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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 06:23:15 -0400
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Friday, April 2, 2021 at 6:22:54 AM
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Table of Contents (15 articles)
LAS CRUCES FIRE DEPARTMENT HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDS TO LIQUID HYDROGEN LEAK
Tags: us_NM, transportation, release, response, hydrogen
EPA RESTRICTS USE, SALE, TRANSPORT OF EXPLOSIVE CHEMICALS
Tags: Taiwan, public, discovery, environmental, ammonium_nitrate, hydrofluoric_acid
BASF CHEMICAL INCIDENT PROMPTS HEAVY RESPONSE
Tags: us_OH, industrial, follow-up, response, other_chemical
CREWS CLEAN UP CHEMICAL SPILL THAT SPARKED STRUCTURE FIRE IN GOLETA
Tags: us_CA, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
CAR HITS GAS PUMP IN LIBERTY, HAZMAT CALLED FOR LEAK
Tags: us_OH, public, release, response, unknown_chemical, gasoline
I-95 CRASH CUMBERLAND COUNTY: TRUCK CARRYING RADIOACTIVE URANIUM COMPOUND CRASHES, CLOSING I-95 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Tags: us_NC, transportation, discovery, response, radiation, uranium
HAZMAT CREWS CALLED TO GREENVILLE CHEMICAL PLANT
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
NSW FLOODS: BEACHES CLOSED AND WATERWAYS CONTAMINATED AS FLOODWATERS RECEDE
Tags: Australia, public, discovery, environmental, unknown_chemical
HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL IN ARLINGTON PLANS EXPANSION
Tags: us_OR, industrial, discovery, environmental, waste
SEMI‰??S HAZMAT SPILL BLOCKS I-84 IN MORGAN COUNTY FOR HOURS
Tags: us_UT, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
MICHAEL ROTH: DON'T ALLOW HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Tags: us_FL, public, discovery, environmental, ag_chems
DRAIN CLEANER IGNITES FIRE THAT DECIMATES OH HOME
Tags: us_WA, public, fire, response, cleaners
CHEMICAL SMOKE CLOUD NO A LONGER THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, COUNTY SAYS
Tags: us_VA, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical
RENESAS CFO SAYS FINANCIAL IMPACT OF FIRE LIMITED IN MID-TERM
Tags: Japan, industrial, follow-up, environmental
USE OF LITHIUM DIISOPROPYLAMIDE IN FLOW: OPERABILITY AND SAFETY CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED ON A MULTIGRAM SCALE
Tags: Spain, laboratory, discovery, environmental, pharmaceutical
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LAS CRUCES FIRE DEPARTMENT HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDS TO LIQUID HYDROGEN LEAK
https://www.ktsm.com/local/las-cruces-news/las-cruces-fire-department-hazmat-team-responds-to-liquid-hydrogen-leak/
Tags: us_NM, transportation, release, response, hydrogen
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KTSM) ‰?? The Las Cruces Fire Department deployed a hazmat team to depressurize a commercial vehicle with refrigerated liquid hydrogen after a leak was found.
The incident brought a halt to traffic just South of Las Cruces on Thursday afternoon, according to LCFD officials. The vehicle was traveling from California to Texas when a two-person crew noticed smoke appearing from the tanker trailer.
Drivers of the vehicle pulled-over on Interstate 10 heading East near the Interstate 25 interchange, according to officials. The vehicle was then escorted to a safe location South of the New Mexico State University main campus.
The vehicle remains in an isolated area and does not appear to pose an immediate threat to nearby residential areas, officials say.
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EPA RESTRICTS USE, SALE, TRANSPORT OF EXPLOSIVE CHEMICALS
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/04/02/2003754960
Tags: Taiwan, public, discovery, environmental, ammonium_nitrate, hydrofluoric_acid
Explosive substances such as ammonium nitrate and hydrofluoric acid would be restricted from imports, manufacturing, usage, storage, transportation and sale in Taiwan, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said yesterday.
The agency issued a preview of planned amendments to regulations that are to take effect on July 1.
Hydrofluoric acid, which emerges when hydrogen fluoride is dissolved in water, has caused many injuries in industrial accidents and has been used to maliciously harm people, and should be regulated, Toxic and Chemical Substance Bureau Director-General Hsieh Yein-rui (e`Â?ç??Œ??) said.
