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Friday, June 25, 2021 at 6:08:49 AM
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Table of Contents (10 articles)
THREE ILLEGAL CANNABIS GROWS RAIDED YESTERDAY, SAYS SHERIFF‰??S OFFICE ‰?? REDHEADED BLACKBELT
Tags: us_CA, industrial, discovery, environmental, illegal, waste
KINGSTON FIRE AND RESCUE CONTAINS CHEMICAL SPILL IN CITY‰??S NORTH END
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, response, corrosives, flammables
STRONG ODOR RAISES ALARM, PROMPTS EVACUATIONS IN HIGHGROVE
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
ROCK RIVER CLOSES NEAR ROCKTON FOLLOWING CHEMICAL FIRE, EPA RAISES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
Tags: us_IL, public, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
COMPANY DEFENDS USE OF TOXIC CHEMICALS TO FIGHT ROCKTON PLANT FIRE ‰?? NBC CHICAGO
Tags: us_IL, industrial, follow-up, environmental, toxics
SRI LANKA MINISTER BLAMES MARINE LIFE DEATHS ON CHEMICAL LEAK FROM BURNT SHIP
Tags: Sri_Lanka, transportation, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
PIPELINE SAFETY: PERFORMANCE MEASURES NEEDED TO ASSESS RECENT CHANGES TO HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE SAFETY REGULATIONS
Tags: transportation, discovery, environmental
TWO INJURED IN WARREN COUNTY FLASH FIRE
Tags: us_OH, public, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
CHEMICAL PLANT FIRE COULD BE OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
Tags: us_IL, industrial, fire, environmental, unknown_chemical
U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD COMES TO ROCKTON
Tags: us_IL, public, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
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THREE ILLEGAL CANNABIS GROWS RAIDED YESTERDAY, SAYS SHERIFF‰??S OFFICE ‰?? REDHEADED BLACKBELT
https://kymkemp.com/2021/06/24/three-illegal-cannabis-grows-raided-yesterday-says-sheriffs-office/
Tags: us_CA, industrial, discovery, environmental, illegal, waste
On June 23, 2021, deputies with the Humboldt County Sheriff‰??s Office Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET) served three search warrants to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation in the Willow Creek area. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Environmental Health ‰?? HazMat Unit and Humboldt County Code Enforcement assisted in the service of the warrants.
Three parcels were investigated during the service of the warrant. The parcels did not possess the required county permit and state license to cultivate cannabis commercially.
During the service of the warrants, deputies eradicated approximately 3,880 growing cannabis plants. Deputies seized and destroyed over 1,449 pounds of processed cannabis.
At one parcel, deputies located evidence of bear poaching. At another parcel, deputies found that the illegal cannabis cultivation operation was being powered by a large diesel generator. The generator‰??s exhaust had been tunneled underground, causing a burned area within the nearby forest from the hot exhaust exiting at ground level.
Assisting agencies found the following violations:
Poaching (FG 2000)
Failure to label hazardous waste violations (up to $70,000 fine per day, per violation)
Failure to establish a hazardous materials business plan (HMBP) (up to $5,000 fine per day, per violation)
Failure to prepare a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan (up to $5,000 fine per day, per violation)
Failure to obtain authorization to store or dispose of hazardous waste (up to $70,000 fine per day, per violation)
Failure to acquire an EPA ID number (up to $70,000 fine per day, per violation)
Additional violations with civil fines are expected to be filed by the assisting agencies.
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KINGSTON FIRE AND RESCUE CONTAINS CHEMICAL SPILL IN CITY‰??S NORTH END
https://globalnews.ca/news/7976931/kingston-fire-chemical-spill/
Tags: Canada, transportation, release, response, corrosives, flammables
Kingston Fire and Rescue crews were called to the scene of the chemical spill in the city‰??s north end Thursday morning.
The spill was reported at KTown Delivery just before 5 a.m.
