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Hazards Analysis, On the Move, SARA Title Ill (EPCRA) and Conducting a Commodity Flow Study
This document is a report from the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, for local planners to protect their communities from risks resulting from transporting hazardous materials. "The purpose of this document is to help […] local planners (e.g., tribal and state LEPCs, and other planners) and responders, develop a method to determine what hazardous materials are being transported through [the] community and the priority areas of risk that warrant further analysis and study. By doing so, [local planners] can assess and improve existing strategies to minimize risk (both public and private) and the response capabilities within [their] jurisdiction."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
1993-10
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Identifying Chemical Reactivity Hazards: Preliminary Screening Method
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Alert as part of its ongoing effort to protect human health and the environment by preventing chemical accidents. EPA is striving to learn the causes and contributing factors associated with chemical accidents and to prevent their recurrence. Major chemical accidents cannot be prevented solely through regulatory requirements. Rather, understanding the fundamental root causes, widely disseminating the lessons learned, and integrating these lessons learned into safe operations are also required. EPA publishes Alerts to increase awareness of possible hazards. It is important that facilities, SERCs, LEPCs, emergency responders, and others review this information and consider whether additional action is needed to address the hazards." This alert addresses the "lack of awareness of the reactive chemical hazards in a facility [that] results in a higher risk of hazardous uncontrolled chemical reactions."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
2004-05
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List of Lists: Consolidated List of Chemicals Subject to the Emergency Planning and Community Right- To-Know Act (EPCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act
"This consolidated chemical list includes chemicals subject to reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), also known as Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and chemicals listed under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). This consolidated list has been prepared to help firms handling chemicals determine whether they need to submit reports under sections 302 and 313 of EPCRA and determine if releases of chemicals are reportable under CERCLA and section 304 of EPCRA. It will also help firms determine whether they will be subject to accident prevention regulations under CAA section 112(r). Separate lists are also provided of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) waste streams and unlisted hazardous wastes, and of radionuclides reportable under CERCLA. These lists should be used as a reference tool, not as a definitive source of compliance information."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
2010-05
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General Guidance on Risk Management Programs for Chemical Accident Prevention (40 CFR Part 68)
"This document provides guidance to help owners and operators of facilities that manufacture, use, store or otherwise handle certain extremely hazardous chemicals to determine if they are subject to EPA [Environmental Protection Agency]'s Chemical Accident Prevention regulations at 40 CFR part 68 and, if so, to comply with those regulations. The discussion in this document is intended solely as guidance. The statutory provisions and EPA regulations described in this document contain legally binding requirements. This document is not a regulation itself, nor does it change or substitute for those provisions and regulations. Thus, it does not impose legally binding requirements on EPA, States, or the regulated community. This guidance does not confer legal rights or impose legal obligations upon any member of the public. While EPA has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the discussion in this guidance, the obligations of the regulated community are determined by statutes, regulations, or other legally binding requirements. [...] This is a living document and may be revised periodically without public notice." This document is available in separate PDF files on this website.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
2009-03
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Risk Management Program Guidance for Warehouses (40 CFR Part 68)
"This guidance was revised to incorporate applicable provisions of the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act, other recent regulatory changes, and to make additional minor changes. This guidance document (developed with input from the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA)) contains comprehensive RMP [Risk Management Program] implementation guidance for chemical warehouse owner/operators. The guidance includes simplified methods for conducting offsite consequence analyses on regulated substances commonly handled and stored at warehouses, as well as industry-specific information on accident prevention programs."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
2009-03
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Risk Management Program Guidance for Offsite Consequence Analysis
"This document provides guidance to the owner or operator of processes covered by the Chemical Accident Prevention Program rule in the analysis of offsite consequences of accidental releases of substances regulated under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. This document does not substitute for EPA [Environmental Protection Agency]'s regulations, nor is it a regulation itself. Thus, it cannot impose legally binding requirements on EPA, States, or the regulated community, and may not apply to a particular situation based upon the circumstances. This guidance does not constitute final agency action, and EPA may change it in the future, as appropriate."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