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BASF CHEMICAL INCIDENT PROMPTS HEAVY RESPONSE
https://www.dailyadvocate.com/news/95668/basf-chemical-incident-prompts-heavy-response
Tags: us_OH, industrial, follow-up, response, other_chemical
GREENVILLE ‰?? An industrial incident involving the overheating of two chemical totes at BASF of Greenville prompted the response of both the Greenville Fire Department and BASF‰??s own Emergency Response Team.
At approximately 7:34 p.m., emergency personnel from the Greenville Fire Department and Greenville Township Rescue responded along with officers from the Greenville City Police Department, Deputies from the Darke County Sheriff‰??s Office and the Ohio State Highway Patrol to 1175 Martin Street in Greenville in reference to a chemical tote smoking and possibly on fire.
A release prepared by BASF stated that, ‰??‰?|technicians at the BASF site in Greenville, OH determined two totes of butyl acrylate were at an elevated temperature. After monitoring the totes, BASF‰??s in-house emergency response team requested assistance from the Greenville Fire Department‰?| emergency responders remained on site until the temperatures in the totes stabilized and contained the material within the totes.‰??
Firefighters from the Greenville Fire Department, with the use of two aerial ladder trucks, immediately began to apply water to the totes in question in an attempt to lower the temperatures of the chemicals stored within. Firefighters also determined for safety reasons, due to the nature of the chemical and high winds at the time of the incident, to close off and block all traffic on US Route 127 and US Route 36 East surrounding the immediate area. Officers from the Greenville Police Department, Darke County Sheriff‰??s Deputies, the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio State DOT blocked traffic for nearly a mile in all directions. Traffic remained closed for two hours while air quality testing was performed to ensure the safety of those within the vicinity of the incident as well as passing motorists.
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CREWS CLEAN UP CHEMICAL SPILL THAT SPARKED STRUCTURE FIRE IN GOLETA
https://keyt.com/news/fire/2021/04/01/firefighters-battle-structure-fire-chemical-spill-in-goleta/
Tags: us_CA, industrial, fire, response, unknown_chemical
GOLETA, Calif. - Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a structure fire involving chemicals in Goleta Thursday night.
The call came in around 7:07 p.m. at a business on the 6300 block of Lindmar Drive.
County Fire dispatched a full structure fire response which was quickly upgraded to include Santa Barbara city and county hazmat teams.
They said the fire was started when some chemicals became mixed, but was quickly knocked down by the building's firefighting systems and on-scene firefighters.
After the fire was out, hazmat teams discovered the hazardous chemicals may have contaminated water that was coming out of the building. Crews worked to dam up surrounding storm drains to prevent further spread of the water while they worked to clean up the chemicals.
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CAR HITS GAS PUMP IN LIBERTY, HAZMAT CALLED FOR LEAK
https://www.wfmj.com/story/43579852/car-hits-gas-pump-in-liberty-hazmat-called-for-leak
Tags: us_OH, public, release, response, unknown_chemical, gasoline
A minor crash caused a big emergency response in Liberty.
The incident happened around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night.
A car backed up into a gas pump at the Fast Track on Logan Way.
Nobody in the car was hurt but the fuel pump was leaking.
The fire department and hazmat team had to respond to the scene to check out the pump.
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I-95 CRASH CUMBERLAND COUNTY: TRUCK CARRYING RADIOACTIVE URANIUM COMPOUND CRASHES, CLOSING I-95 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY
https://abc11.com/traffic/truck-carrying-radioactive-compound-crashes-on-i-95-hazmat-responds-/10463370/
Tags: us_NC, transportation, discovery, response, radiation, uranium
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- I-95 in Cumberland County was closed for hours after a truck carrying a radioactive uranium compound crashed Wednesday morning.
According to NCDOT, the crash happened around 11:30 a.m. The closure lasted until just before 4:30 p.m.
According to North Carolina State Highway Patrol on the scene, the crash involved a truck carrying uranium hexafluoride, which can be used to make fuel for nuclear power plants. NCSHP officials said the crash involved the commercial vehicle and a passenger van.
No one was hurt in the crash.
