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Table of Contents (23 articles)
WAREHOUSE BUILDING EVACUATED IN NORTH-END TORONTO AFTER AMMONIA LEAK
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, response, ammonia
CHP: BIG RIG FIRE IN CALDECOTT TUNNEL EXTINGUISHED, BOTH BORES REOPEN
Tags: us_CA, transportation, fire, response, unknown_chemical
COVERT VULNERABILITY TESTING BREACHES NIST CAMPUSES, PROMPTING CALLS FOR SECURITY
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, discovery, environmental
FIRE BREAKS OUT AT VANDERBILT CHEMICAL PLANT IN MURRAY
Tags: us_KY, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
SARSTEDT: BOY AFTER CHEMICAL EXPLOSION IN COMA
Tags: Germany, education, explosion, injury, explosives, illegal
SILVER SPRING OFFICE BUILDING EVACUATED FOR 'UNUSUAL' CHEMICAL ODOR
Tags: us_MD, public, release, response, hvac_chemicals
CHEMICAL RELEASE SICKENS WORKERS AT WAUNAKEE RECYCLING PLANT
Tags: us_WI, industrial, release, injury, waste
CHEMICAL RELEASE CAUSES EVACUATIONS IN FORT PIERCE
Tags: us_FL, industrial, release, response, ag_chems
STUDENTS LEARN WORKPLACE SAFETY FROM OPERATING STAFF
Tags: us_IL, education, discovery, environmental, waste, water_treatment
MERCED MAN INJURED WHEN MARIJUANA-RELATED LAB EXPLODES ON K STREET
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, injury, butane, clandestine_lab
SUN COMMUNITY NEWS & PRINTING
Tags: us_NY, public, release, response, propane
TRAFFIC ALERT: ACID SPILL ON I-81, NEAR MILE MARKER 80
Tags: us_VA, transportation, release, response, acids
FIRE CHIEF CITES CITY‰??S READINESS, SAYS OCCUPTIONAL CANCER A MAJOR CONCERN
Tags: us_MA, public, discovery, environmental, unknown_chemical
CLAIM FORMS BEING ACCEPTED IN WEST VIRGINIA CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, environmental
EXPLOSION IN VEHICLE DURING WASHINGTON COUNTY TRAFFIC STOP; 1 IN CUSTODY
Tags: us_OR, transportation, explosion, response, explosives
MULTIPLE PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER CHEMICAL EXPLOSION IN DETROIT
Tags: us_ME, public, explosion, injury, dust, sulphur
BLAZE ENGULFS CHEMICAL FACTORY, 2 FIREMEN HURT
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, injury, aluminum_dust
AUDIO: NEW REFINERY SAFETY LAWS PASS, BUT BAN ON DEADLY CHEMICAL STALLS
Tags: us_CA, industrial, follow-up, environmental, hydrofluoric_acid, toxics
EU PARLIAMENT SHUNS LIMITED DEFINITION OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
Tags: Europe, public, discovery, environmental, ag_chems, pesticides
FIRE AT HOT METAL LABORATORY IN KEIGHLEY
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, fire, response, metals
WORKER INJURED AS AMMONIA GAS LEAKS AT PENAMPANG FACTORY
Tags: Malaysia, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
GOV. JERRY BROWN SIGNS 3 BILLS AIMED AT TORRANCE REFINERY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ‰?? DAILY BREEZE
Tags: us_CA, industrial, follow-up, environmental
ARKEMA RESPONDS TO LAWSUIT FOLLOWING CROSBY PLANT EXPLOSIONS
Tags: us_TX, public, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
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WAREHOUSE BUILDING EVACUATED IN NORTH-END TORONTO AFTER AMMONIA LEAK
Tags: Canada, industrial, release, response, ammonia
A warehouse building in Toronto‰??s north end was evacuated late Thursday evening after reports of an ammonia leak.
Toronto police said the building at Steeles Avenue West and Norfinch Drive, near the intersection of highways 400 and 407, was evacuated just after 10 p.m.
