL LEAK CONTAINED AT HONEYWELL
Tags: us_LA, industrial, release, response, sulfuric_acid
GEISMAR, LA (WAFB) -
The shelter in place has been lifted as the chemical leak is contained at the Honeywell Plant in Geismar, according to the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office.
DEQ inspectors gave the all clear for thousands to open their windows and turn their AC back on after certification both on-site and off-site.
The shelter in place was issued earlier Saturday night for Geismar, the Carville area, the St. Gabriel area, and everything south of Hwy. 74 in Ascension Parish has been lifted. This area included two prisons in St. Gabriel.
Highways 74 (closed from Elayn Hunt Correctional Center to 3115), Highway 3115, and Highway 30 (from truck stop in St. Gabriel to Hwy. 73 in Ascension Parish) and Hwy. 75 (River Road) are now open.
There are no reported injuries at this time.
A spokesperson with Honeywell released the following statement around 8 p.m. Saturday:
‰??Honeywell's Geismar facility experienced a leak of sulfuric acid this evening. The facility's emergency response team is working to mitigate and stop the leak. The plant has instructed employees of the site and two neighboring sites to shelter in place as a precaution. The facility also notified state police of the incident as per plant procedure.‰??
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CAUSTIC CHEMICAL THAT FLOODED INTO LOCAL WATERWAY IDENTIFIED
Tags: us_GA, industrial, release, response, cleaners
SMYRNA, Ga. -- Officials are working Saturday to identify and clean up a chemical substance that somehow made its way into a Cobb County creek in a residential area.
And now, officials believe they know what the mysterious chemical is.
A spokesperson with the Cobb County Fire Department confirmed that employees of the Apollo Industries plant called authorities around 11:30 a.m. to report that "something had been dumped into the water."
That "something" was apparently an automotive cleaning solvent.
Crews with the fire department responded were able to determine that the source of the substance was from the company's property on South Cobb Industrial Boulevard.
According to the company's website, it produces products ranging from aerosol cleaners to insecticides.
Fire and water officials were able to stop the leak at the plant, but not before 2,300 gallons of the substance made its way into the surrounding water system, stretching for at least three-quarters of a mile of a nearby creek.
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FIREFIGHTERS GIVE ALL-CLEAR AFTER SOUTHEAST SIDE CHEMICAL SCARE
Tags: us_TX, public, release, response, hydrochloric_acid
SAN ANTONIO - A haz-mat scare on San Antonio's Southeast Side ended safely Saturday morning.
The chemical scare began when falling debris hit a container and released hydrochloric acid.
Workers were doing roof repair at a business on East Houston Street just outside of Loop 410 around 9:15 a.m. when the roofing material fell off, hitting the container.
Firefighters said the accident sent acid fumes drifting into the air, and toward surrounding businesses.
But a haz-mat crew inspected the source of the leak and determined the acid fumes did not present an ongoing threat.
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GOLD KING MINE SPILL‰??S ECONOMIC IMPACT FLEETING IN DURANGO, LASTING IN THE NAVAJO NATION ‰?? THE DENVER POST
Tags: us_CO, public, follow-up, environmental, illegal
When the orange water of the contaminated Animas River surged into town a year ago, many in Durango worried it would leave behind a slime of not just pollutants but also stigma.
Would anyone ever want to raft or fish again in a river that looked, in pictures broadcast around the world, like fetid soup?
But today, one year after the breach of the Gold King Mine spilled millions of gallons of toxic-metals-laced runoff into the Animas, businesses in Durango that depend on the river say things are back to normal. The rafters are back. The fly-fishermen are back. The orange water is gone.
‰??After a year, it‰??s kind of been forgotten,‰?? said John Flick, the owner of Duranglers, a fly-fishing store and guide service in Durango.
That‰??s the story upstream, at least.
But trace the Animas‰?? slinking path into the southwestern desert, where it merges with the San Juan River, and you‰??ll find considerably more worry about what the spill left behind.
The Navajo Nation continues to watch with suspicion a river it considers sacred, fearing that its waters could poison crops. Only this May did Navajo officials reopen a critical irrigation canal that pulls water from the San Juan, which itself turned orange last year after the Animas pollution flowed into it.
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COURT APPROVES $5.6 MILLION BAYER SETTLEMENT, MANDATES CHEMICAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENT å• ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER å• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT NEWS
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
A settlement that requires Bayer CropScience to pay $5.6 million and make chemical safety improvements following a 2008 explosion that killed two people has been approved by the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
The violations occurred at Bayer‰??s facility in Institute, West Virginia.
In the court‰??s memorandum opinion and order, Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr., writes ‰??the evidence indicates that the 2008 explosion was the result of numerous, grave safety deficiencies at the plant‰?|the proposed consent decree would minimize the risk of reoccurrence through its extensive reporting, approved self-assessment, and standard operating procedure revision requirements applicable not only at the Institute facility but at other Bayer plants in the United States and any others that are built or purchased by Bayer during the next ten years ‰?|‰??
Under the settlement, Bayer CropScience will spend $4.23 million to improve emergency preparedness and response in the Institute area, pay a $975,000 penalty, and spend about $452,000 to implement a series of measures to improve safety at their chemical storage facilities across the US.
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EMERGENCY CREWS CALLED TO FIRE ON PURDUE‰??S CAMPUS
Tags: us_IN, laboratory, fire, response, unknown_chemical
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) ‰?? Emergency crews were called to a fire on the campus of Purdue University Friday afternoon.
The incident happened at the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory on Harrison Street around 2:40 p.m. The fire started on the roof, which has been undergoing renovations.
Crews quickly put out the fire with extinguishers.
The Purdue University Fire Department responded and called in the West Lafayette Fire Department with assistance in inspecting the roof.
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FREMONT CHEMICAL REACTION LANDS GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER IN HOSPITAL
Tags: us_CA, transportation, explosion, injury, waste
Residents of a Fremont neighborhood were advised to shelter in place for nearly two hours Friday after a garbage truck driver was exposed to a chemical reaction that occurred during waste pickup, officials said.
The incident happened about 9 a.m. in the 34000 block of Newtown Court after a Waste Republic driver placed a load of garbage into the back of a truck, said Diane Hendry, division chief for the Fremont Fire Department.
Chemicals within the trash reacted and sent a plume of gas into the air, Hendry said. The garbage truck driver, whose name was not released, complained of having difficulty breathing and was taken to a hospital, where he was in stable condition.
Video released by the Fire Department showed large amounts of smoke spewing out of the garbage truck and into the residential area, prompting fire officials to issue a shelter-in-place advisory for people living nearby.
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