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HAZMAT CREWS CALLED TO GREENVILLE CHEMICAL PLANT
https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/hazmat-crews-called-to-greenville-chemical-plant/3MPJBIJKJ5BSBCATYXB5ZJ6YSI/
Tags: us_OH, industrial, release, response, unknown_chemical
Hazmat crews were called Wednesday night to a report of a possible leak at a chemical plant in Greenville.
The Greenville Fire Department was dispatched shortly after 7:30 p.m. to the BASF facility at 1175 Martin St., according to Greenville police and fire dispatchers.
Firefighters remained on scene, but by 9 p.m. it already was contained, a dispatcher said.
No further information was available on the nature of the leak, but according to initial reports a chemical tote was smoking.
No injuries were reported.
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NSW FLOODS: BEACHES CLOSED AND WATERWAYS CONTAMINATED AS FLOODWATERS RECEDE
https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-floodwaters-wash-hazardous-materials-onto-beaches-contaminate-drinking-water/68071dbb-08b2-476a-98d1-36db60322247
Tags: Australia, public, discovery, environmental, unknown_chemical
Residents around New South Wales have been warned hazardous materials washing up on beaches and contaminating waterways in the wake of last week's flooding disaster.
Debris and contaminated water from properties, farmland and industrial areas impacted by the floods are now being washed
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) have deployed specialist hazmat units to several locations where chemicals or other contaminants have been discovered.
Warnings for hazardous material on NSW beaches following floods. (9News)
"Over the past few days we've seen chemical containers wash up on beaches and riverbanks and in areas where floodwaters have receded," FRNSW Acting Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell said.
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HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL IN ARLINGTON PLANS EXPANSION
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/03/30/landfill-expansion-oregon-arlington-hazardous-waste-portland-harbor/
Tags: us_OR, industrial, discovery, environmental, waste
The company operating Oregon‰??s only hazardous waste landfill says it needs room to grow as it anticipates an influx of waste in the years to come.
Military cleanups, federal Superfund sites, firefighter training facilities ‰?? all are among reasons cited by Chemical Waste Management, or CWM, to expand its hazardous waste operation outside the Columbia River town of Arlington.
‰??This is all about planning for the future and protecting the environment,‰?? said CWM spokesperson Jackie Lang, ‰??making sure that dangerous materials and potentially dangerous materials are managed safely in the years ahead.‰??
The current hazardous waste landfill sits on a nearly 1,300-acre plot adjacent to Oregon‰??s largest solid waste landfill run by the same parent company, Waste Management. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines hazardous waste as any solid waste that could harm human health or the environment.
CWM is currently permitted to use 320 acres for hazardous waste disposal. The company wants to add 200 acres of disposal space and will apply to modify its permit with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
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SEMI‰??S HAZMAT SPILL BLOCKS I-84 IN MORGAN COUNTY FOR HOURS
https://gephardtdaily.com/local/semis-hazmat-spill-blocks-i-84-in-morgan-county-for-hours/
Tags: us_UT, transportation, release, response, other_chemical
MORGAN COUNTY, Utah, March 30, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) ‰?? Traffic was snarled for hours Tuesday after a semi hauling a tanker trailer on Interstate 84 near Croydon overturned and spilled its cargo of an emulsion substance, sparking a hazmat response.
The westbound tanker left its lane, and went onto the right shoulder, then overturned, according to information shared by Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Nick Street.
‰??The semi came to rest upside down,‰?? his statement says. ‰??The tanker was filled with an emulsion substance that was leaking. Both directions of I-84 were shut down.‰??
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MICHAEL ROTH: DON'T ALLOW HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION
https://www.gainesville.com/story/opinion/2021/03/31/michael-roth-dont-allow-hazardous-material-road-construction/7037015002/
Tags: us_FL, public, discovery, environmental, ag_chems
Did you ever see a phosphogypsum stack, aka a ‰??gypstack‰??? To a first timer, it‰??s a breathtaking sight ‰?? a 400 acre ‰??mountain‰?? rising to the height of a 20-story building. To a resident of mid-central Florida, it‰??s the normal background vista.
If you climb up this 200-foot incline, you can see its contents ‰?? as much as an 80-acre acidic lake with pH levels as low as 1.5. And this lake is likely to be around for a while, since the radioactive radium that makes up the lake has a 1,630-year half-life.