Platoon chief Mike Kylie says the initial call was for a chemical leaking from one of the trailers parked at the business.
The chemical in question is corrosive and flammable, but Kylie said they have contained the spill and there is no environmental impact at this time.
The trailer that spilled contained a mix of products. One of the pallets on the trailer was somehow damaged which resulted in the spill, he said.
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STRONG ODOR RAISES ALARM, PROMPTS EVACUATIONS IN HIGHGROVE
https://mynewsla.com/business/2021/06/23/strong-odor-raises-alarm-prompts-evacuations-in-highgrove/
Tags: us_CA, public, release, response, unknown_chemical
An unknown substance emitted a strong odor that raised exposure concerns in Highgrove Wednesday, prompting evacuations of businesses and a hazardous materials investigation.
The noxious fumes were reported about 11:40 a.m. in the 400 block of La Cadena Drive, just off of Interstate 215, according to the Riverside County Fire Department, which reported that workers at a store felt nauseated by the fumes and called 911.
Crews reached the location within a few minutes and also detected the malodor but could not isolate its origin. A fire captain ordered precautionary evacuations of multiple businesses, and sheriff‰??s deputies shut down the entire block to traffic, according to reports from the scene.
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ROCK RIVER CLOSES NEAR ROCKTON FOLLOWING CHEMICAL FIRE, EPA RAISES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
https://qctimes.com/news/local/rock-river-closes-near-rockton-following-chemical-fire-epa-raises-environmental-concerns/article_f902a82d-118a-5998-84e0-293483c94661.html
Tags: us_IL, public, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
The Illinois Department of National Resources has closed part of the Rock River near Rockton, Ill., about 130 miles northeast of the Quad-Cities, following a nearby chemical fire.
The closure affects recreational boat traffic from the Rockton Dam, in Winnebago County, upstream to the border of Wisconsin.
‰??The closure is intended to help keep both those emergency personnel, workers and the public safe as fire response continues and clean-up work begins,‰?? said a release from the IDNR.
The fire behind the closure broke out at the Chemtools, Inc. plant in Rockton, Illinois on June 14. It has been contained but was still burning as of Wednesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency has raised concerns about chemicals in a foam used to contain the fire and whether they could have seeped into the surrounding water.
These chemicals are described as ‰??forever chemicals,‰?? meaning they will never degrade, and have previously been linked to health problems including cancer and damage to organs including the liver, kidneys and thyroid gland.
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COMPANY DEFENDS USE OF TOXIC CHEMICALS TO FIGHT ROCKTON PLANT FIRE ‰?? NBC CHICAGO
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/company-defends-use-of-toxic-chemicals-to-fight-rockton-plant-fire/2539503/
Tags: us_IL, industrial, follow-up, environmental, toxics
A company whose northern Illinois chemical plant was heavily damaged in a fire last week defended its use of firefighting foam containing toxic chemicals Wednesday, saying crews had taken steps to contain the material.
An industrial team hired by Lubrizol Inc., parent company of Chemtool, used foam containing PFAS compounds June 15 before switching to another foam without them on orders of the fire chief in Rockton, a town near the Wisconsin border.
State and federal regulators had raised concerns with the company about the PFAS-containing foam. It is legal in most of the U.S. but generally used only for highly flammable or combustible fires involving gas tankers and oil refineries, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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SRI LANKA MINISTER BLAMES MARINE LIFE DEATHS ON CHEMICAL LEAK FROM BURNT SHIP
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/sri-lanka-minister-blames-marine-life-deaths-on-chemical-leak-from-burnt-ship/articleshow/83802250.cms
Tags: Sri_Lanka, transportation, follow-up, environmental, other_chemical
COLOMBO: A large number of sea creatures like dolphins and sea turtles have perished due to the fire aboard a container ship carrying hazardous chemicals that sank off Sri Lanka's coast, a senior Minister has said after the dead marine species washed ashore in recent days.