Hazmat units had arrived on scene alongside Toronto police and fire crews.
Toronto police temporarily closed Steeles Avenue West from Rossdean Drive to Norfinch Drive.
An update just after midnight said the leak had been capped and the roadway had reopened.
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CHP: BIG RIG FIRE IN CALDECOTT TUNNEL EXTINGUISHED, BOTH BORES REOPEN
Tags: us_CA, transportation, fire, response, unknown_chemical
Crews extinguished a big rig fire in the eastern right bore of the Caldecott Tunnel around 1 a.m. Friday morning, CHP said.
Both bores for closed for a time, creating traffic delays on eastbound Highway 24 in Oakland. Eastbound traffic was diverted to Fish Ranch Rd.
Both bores are now open.
Authorities dispatched a hazmat crew to determine the contents of the big rig's cargo.
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COVERT VULNERABILITY TESTING BREACHES NIST CAMPUSES, PROMPTING CALLS FOR SECURITY
Tags: us_CO, laboratory, discovery, environmental
Covert security tests of the National Institute of Standards and Technology‰??s two campuses revealed potentially-dangerous gaps, according to a new federal report released Wednesday.
Access was gained to both the Maryland and Colorado NIST locations, according to the investigation by the Government Accountability Office. The locations house hazardous chemicals and even a nuclear reactor used for research.
‰??We identified security vulnerability through our covert vulnerability testing, during which GAO agents gained unauthorized access to various areas of both NIST campuses,‰?? according to the public version of the report.
The report was discussed by some members of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Wednesday. Behind closed doors, the members watched videos detailing the 15 separate breaches of parts of the facilities.
‰??The evidence produced in these videos shines a light on the porous nature of NIST‰??s physical security, and are particularly concerning to the Committee, especially in light of the fact that the July 2015 meth lab explosion served to put NIST on notice that its physical security program was flawed,‰?? said Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.).
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FIRE BREAKS OUT AT VANDERBILT CHEMICAL PLANT IN MURRAY
Tags: us_KY, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
A fire broke out around 3 this afternoon at Vanderbilt Chemical Plant in Murray.
Emergency dispatch has confirmed that the fire has been extinguished.
Calloway Fire and Rescue Station 3 Captain Andy Harrell says there were no dangerous chemicals released during the fire.
He said Vanderbilt has response units at their facility, but had to call in help.
‰??They have equipment they have firefighters, so they were already on it," Harrell said. "It was a pretty good sized fire at first, and possibly an alcohol-based fire from what we‰??ve been told.‰??
Calloway County EMS said there are no injuries at this time. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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SARSTEDT: BOY AFTER CHEMICAL EXPLOSION IN COMA
Tags: Germany, education, explosion, injury, explosives, illegal
On Wednesday evening, a 15-year-old pupil suffered severe injuries to right hand. He is now in a coma in a hospital in Hildesheim.
As police shared, boy was on road with three friends (13, 14 and 14 years) when accident happened. In his trouser pocket, chemicals had exploded, which youngsters had stolen from chemistry room of Albert Schweitzer School last weekend.
Because boy is not capable of interrogation, motives of ft are still unclear.
However, experts from state criminal office of Lower Saxony found parts of a self-built detonating agent and traces of chemicals that were used ‰?? substances that lead to an explosion after mixture under pressure!
However, police stressed that "re is currently no evidence of a planned damaging event to detriment of or persons or similar".
At present time, police assume that this is a deplorable accident. However, four students are identified for breaking into school and for violating Explosives Act.
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SILVER SPRING OFFICE BUILDING EVACUATED FOR 'UNUSUAL' CHEMICAL ODOR
Tags: us_MD, public, release, response, hvac_chemicals
SILVER SPRING, MD ‰?? Hazmat crews responded to an office building in Silver Spring Thursday morning after a chemical odor associated with the HVAC was detected inside the building, officials said.
Hazmat and firefighters responded to the two-story building at 8818 Georgia Ave., near Spring Street, for an "unusual chemical odor in the building," Pete Piringer, the Chief Spokesperson for Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service, said. Piringer reported the incident at about 9 a.m. Thursday.
