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Friday, August 4, 2017 at 7:44:44 AM
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Table of Contents (16 articles)
ALBANY COUNTY EXEC IMPLORES TRUMP TO FILL DOT VACANCIES FOR TRAIN SAFETY REASONS
Tags: us_NY, transportation, follow-up, environmental
I-25 REOPENS AT CIMARRON AFTER TRUCK FIRE
Tags: us_CO, transportation, fire, response, oxidizer
AN INDUSTRIAL SOS
Tags: Israel, industrial, discovery, environmental, ag_chems
SA STATE LIBRARY EVACUATED DUE TO PAINT FUMES, TWO TAKEN TO ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL
Tags: Australia, public, release, response, ammonia
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OVER THIS CHEMICAL PLANT'S EMISSIONS
Tags: us_NJ, public, follow-up, environmental, radiation
'LITTLE BOOM EXPLOSIONS' HEARD AS HYDROCHLORIC ACID TANKER ERUPTS IN FLAMES ON PACIFIC MOTORWAY
Tags: Australia, transportation, explosion, response, hydrochloric_acid
MORE DETAILS EMERGE IN STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S REPORT ON EASTER RESOURCES EXPLOSION
Tags: us_OH, industrial, follow-up, response, flammables
CSX TRAIN DERAILS IN HYNDMAN
Tags: us_PA, transportation, fire, response, petroleum
NO ONE INJURED IN HAZMAT INCIDENT AT ELECTRIC BOAT IN QUONSET
Tags: us_RI, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
PICKUP TRUCK CRASHES INTO PARKED TRAILER, CAUSING LATE NIGHT CHEMICAL LEAK IN UNION
Tags: us_IL, transportation, release, response, methanol
CHEMICAL LEAK AT DURHAM YMCA SENDS DOZENS TO HOSPITALS
Tags: us_NC, public, release, injury, pool_chemicals
FARMWORKERS MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO PESTICIDE, GOSFORD ROAD CLOSED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 119
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, injury, ag_chems, pesticides
U.S. COURT SAYS EPA MUST IMPLEMENT METHANE REGULATIONS
Tags: industrial, follow-up, environmental, natural_gas
FIRE AT LITHIUM MINE PROMPTS EVACUATION SCARE IN NEVADA TOWN ‰?? LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Tags: us_NV, industrial, fire, response, lithium
DEPUTY RELEASED AFTER HAZMAT CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Tags: us_TX, public, release, injury, phenol
CHEMICAL SPILL IN VIRGINIA ‰??KILLS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FISH
Tags: us_VA, industrial, release, environmental, pesticides
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ALBANY COUNTY EXEC IMPLORES TRUMP TO FILL DOT VACANCIES FOR TRAIN SAFETY REASONS
Tags: us_NY, transportation, follow-up, environmental
ALBANY ‰?? Albany County executive Daniel McCoy implored President Donald Trump to fill Department of Transportation vacancies for safety's sake a day after an Albany-bound train carrying hazardous cargo derailed, starting a fire and triggering the evacuation of a small town. He noted that "the top job, for Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, has been vacant since January."
"There are so many jobs unfilled...we're dancing with the devil," McCoy said at a news conference. "I don't want to wait until people die...I don't want to be saying I told you so."
When asked if he would blame Trump if lives were lost due to a train loaded with hazardous materials derailing McCoy, a Democrat, said "yes."
At least 32 cars of a CSX train derailed about 5 a.m. near tiny Hyndman, Pa., 100 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. One car was carrying molten sulphur and another was full of liquid petroleum gas. Both cars caught fire, according to National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Terry Williams. Hyndman's approximately 875 residents were evacuated. A car that struck a residential garage ignited a fire which was still burning Thursday.
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I-25 REOPENS AT CIMARRON AFTER TRUCK FIRE
Tags: us_CO, transportation, fire, response, oxidizer
A semi-truck caught fire on Interstate 25 Thursday evening, forcing the interstate to shut down at Cimarron Street in south Colorado Springs, officials said.
The fire was reported just after 5:30 p.m., said Capt. Steve Wilch, spokesman for the Colorado Springs Fire Department.
The driver pulled the tractor away from the trailer, where a 55-gallon drum filled with an oxidizer had caught fire. The trailer was carrying a mixed load - "a variety of hazardous materials" - and a 35-gallon drum of another oxidizer was also exposed, Wilch said.