Adding to this soup is a significant presence of sulfur, as well as lesser amounts of arsenic, barium, cadmium and lead. The fertilizer industry in Florida produces about 30 million tons of the stuff each year; the over 900 million tons that have been produced so far fill about 25 such ‰??mountains‰?? in Florida, a state well known for heavy rains and sinkholes.
Exposure to phosphogypsum ‰?? which can leach from gypsum stacks into subsurface aquifers, can be absorbed by plants, consumed by livestock and wildlife and work its way through the food chain to humans ‰?? is known to cause cancer in 1 in ever 10,000 people that come into contact with it.
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DRAIN CLEANER IGNITES FIRE THAT DECIMATES OH HOME
https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/drain-cleaner-ignites-fire-that-decimates-oh-home/
Tags: us_WA, public, fire, response, cleaners
Two people lost their Oak Harbor home after a mix of household cleaning supplies ignited a chemical fire Sunday night.
Oak Harbor Fire Chief Ray Merrill said firefighters from Oak Harbor Fire Department, North Whidbey Fire and Rescue and the Navy responded at 6:45 p.m. to a mobile home on fire at Parkwood Manor on Northwest Crosby Avenue.
They put out the flames in 30 minutes, but the home was a total loss.
‰??They burn very intensely, and there were a lot of hidden fires that we had to get to because of the construction of the mobile home,‰?? Merrill said.
He said firefighters believe the fire began under the kitchen sink when one of the occupants mixed two kinds of drain cleaner. It set off a chemical reaction that sparked the fire.
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CHEMICAL SMOKE CLOUD NO A LONGER THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, COUNTY SAYS
https://www.chathamstartribune.com/news/article_5a48dc5a-9193-11eb-8b2c-1f1721ed9dc4.html
Tags: us_VA, industrial, fire, response, other_chemical
CHATHAM, Va. ‰?? A chemical fire at Tightsqueeze Industrial Park Tuesday afternoon closed one road and disrupted hundreds of workers and students.
The chemical fire erupted at the Sartomer manufacturing plant in the 600 block of Tightsqueeze Industrial Road.
"An acrylic building block ignited," Pittsylvania County Public Relations Manager Caleb Ayers said. "The drum ignited around 12:30 p.m. There was substantial smoke."
No injuries were reported in the fire. Employees at that facility trained with Pittsylvania County Public Safety last year.
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RENESAS CFO SAYS FINANCIAL IMPACT OF FIRE LIMITED IN MID-TERM
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/renesas-cfo-says-financial-impact-of-fire-limited-in-mid-term-2021-03-30
Tags: Japan, industrial, follow-up, environmental
TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) - The chief financial officer at Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp 6723.T told a shareholders meeting on Wednesday that while a fire at its chipmaking plant would have immense impact on short-term finances, the medium-term impact will be limited.
That financial impact will not affect plans to buy Dialog Semiconductor PLC DLGS.DE, Shuhei Shinkai said, without elaborating on the short and mid-term time frames involved.
The Japanese chipmaker on Tuesday said it would take at least 100 days for production to normalise at a factory that suffered a major blaze on March 19. Japan's government has since urged Taiwanese peers to help with chip production.
The fire at the Naka plant followed soon after an earthquake stopped production for three days last month. In 2011, the plant shut down for three months after an earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan's northeast coast.
Chief Executive Officer Hidetoshi Shibata said on Wednesday that while the scale of fire damage is less than the earthquake a decade ago, there is a bigger hurdle towards recovery due to chemical pollution caused by the fire.
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USE OF LITHIUM DIISOPROPYLAMIDE IN FLOW: OPERABILITY AND SAFETY CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED ON A MULTIGRAM SCALE
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.oprd.1c00015
Tags: Spain, laboratory, discovery, environmental, pharmaceutical
A workflow for the development of organometallic processes in flow was applied to synthesize 1-(5-bromopyridin-2-yl)-2-methylpropan-2-ol, a pharmaceutical intermediate. Key factors and corresponding practical assessments required for the scale-up when transferring from batch to flow are highlighted. During the rapid process development, unexpected and expected issues concerned with the use of 1 M and 2 M lithium diisopropylamide in flow were encountered and overcome as they arose. Organolithium chemistry was operated in continuous flow mode; a reaction sequence of sp3 deprotonation and in-line acetone quench, followed by a semibatch workup was scaled up to multigram quantities in a rapid, fit-for-purpose manner for early-phase project delivery.
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