The building was evacuated and EMS evaluated some occupants, Piringer said. No one was transported to the hospital.
It was determined that the odor was associated with work and maintenance on the HVAC, Piringer said. The building was reoccupied at about 11 a.m.
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CHEMICAL RELEASE SICKENS WORKERS AT WAUNAKEE RECYCLING PLANT
Tags: us_WI, industrial, release, injury, waste
An unknown white substance released from recycled material at a Waunakee recycling company sickened 13 workers, with officials not knowing what the substance was.
The incident happened around 11:50 p.m. at the Advanced Disposal site on Raemisch Road, the Madison Fire Department said.
The department's hazardous incident team was called to assist Waunakee EMS after multiple people reported getting sick when the white substance was released while materials were being sorted.
Monitors used by the haz-mat team didn't pick up any type of material to determine what had been released, and there was none of the substance on any clothing that the affected workers were wearing, the Fire Department said.
"Surveillance video was reviewed and it was evident that whatever substance might have been in the sorting line had been processed and packed for transport," said MFD spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster.
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CHEMICAL RELEASE CAUSES EVACUATIONS IN FORT PIERCE
Tags: us_FL, industrial, release, response, ag_chems
FORT PIERCE ‰?? An evacuation in a largely industrial area lasted about two hours Thursday after a reported chemical leak at a business on Selvitz Road, according to the St. Lucie County Fire District.
The orange gas at Helena Chemical in the 3600 block of Selvitz Road turned out to be from a fertilizer tank that was venting, according to the Fire District.
Fire District crews were called at 12:06 p.m. to the incident, which was near Glades Cut-Off Road, Fire District spokeswoman Brenda Stokes said.
Standing at the scene, Fire District Interim Fire Chief Nate Spera said the 2,500-gallon tank contained a mixture of liquid fertilizer.
‰??According to the ‰?| people here, it heated up throughout the day and there‰??s a check valve that will allow it to vent,‰?? Spera said. ‰??That check valve failed, so it built pressure and went through another relief valve, and at that time it had overheated and started venting.‰??
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STUDENTS LEARN WORKPLACE SAFETY FROM OPERATING STAFF
Tags: us_IL, education, discovery, environmental, waste, water_treatment
When faculty and staff in NIU‰??s Industrial Management and Technology program look for hands-on experiences and mentors in the field, they don‰??t have to look far. The program ‰?? which offers a concentration in environmental safety and health ‰?? has built a strong, mutually beneficial relationship with departments across campus whose workers regularly encounter the issues they teach about in their classrooms.
Engineering Technology professors William Mills and Theodore Hogan have worked to amass the network of more than 100 NIU employees who have provided experiential learning, tours, projects and mentoring for their students.
‰??We are especially thankful to Scott Mooberry, director of the NIU Environmental Health and Safety Office, because he has facilitated all of the connections between Facilities Management & Campus Services, and is currently helping us establish relationships with the other administrative services that ensure our campus is a great place to learn,‰?? Hogan said.
Recent examples of these collaborations include students shadowing NIU shop employees to learn about their work and then preparing and delivering shop-specific training. Another class in the program learned about fall protection equipment and practices from a supervisor working in the Convocation Center catwalks. Another class prepared drafts of Chemical Hazard Training for Building Services workers. Students have also done ergonomic studies, chemical exposure measurements and noise measurements across the campus.
This semester, students are visiting the NIU East Chilled Water Plant and are doing projects on environmental sustainability and waste management reviews across many departments on campus. Other students will partner with campus employees in assigned shops or departments on campus to come up with safety plans for specific aspects of their job and will present those in teams to the class.
The Industrial Management and Technology program offers a concentration in Environmental Safety and Health. Students majoring in public health, energy and environmental technology, and environmental studies also take classes in the program.