The interstate will be closed for several more hours, Wilch said shortly before 8 p.m. Southbound traffic is being diverted at Bijou Street, and northbound is being diverted at Tejon Street.
Clean-up crews contracted by the trucking company are on their way from Denver and New Mexico. A hazmat crew on scene will "manage the initial containment of the hazard," Wilch said.
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AN INDUSTRIAL SOS
Tags: Israel, industrial, discovery, environmental, ag_chems
Haifa Chemicals, a signature Israeli agro-tech industry and long one of the nation‰??s most lucrative businesses, has announced plans to shut its fertilizer plants, which would send some 800 employees packing ‰?? and by some media accounts, hundreds more.
The decision made by The Trump Group ‰?? no relation to the US president ‰?? follows a four-year battle to come up with a safe method of storage for the toxic ammonia it requires for production. A huge 10,000 liter tank of the chemical, located at the edge of Haifa, has been justifiably ruled as too hazardous. This is because it puts the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens at risk in the event of war, natural disaster, or fire.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah drove home the plant‰??s vulnerability with a February 2016 threat to target it with missile fire, ‰??the result of which would be like a nuclear bomb.‰?? Hezbollah rockets had already struck as far as Haifa in the Second Lebanon War of 2006, with deadly results.
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SA STATE LIBRARY EVACUATED DUE TO PAINT FUMES, TWO TAKEN TO ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL
Tags: Australia, public, release, response, ammonia
South Australia's State Library, located in the Adelaide CBD, was evacuated and two people taken to hospital after paint fumes drifted into the building during renovations.
Dozens of people were evacuated from the library building in North Terrace about 12:30pm.
Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) and SA Ambulance crews attended the scene, and the main part of the library was later reopened.
"Apparently there was some sort of chemical scare," ABC Radio Adelaide presenter Peter Goers, who was heading to a football exhibition at the library, said.
"There's a smell of ammonia in the building, apparently, I'm told by people leaving."
SA Ambulance confirmed two people were taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a stable condition.
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OVER THIS CHEMICAL PLANT'S EMISSIONS
Tags: us_NJ, public, follow-up, environmental, radiation
KINGWOOD TWP. -- Some residents and members of the township's Environmental Commission are demanding updated information from MEL Chemicals about groundwater and soil contamination from its local plant that may be affecting the wells of nearby homeowners.
MEL, based in Manchester, United Kingdom, describes itself as a "global producer and supplier of inorganic materials specializing in zirconium-based chemicals."
The company, formerly known as MEI, was responsible for six chemical spills in Kingwood, Hunterdon County since July 1994, as reported by the state Department of Environmental Protection, according to minutes of the April 25 environmental commission meeting. The most recent one, involving five gallons of radioactive radium, occurred in February.
The 1994 spill, along with three spills in 2004 and 2011, also involved a radioactive liquid and solids. A 6,000-gallon spill in 2014 involved zirconium oxychloride.
In May, the DEP reported it received a petition signed by 35 individuals who live or work near the MEL site in Kingwood, requesting a meeting with Ramboll Environ, a health consulting firm working for MEL to investigate and remediate any pollution at the site.
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'LITTLE BOOM EXPLOSIONS' HEARD AS HYDROCHLORIC ACID TANKER ERUPTS IN FLAMES ON PACIFIC MOTORWAY
Tags: Australia, transportation, explosion, response, hydrochloric_acid
Tolls along the Logan Motorway have been waived after a chemical tanker erupted in flames on the M1 at Loganholme, an incident that left no-one injured thanks to the quick-thinking truck driver who pulled over and stopped traffic when he noticed a fire underneath his cab.
"Several explosions" were heard from hundreds of metres away and an emergency situation declared after a gas tanker carrying hydrochloric acid burst into flames on the Pacific Motorway.
The motorway was closed near the Logan Hyperdome after a southbound Coogee Chemicals truck carrying 15,000 litres of hydrochloric acid burst into flames and billowed "large volumes of black smoke" about 8.40am on Friday.
Police revoked the emergency situation at 4.50pm, with northbound lanes and two southbound lanes of the Pacific Motorway reopened.
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MORE DETAILS EMERGE IN STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S REPORT ON EASTER RESOURCES EXPLOSION
Tags: us_OH, industrial, follow-up, response, flammables
A Feb. 2 explosion and fire at a tanker truck repair shop occurred after mechanics used an acetylene torch to heat a bolt, according to a report from the State Fire Marshal‰??s Office.
