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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (5 articles)
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 07:01:41 -0500
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 7:01:28 AM
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Table of Contents (5 articles)
LEAKING PROPANE TANK PROMPTS EVACUATIONS IN SAN JOSE
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, propane
HOUSTON CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLOSION 'HIGH PRIORITY VIOLATOR'
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, injury, flammables
NEW STUDY SHOWS TRACES OF CHEMICALS, SUNSCREEN IN MARLBOROUGH DRINKING WATER
Tags: New_Zealand, public, discovery, environmental
CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD SENDS TEAM TO INVESTIGATE TEXAS EXPLOSION
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, injury, unknown_chemical
CYLINDER INCOMPATIBILITY WITH HAND TRUCK
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, discovery, environmental, gas_cylinders
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LEAKING PROPANE TANK PROMPTS EVACUATIONS IN SAN JOSE
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/leaking-propane-tank-prompts-evacuations-in-san-jose/
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, propane
SAN JOSE (KRON) ‰?? A hazmat situation in San Jose prompted evacuations on Tuesday morning, according to the San Jose Fire Department.
Fire officials say they responded just before 7 a.m. to the 1600 block of Rogers Avenue.
Fire crews found a 500-gallon propane tank with a severe leak.
Rogers Avenue and the surrounding areas within a half-mile were evacuated.
At this time, Rogers is closed from Junction to Queens Lane.
The leak has been stopped but crews will continue to monitor the situation for at least another hour.
Authorities say no injuries were reported.
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HOUSTON CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLOSION 'HIGH PRIORITY VIOLATOR'
https://www.reformaustin.org/2019/12/02/houston-chemical-plant-explosion/
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, injury, flammables
Another Houston chemical plant explosion. The Port Neches chemical plant where two explosions and an ongoing fire prompted widespread mandatory evacuations on Nov. 25 has a years-long history of state and federal environmental violations.
The facility owned by Houston-based Texas Petroleum Chemicals, or TPC Group, which manufactures highly flammable 1,3 butadiene, has been considered a high priority violator by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for more than two years, and been out of compliance with federal clean air laws since the agency‰??s last inspection in August 2017. State data shows the facility has reported spewing more air pollution than allowed by its government-issued permits five times this year, including hundreds of pounds of butadiene.
Though the exact cause of the fire and explosions, which injured several workers and residents, is still unknown, local emergency response officials said it had been traced to a processing unit that produces the colorless gas, which is used to make rubber and plastics and is a known human carcinogen. The first explosion took place around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25.
The second occurred that afternoon, prompting mandatory evacuations within a four-mile radius of the plant in Port Neches, Groves, Nederland and northern Port Arthur. For most of the next 48 hours, approximately 50,000 people were forced out of their homes.
Together, the EPA and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the state‰??s environmental regulatory agency, have fined TPC for air emissions violations more than half a dozen times in the past five years after finding many of the missteps preventable.
But environmental and consumer advocacy groups on Wednesday said that those penalties ‰?? which add up to less than $200,000 ‰?? are nowhere near enough to deter a company that brings in billions of dollars a year from taking corrective actions.
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NEW STUDY SHOWS TRACES OF CHEMICALS, SUNSCREEN IN MARLBOROUGH DRINKING WATER
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/117725721/new-study-shows-traces-of-chemicals-sunscreen-in-marlborough-drinking-water
Tags: New_Zealand, public, discovery, environmental
Sunscreen, sweetener and chemicals have trickled from Marlborough's sewerage system into its drinking water and irrigation supplies.
The "human derived compounds" were uncovered during a new nationwide study, which saw 19 sites in the region sampled for emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) over spring last year.
Results showed 12 wells, some supplying water to Marlborough residents, tested positive for contaminants, and while these were "low concentrations", scientists had no health guidelines to compare them to.
The results included seven wells with sunscreen, seven with preservatives, six with a chemical used to make plastic, and one well with sucralose, a zero-calorie "artificial sweetener".
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CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD SENDS TEAM TO INVESTIGATE TEXAS EXPLOSION
https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/safety/chemical-safety-board-sends-team-to-investigate-texas-explosion
Tags: us_TX, industrial, follow-up, injury, unknown_chemical
A team from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is set to arrive in Texas, Dec. 2, to investigate an explosion that injured three workers.
The blast and fire just before dawn Nov. 27 at a Port Neches, Texas, chemical facility owned by TPC Group Inc. prompted mandatory evacuations for surrounding communities. A second blast hit the plant in Jefferson County roughly 12 hours later. Three workers were injured in the incident.
Hillary Cohen, a spokeswoman for the independent board, told Bloomberg Law in an email that the full investigations team was deployed Dec. 2 and one investigator arrived Nov. 29
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CYLINDER INCOMPATIBILITY WITH HAND TRUCK
https://opexshare.doe.gov/lesson.cfm/2019/11/25/29372/Cylinder-Truck-Cylinder-Incompatibility
Tags: us_CA, laboratory, discovery, environmental, gas_cylinders
LLNL experienced unexpected tipping of this truck when transporting full Type 1A cylinders. It is Grainger Item 19G945 and Manufacturer Model 19G945.
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