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MERCED MAN INJURED WHEN MARIJUANA-RELATED LAB EXPLODES ON K STREET
Tags: us_CA, public, explosion, injury, butane, clandestine_lab
At least one man suffered major injuries late Tuesday when a suspected butane honey oil laboratory exploded inside a K Street apartment near downtown Merced, the Police Department reported.
The explosion was reported at 11:20 p.m. in an apartment complex at 2355 K St., No. 102, Capt. Matt Williams said.
Police said all the apartment‰??s windows were blown out and major fire damage was found inside the home, including in the bathroom, which police said was ‰??completely melted inside.‰??
Investigators said the home was being used as a clandestine laboratory to convert marijuana to hash oil, a dangerous process that involves butane and has been known to cause numerous dangerous explosions.
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SUN COMMUNITY NEWS & PRINTING
Tags: us_NY, public, release, response, propane
TICONDEROGA | A broken propane tank valve forced evacuation of several homes on Baldwin Road in Ticonderoga Sunday night.
Essex County Emergency Services Director Donald Jaquish said an unidentified youth on an all-terrain vehicle ran over the supply pipe for a 500 gallon underground propane tank, snapping it off and causing a serious leak.
The incident was reported to Essex County 911 at 5:13 p.m. on Oct. 8, and emergency personnel were there until 11:50 p.m.
Ticonderoga Fire Department went to the site and provided a fog stream of water on the leaking tank to prevent a fire or explosion, while the Essex County Hazmat Team was enroute.
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TRAFFIC ALERT: ACID SPILL ON I-81, NEAR MILE MARKER 80
Tags: us_VA, transportation, release, response, acids
TRAFFIC ALERT: Only one lane in each direction is open on I-81 near mile marker 80: Fort Chiswell / Max Meadows in Wythe County, Virginia.
Emergency crews are working on cleaning up a valeric acid spill after a truck overturned around 3 p.m., Wednesday. The Virginia Department of Emergency Management estimates 4,000 gallons of acid spilled on the road.
A spokesperson confirms the spill is contained. There is no contamination to any nearby waterway.
VDEM adds traffic is backed up for five miles in each direction.
Bristol, Virginia fire department's HAZMAT team is assisting in the clean-up. Crews expect to be at the scene through the morning.
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FIRE CHIEF CITES CITY‰??S READINESS, SAYS OCCUPTIONAL CANCER A MAJOR CONCERN
Tags: us_MA, public, discovery, environmental, unknown_chemical
Ask Boston Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn what really keeps him up at night.
Civilian fire deaths? There hasn‰??t been a single one all year. More large-scale fires? They keep a wary eye, but the department is staffed to handle them as they come. Wood-framed housing everywhere? As long as fire suppression measures are in place, and fire prevention teams monitor their status, those buildings are generally safe.
For the more than 1,500 men and women of the Boston Fire Department, there is a slower, more insidious threat to their well-being than the immediate danger of a burning building, one that has claimed hundreds of their colleagues over the years.
‰??Cancer in the fire services is exploding exponentially,‰?? Finn said. ‰??Boston is at the epicenter.‰??
After more than 30 years on the force and three of them as commissioner, Finn, a Neponset native, is wrangling new equipment, new facilities, fine-tuning response times, and working with other first responders and fire departments to better address the longstanding risks and the expanding role of a modern urban fire force.
‰??The cancer rate is probably my biggest focus right now,‰?? he said, sitting in the cafeteria of Florian Hall in Dorchester on Monday as a health fair took place. ‰??Certainly, [there‰??s] public safety and the public. We‰??re doing a pretty good job on the civilian side of the house. Civilian fire deaths are down. We‰??re getting there, we‰??re doing our thing. Now I‰??m really focused on where we are with our firefighters.‰??
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CLAIM FORMS BEING ACCEPTED IN WEST VIRGINIA CHEMICAL SPILL
Tags: us_WV, industrial, follow-up, environmental
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ‰?? Residents and businesses in nine West Virginia counties left without tap water during a 2014 chemical spill can start filing claims.
According to a website set up to handle claims, forms were being accepted both online and by mail started Wednesday.