2009-03
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Principles for Greener Cleanups
"Cleaning up sites can be viewed as 'green' from the perspective of the cleanup improving environmental and public health conditions. However, cleanup activities use energy, water and materials resources to achieve cleanup objectives. The process of cleanup therefore creates an environmental footprint of its own. Over time, we have learned that we can optimize environmental performance and implement protective cleanups that are greener by increasing our understanding of the environmental footprint and, when appropriate, and taking steps to minimize that footprint."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
2009-08-27
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EPA's Role in Counter-Terrorism Activities Factsheet
This factsheet focuses on the role of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in preparing and responding to terrorist threats using weapons of mass destruction. The EPA is actively involved in planning for terrorist activity, as well as providing a training program for first responders. The EPA was given the legal authority under the Right-to-Know Act, the Clean Water Act as amended by the Oil Pollution Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the "Superfund" law, to prepare for and respond to emergencies involving oil, hazardous substances, and certain radiological materials, which can all be categorized as primaries for a weapon of mass destruction. Emergency contact telephone numbers are also provided.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
1998-02
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Report from the Workgroup on Contingency Planning and Emergency Response to the National Coordinators
"On March 18, 1998, the Workgroup on Contingency Planning and Emergency Response met during the National Coordinators' Meeting (NCM) in San Diego, California. The Workgroup discussed the accomplishments of the Workgroup since the last NCM and the goals for the present year. The Workgroup members also had an in-depth discussion of the environmental indicators including further defining and refining the indicators, current databases available to measure the indicators, determining additional data needs, and a strategy for implementing the indicators." This paper reflects many of the results of those meetings, as well as framing the views of future legislation in the scope of increasing environmental concerns.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
1998-03-19
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Chemical Accident Prevention: Site Security
Facilities that handle chemicals are actively engaged in managing risks to ensure the safety of their workers and the community. Most of their efforts focus on ensuring that the facility is designed and operated safely on a day-to-day basis, using well-designed equipment, preventive maintenance, up-to-date operating procedures, and well-trained staff. Because of today's increased concern about terrorism and sabotage, companies are also paying increased attention to the physical security of facility sites, chemical storage areas, and chemical processes. All companies, big and small, should have some measure of site security in place to minimize crime and to protect company assets. This is especially true for facilities that handle extremely hazardous substances. This alert is intended as a public service. It highlights security areas that companies may want to review to ensure that appropriate measures are being implemented. More importantly, it provides sources of information and helps to assist facilities that routinely handle chemical substances in their efforts to have secure and accident-free operations.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
2000-02
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Expert Review of EPA Chemical Accident Investigation Report, Terra Industries Inc., Nitrogen Fertilizer Facility, January 1999
"This document presents the comments and recommendations of five expert independent reviewers, with whom EPA contracted to examine an EPA Chemical Accident Investigation Report, 'Terra Industries, Inc. Nitrogen Fertilizer Facility, Port Neal, Iowa.' The EPA investigation report was written by an investigation team at its Region VII office in Kansas City and published in January 1996. […]on December 13, 1994, an explosion occurred in the ammonium nitrate plant at the Terra International, Inc., Port Neal Complex. Four persons were killed as a direct result of the explosion, and 18 were injured and required hospitalization. The explosion resulted in the release of approximately 5,700 tons of anhydrous ammonia to the air and secondary containment, approximately 25,000 gallons of nitric acid to the ground and lined chemical ditches and sumps, and a large volume of liquid ammonium nitrate solution into secondary containment. Off site ammonia releases continued for approximately six days following the explosion and drifted several miles. Chemicals released as a result of the explosion have resulted in extensive environmental contamination including groundwater under the facility. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region VII was directed by EPA Headquarters to conduct an investigation to determine the cause of the explosion and to develop recommendations that would help prevent similar occurrences in ammonium nitrate production facilities in the future. A report released by the Agency on January 23, 1996 contains conclusions reached by the EPA chemical accident investigation team regarding the cause of the explosion at the Terra International, Inc., Port Neal Complex and recommendations for prevention of future similar occurrences." This document is a review of the original report, which is also in the HSDL collection.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response; United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
1996-09
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