The cargo carrier with 1,486 containers of chemicals and cargo went up in flames on May 21. The Sri Lankan Navy, Airforce and the Indian Coast Guard jointly doused the fire in an operation that took days. But the Singapore-flagged 'X-Press Pearl' sank off the country's coast on June 17.
More than 60 dead Sea Turtles and other sea creatures including Dolphins, suspected to have died in the aftermath of the ship disaster, have washed ashore along various beaches of the island, the Sri Lanka Mirror reported.
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PIPELINE SAFETY: PERFORMANCE MEASURES NEEDED TO ASSESS RECENT CHANGES TO HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE SAFETY REGULATIONS
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-493
Tags: transportation, discovery, environmental
In 2019, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a final rule amending its hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations. Selected pipeline operators and officials from PHMSA and selected states' pipeline safety offices said that these changes would enhance pipeline safety and present no significant challenges. They said the most beneficial changes expanded the scope of inspections. For example, in addition to existing requirements for operators to use specialized tools to inspect pipelines in ‰??high consequence areas‰??‰??defined by population and environmental factors‰??the 2019 Rule requires such inspections outside of those areas. While operators noted the rule's potential to improve safety, all 11 operators GAO interviewed identified specific amendments that could increase their costs. For example, several operators said they would need to modify or replace some of their pipeline to allow for certain inspection tools required by the cha!
nges. PHMSA and state pipeline safety officials said they did not anticipate oversight challenges or additional costs because the changes did not alter their inspection process.
PHMSA held meetings with and provided guidance to operators and inspectors on the changes but has not developed measures to assess if the changes improve safety. Leading performance management practices call for agencies to track progress toward goals using measures that include targets for expected levels of performance and timeframes. While PHMSA has desired outcomes for the 2019 Rule, including safety improvements, PHMSA officials said they have not established performance measures for those outcomes because some of the changes have long-term compliance deadlines, and so data are not yet available to assess effectiveness. However, other changes have shorter-term deadlines for compliance and PHMSA could use data it already collects from operators for its assessment. Without performance measures, PHMSA cannot determine whether the changes made by the 2019 Rule are achieving their intended outcomes and contributing to PHMSA's safety goals.
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TWO INJURED IN WARREN COUNTY FLASH FIRE
https://dayton247now.com/news/local/two-injured-in-warren-county-flash-fire
Tags: us_OH, public, fire, injury, unknown_chemical
COUNTY, Ohio (WKEF) -- Two workers installing a geo-thermal heating system were injured Tuesday afternoon.
Bob Wysong, fire chief for the Clinton-Warren Joint Fire District, said they were called about 1:20 p.m. June 22, to 10343 Wilmington Road, in Washington Township, Warren County.
The chief said that a company was installing a geo-thermal heating system when there was a flash fire or explosion involving a chemical.
One person sustained moderate burns, and was taken to Clinton Memorial Hospital. A second worker received severe burns and was flown to Miami Valley Hospital. A third worker was not significantly injured.
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CHEMICAL PLANT FIRE COULD BE OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/947291
Tags: us_IL, industrial, fire, environmental, unknown_chemical
The Rockton chemical plant fire comes to an end and residents file lawsuits against the company hired by Chemtool Incorporated to extinguish the fire.
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U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD COMES TO ROCKTON
https://wrex.com/2021/06/22/u-s-chemical-safety-board-comes-to-rockton/
Tags: us_IL, public, follow-up, environmental, unknown_chemical
ROCKTON (WREX) ‰??More federal help has arrived in the Stateline to investigate what caused the Chemtool fire last week.
Two senior leadership members from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board arrived on Monday.
The two will connect with federal, state and local responders to determine what caused the fire as well as other circumstances that led to the fire and how to prevent similar incidents from happening.
The CSB is an agency that operates separate from the Environmental Protection Agency and will help officials moving forward.
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