A federal judge last month tentatively approved a revised settlement to a class-action lawsuit over the spill that left up to 300,000 people without tap water for up to nine days.
In January 2014, a tank at now-defunct Freedom Industries in Charleston leaked thousands of gallons of coal-cleaning chemicals that got into West Virginia American Water's treatment plant 1.5 miles downstream.
A final hearing on the settlement is scheduled for Jan. 9 in federal court in Charleston. The deadline for claims submissions is Feb. 21.
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EXPLOSION IN VEHICLE DURING WASHINGTON COUNTY TRAFFIC STOP; 1 IN CUSTODY
Tags: us_OR, transportation, explosion, response, explosives
PORTLAND, Ore. ‰?? A small explosion occurred inside a vehicle during a traffic stop in Washington County Wednesday afternoon.
Police took the driver, 26-year-old Jason P. Schaefer, into custody.
Jason Schaefer, seen in an April, 2017, booking photo.
FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele said the bureau and other agencies began serving a federal search warrant related to possible explosives inside an apartment at 18840 NW Rock Creek Circle on Wednesday morning.
Just before 4 p.m., authorities attempted to stop a driver, believed to be Schaefer, near 185th Avenue and Rock Creek Boulevard. The driver did not stop, but a pursuit ended quickly, Steele said.
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MULTIPLE PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER CHEMICAL EXPLOSION IN DETROIT
Tags: us_ME, public, explosion, injury, dust, sulphur
DETROIT, Maine ‰??
Multiple people were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon, including one person who was air-lifted to Portland, after a chemical explosion in Detroit, Maine.
Police, fire, and emergency officials were called to North Agriculture Sales around 1 p.m. in response to the explosion.
The explosion caused a fire, which was put out. Authorities say the explosion was caused by sulfur dust being ignited.
The conditions of the victims who were hospitalized are unknown at this time.
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BLAZE ENGULFS CHEMICAL FACTORY, 2 FIREMEN HURT
Tags: India, industrial, explosion, injury, aluminum_dust
KOLKATA: A major fire broke out at a Taratala chemical factory where 18 tonnes of aluminium dust and six tonnes of other chemicals were stored.Ten fire tenders were pressed into service. Though no casualties were reported from inside the factory, at least two firefighters were injured while trying to douse the fire.
Sources said waterlogged, narrow roads made it difficult for the fire tenders to reach 11, Transport Depot Road where the fire was reported at 9.50am on Wednesday . Further, several blasts were reported form the spot due to the presence of chemicals. The firefighters used sand and foam to deal with the raging fire.
Mayor Sovan Chatterjee said though the fire isn't spreading, it can't be said if it has died out. He said the godown was being used for illegal purposes. "I've asked cops to look into it and file an FIR if anything foul is suspected," he said.
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AUDIO: NEW REFINERY SAFETY LAWS PASS, BUT BAN ON DEADLY CHEMICAL STALLS
Tags: us_CA, industrial, follow-up, environmental, hydrofluoric_acid, toxics
Gov. Jerry Brown signed three new laws this week intended to make local refineries safer for their neighbors. But one big change remains elusive, and that's a ban on refineries using a toxic chemical known as modified hydrofluoric acid.
An explosion at the Torrance refinery in 2015 woke neighbors to the risk that, if released, the chemical could form a deadly cloud capable of floating along the ground for miles, injuring those in its path. A large piece of blast debris landed perilously close to a tank of the chemical.
State assemblyman Al Marutsuchi (D-Torrance) wrote three refinery safety bills approved this session. One requires refineries to pay for better community alert systems in case of accidents or toxic releases. Another adds air quality monitors to provide real-time information on emissions coming from refineries. A third bill strengthens state oversight of refinery worker safety and emergency response.