The two employees of Eastern Resource Services near Dennison were removing and replacing a butterfly valve at the rear of a tanker truck at the time.
The last liquid transported in the tanker was produced water from fracking, the report said.
Eastern Resource Services did mechanical work on trucks used in the oil and gas industry.
The report by John P. Weber, assistant fire marshal, concludes that the explosion was accidental and occurred because the torch ignited an unidentified ignitable vapor. The case remains open pending additional information and laboratory results.
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CSX TRAIN DERAILS IN HYNDMAN
Tags: us_PA, transportation, fire, response, petroleum
HYNDMAN ‰?? A CSX train derailment early Wednesĺ-day in Hyndman set a building ablaze, left dangerous chemicals burning and forced hundreds to evacuate as responders fought to reclaim the town.
Thirty-two cars jumped the tracks in the Bedford County borough about 5 a.m., sparking a fire that spread to liquefied petroleum gas and molten sulfur stored in tank cars, officials from CSX said. Other parts of the 178-car train carried paper and wood pulp, company representatives said.
Officials did not indicate anyone was injured or killed in the crash. But the dangerous materials and growing fire forced increasingly broad evacuations, first to a nearby school and later to the Maryland state line miles away.
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NO ONE INJURED IN HAZMAT INCIDENT AT ELECTRIC BOAT IN QUONSET
Tags: us_RI, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. ‰?? Authorities rushed to Electric Boat when a 55-gallon drum began smoking. No one was hurt in the incident Wednesday afternoon.
‰??It was a chemical reaction that caused the drum to heat up and smoke‰?? around 3 p.m. inside a storage building, said North Kingstown Fire Chief Scott G. Kettelle. ‰??The situation is now under control.‰??
The town‰??s fire department, the Warwick Hazardous Materials response team and Electric Boat Fire Marshals responded, among others, Kettelle said.
Warwick‰??s response team ‰??entered the area an neutralized the reaction,‰?? he said around 4:30 p.m., adding emergency services were clearing out.
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PICKUP TRUCK CRASHES INTO PARKED TRAILER, CAUSING LATE NIGHT CHEMICAL LEAK IN UNION
Tags: us_IL, transportation, release, response, methanol
UNION ‰?? A pickup truck struck a parked trailer and caused its 55-gallon drum of methanol, a component used in the production of biodiesel fuel, to leak Wednesday morning in Union, fire officials said.
Shortly after midnight Wednesday, the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to 4609 Franklinville Road, Chief Michael Hill said.
A pickup truck had left the road for unknown reasons and hit a parked trailer. The trailer was carrying a 55-gallon drum of, at the time, an unknown liquid that began to leak. Hazardous material technicians were called to the scene about 1 a.m. to determine what exactly was leaking.
‰??It was the unknown that was the risk,‰?? Hill said. ‰??Until we knew what we were dealing with, we had to take every precaution.‰??
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CHEMICAL LEAK AT DURHAM YMCA SENDS DOZENS TO HOSPITALS
Tags: us_NC, public, release, injury, pool_chemicals
A chemical leak in the pool area of the Downtown Durham YMCA caused 42 people ‰?? 40 of them kids ‰?? to suffer a range of respiratory and nausea issues Thursday afternoon.
Six children were initially deemed to be in serious condition after the chemical sodium hypochlorite, commonly known as bleach, leaked. They improved after being sent to Duke University Hospital, according to officials. Most of the other children and two adults were sent to Duke and Durham Regional as a precaution.
Durham EMS officials believe the chemical leaked into the air, due to a mechanical issue.
"We did have six children that were initially serious on the scene but were later downgraded in the emergency room," said Durham County EMS Assistant Director Brandon Mitchell.
The initial 911 call described a "respiratory problem" with one of the individuals. About 100 kids from the YMCA camp based at Club Boulevard Elementary School had been swimming in the pool and had already been transferred back to the school.
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FARMWORKERS MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO PESTICIDE, GOSFORD ROAD CLOSED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 119
Tags: us_CA, industrial, release, injury, ag_chems, pesticides
Thirteen farm workers appear to have been exposed to pesticides as they worked in a garlic field on Gosford Road south of Highway 119 Wednesday morning.
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After arriving on scene, firefighters and staff of the Kern County Environmental Health Division identified only 13 individuals suffering from minor nausea, eye irritation, headaches and other symptoms that indicate pesticide exposure.