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EU PARLIAMENT SHUNS LIMITED DEFINITION OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
Tags: Europe, public, discovery, environmental, ag_chems, pesticides
The European Parliament last week rejected a narrow definition of endocrine disruptors that would have allowed their use in some cases. The proposal‰??put forward by the European Commission, the EU‰??s executive branch‰??would have exempted some substances from scientific criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors, such as pesticides designed to attack parasites‰?? endocrine systems. Environmental groups lauded the vote. The proposal was an ‰??unfit definition because too many chemicals would escape the regulatory net,‰?? the European Consumer Organisation said in a statement. The EU debate over defining endocrine disruptors has long pitted industry interests and agriculture against consumer and environmental groups. In 2009 and 2012, the European Parliament approved laws on pesticides and biocides that required regulation of endocrine disruptors based on hazards they pose. However, by 2015 the European Commission had failed to propose a definition for endocrine disruptor!
s, which prompted the European Court of Justice to condemn the commission for not acting on its commitment. The commission is now expected to formulate a new proposal.
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FIRE AT HOT METAL LABORATORY IN KEIGHLEY
Tags: United_Kingdom, laboratory, fire, response, metals
FOUR fire crews have turned out to a fire at a Keighley laboratory where 15,000 litres of oil was being stored.
The alarm was raised at 9.28pm yesterday at Keighley Laboratories, Croft House Works, South Street.
Crews from the town, Bingley, Silsden and Illingworth used foam to put out the fire on top of an oil bath.
Only a small area of the factory was involved said a spokesman from Keighley Fire Station.
He said: "We used the foam to make a blanket to put the fire out. When we got the call we thought the whole place was going to be on fire becaue of the amount of oil in the building but it was only a very small area involved, just on the surface of the oil bath. It was easy to extinguish."
It happened when hot metal from a furnace was dropped into the oil bath to heat the metal down.
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WORKER INJURED AS AMMONIA GAS LEAKS AT PENAMPANG FACTORY
Tags: Malaysia, industrial, release, injury, ammonia
PENAMPANG: A worker was injured in a gas leak incident at an ice-cream factory at KR Industrial Park, Jalan Bundusan, here today.
In the 3.40pm incident, the worker, while discharging the excess ammonia gas, was said to have slipped and fell.
With the valve lever open, the gas blew right to his face, causing the injury.
Fellow workers alerted the factory manager who then rushed the victim to the nearest hospital.
A worker at a nearby factory, known only as Desmond, said firefighters ordered them to stay about 100m from the factory for safety reason.
A state Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said a hazardous material (Hazmat) team was deployed to the factory to control the leak.
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GOV. JERRY BROWN SIGNS 3 BILLS AIMED AT TORRANCE REFINERY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ‰?? DAILY BREEZE
Tags: us_CA, industrial, follow-up, environmental
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a trio of bills by a South Bay assemblyman aimed at improving refinery safety in the wake of a February 2015 explosion at the Torrance refinery.
The bills, authored by Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, would require refineries:
To pay for the development, installation, operation and maintenance of effective community alert systems and local emergency responders to operate it.
To pay for the development, installation, operation and maintenance of air quality monitors at fence lines that would be operated by the local air quality management district and the data made publicly available.
To work with federal, state and local agencies to improve safety through ‰??enhanced oversight of refineries and to strengthen emergency preparedness.‰??
‰??I am pleased to deliver on my promise to make the Torrance refinery and all California refineries safer,‰?? Muratsuchi said in a press release. ‰??When the Torrance refinery exploded in February 2015, my family lived just a few miles away, so this issue is personal for me.‰??
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ARKEMA RESPONDS TO LAWSUIT FOLLOWING CROSBY PLANT EXPLOSIONS
Tags: us_TX, public, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
CROSBY, Texas - A little more than a month after first responders filed a lawsuit against Arkema for explosions at its Crosby plant, the chemical production company responded with answers to the suit in Harris County District Court.
Arkema‰??s overarching response states that the lawsuit is based on ‰??incomplete information, false assumptions and intentional misrepresentations.‰??
In the filing, Arkema states that no one could have predicted ‰??in enough time to act on that prediction‰?? the unprecedented flooding. As far as the amount of rainfall, nearly 9 trillion gallons of water Harris County, Arkema said experts ‰??never fathomed‰?? the amount of rain Harvey would dump on Houston.
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