California Highway Patrol officials closed Gosford Road between Highway 119 and Houghton Road to prevent others from coming into contact with the pesticide. All the workers in the area were evacuated. The road remained closed until around noon, Knaggs said.
The 13 people who showed symptoms of exposure, Knaggs said, were decontaminated in an enclosed series of showers that removed any pesticide they may have been exposed to.
‰??We just want to make sure they‰??re OK,‰?? he said as the decontamination process was going on.
Later two of the affected individuals complained of feeling ill and were transported by ambulance to a hospital, Knaggs said.
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U.S. COURT SAYS EPA MUST IMPLEMENT METHANE REGULATIONS
Tags: industrial, follow-up, environmental, natural_gas
A federal court has again directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement Obama Administration regulations limiting methane emissions from new oil and natural gas drilling and production operations. The court‰??s July 31 order reaffirms one it issued in early July.
However, the court signaled it would reconsider new petitions from states, the oil and gas industry, environmentalists, and EPA seeking to support or challenge the earlier order.
The controversial regulations curbs emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from new or modified oil and gas operations. It does not affect the hundreds of thousands of currently operating oil and gas drilling and production operations.
The rules were finalized last year but have been delayed by the Trump Administration. In June, at industry‰??s urging, EPA head Scott Pruitt announced the rules would be put on hold for two years while EPA developed a new regulatory approach.
Several environmental groups and states challenged that decision and appeared to win after the court ordered EPA to forge ahead with the Obama regulations while it begins to develop new ones.
EPA has been quiet about the matter, saying that it does not comment on pending litigation.
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FIRE AT LITHIUM MINE PROMPTS EVACUATION SCARE IN NEVADA TOWN ‰?? LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Tags: us_NV, industrial, fire, response, lithium
A fire at the nation‰??s only lithium mine nearly forced the evacuation of the Esmeralda County town of Silver Peak on Monday.
Esmeralda County Sheriff Ken Elgan said about 100 barrels of lithium stored at the Rockwood mine, 215 miles northwest of Las Vegas, caught fire and burned for around eight hours.
Authorities had a school bus ready to clear out some residents in the event that noxious smoke from the fire began to blow in the direction of Silver Peak, about 4 miles away.
‰??We were prepared to evacuate the town if the winds changed,‰?? Elgan said. ‰??Mother Nature worked in our favor.‰??
Silver Peak is home to about 100 people.
A hazardous materials crew contracted out of Las Vegas was on the scene of the metal fire on Tuesday cleaning up the mess, Elgan said.
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DEPUTY RELEASED AFTER HAZMAT CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Tags: us_TX, public, release, injury, phenol
ORANGE COUNTY ‰?? An Orange County Sheriff's Office deputy was treated and released from a Beaumont Hospital after a woman allegedly exposed him to a potentially lethal chemical late Monday evening.
According to those close to the situation, the deputy was Lawson Dry, who worked at both the Jasper Police Department and the Jasper County Sheriff's Office in recent years.
According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Dry responded Monday to a call on Highway 105 just north of Vidor at about 11 p.m.
Once on scene, the sheriff's office said a woman handed Dry a bottle, which turned out to be liquified phenol, a corrosive acid. Officials noted that exposure to just 15 milliliters of the tissue-eating chemical can be deadly.
Dry got a small amount on his hands and also inhaled the fumes from chemical. Dry was transported by ambulance to CHRISTUS Hospital St. Elizabeth where he underwent emergency treatment and he was released early Tuesday morning.
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CHEMICAL SPILL IN VIRGINIA ‰??KILLS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FISH
Tags: us_VA, industrial, release, environmental, pesticides
About 165 gallons of an agricultural-use chemical leaked into a Roanoke-area creek over the weekend, resulting in fish kill estimated in the tens of thousands, Virginia officials announced Monday.
The chemical was identified as Termix 5301, a type of surfactant (detergent-like substance) added to herbicide and pesticide products before application, according to the Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
The substance leaked from a punctured container on the property of Crop Production Services, a farm supply store in Cloverdale. The chemical was then washed into Tinker Creek by rainfall. Officials were notified of the spill on Saturday.
Before the DEQ identified the chemical as Termix, multiple area residents reported seeing bubbles, suds and hundreds of dead fish in the water.
DEQ said the fish that died includes all sizes and types of fish, including sunfish, rock bass and smallmouth bass, large suckers, and many smaller species such as minnows and darters.
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