Archive for Chemical Release
Spill at Fuji closes road, but is contained in plant – Rheaheraldnews
Spill at Fuji closes road, but is contained in plantRheaheraldnewsAfter working all morning, emergency crews at Fuji Film Hunt Chemicals in Dayton contained and cleaned up a chemical spill that shut the plant down Friday, July 8, 2011. Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 ... A chemical leak at FUJIFILM Hunt Chemicals in ... Read more [...]
Click here to view gallery – Castanet.net
Castanet.netClick here to view galleryCastanet.netTrained fire and hazmat crews attended and tapped off the alley behind the business to vent the chemicals while business fronts remained open and unaffected. “We have only evacuated the store itself and the back door is open and some fans are on and it ... Read more [...]
Local officials won't change procedures on chemical reports, des – KXXV-TV … – KXXV News Channel 25
Local officials won't change procedures on chemical reports, des - KXXV-TV ...KXXV News Channel 25Ammonium nitrate is believed to be the cause for the West Fertilizer Plant to explode just more than a year ago. It was an accident that killed 12 first responders, including three others. Since then there has been another fire at an ammonium nitrate ...and more » Read more [...]
I-75 shut down for chemical spill, area evacuated – WHIO
I-75 shut down for chemical spill, area evacuatedWHIOAccording to initial reports, a tanker is leaking anhydrous ammonia in the area of southbound Interstate 75 at exit 92. Both lanes shutdown late Tuesday morning. Photo taken by Ben Naseman/Facebook user. View Larger · I-75 shuts down, chemical spill ... Read more [...]
Mysterious vapor closes roads in Dayton – WRCB-TV
Mysterious vapor closes roads in DaytonWRCB-TVDAYTON, TN (WRCB) - The Rhea County sheriff's department confirms they are working a chemical spill at Fujifilm Hunt Chemicals USA in Dayton. The call came in at 6 a.m. at the plant on Manufacturers Road. That road is currently closed. Officials say ... Read more [...]
Chemical inventories no longer released by state – LubbockOnline.com (blog)
Chemical inventories no longer released by stateLubbockOnline.com (blog)However, prior to that, "In 2011, the West Fertilizer Co. filed an emergency response plan with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that said there was no risk of fire or explosion, despite the fact that as much as 54,000 pounds of flammable ... Read more [...]
Blast and fire reported at chemical plant in Netherlands – Thomson Reuters Foundation
Blast and fire reported at chemical plant in NetherlandsThomson Reuters FoundationAMSTERDAM, June 17 (Reuters) - Dutch emergency services reported an explosion and fire at a chemicals plant in the southern Netherlands on Tuesday. It was unclear if anyone was hurt. A tweet by regional emergency services said there had been a blast ... Read more [...]
State clamps down on ammonium nitrate storage information – Waco Tribune-Herald
State clamps down on ammonium nitrate storage informationWaco Tribune-HeraldTom “Smitty” Smith, Texas director of Public Citizen, said the restrictions defeat the intent of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, which is to make it easy for ordinary citizens to assess the hazards around them. Now ...and more » Read more [...]
SOCMA highlights contribution to facility security report – In-PharmaTechnologist.com
SOCMA highlights contribution to facility security reportIn-PharmaTechnologist.comA US presidential report on plans to improve chemical facility safety and security has incorporated a number of recommendations from the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA). ... Some of the incidents high-lighted in the report ... Read more [...]
Safety is first priority at DuPont Korea – Korea JoongAng Daily
Safety is first priority at DuPont KoreaKorea JoongAng DailyRim, who spent 25 years at the U.S.-based DuPont, emphasized that DuPont is no longer a mere chemical company. “I say we are ... We have internal safety rules that should be strictly complied with, otherwise the company can fire violators. Every minor ... Read more [...]
Historicist: From Sunday School Teacher to Victoria Cross Recipient – Torontoist
TorontoistHistoricist: From Sunday School Teacher to Victoria Cross RecipientTorontoistWith one engine gone and a wing shredded by anti-aircraft fire after an engagement with a German submarine in June 1944, Flight Lieutenant David E. Hornell crash-landed his Canso flying boat in the North Atlantic hundreds of kilometres from land ... Read more [...]
State blocks release of chemical facility information – Houston Chronicle
State blocks release of chemical facility informationHouston Chronicle"Certain aspects of Tier II information is certainly release-able," Williams said, adding the reports would continue to be provided to state and local emergency planners and fire departments. "We're not blanket denying; we're sending every request to ... Read more [...]
State Hazardous Materials Technicians team responds to carbon monoxide … – GazetteNET
State Hazardous Materials Technicians team responds to carbon monoxide ...GazetteNET... a spokeswoman for the Fire Marshal's office. In addition, Mieth said emergency workers determined that a chemical used to ripen fruit was interfering with their equipment and giving them false meter readings. The plant's workers were temporarily ... Read more [...]
Capital Energy: Utility-overcharge charge – Capital New York
Capital Energy: Utility-overcharge chargeCapital New YorkAARP REPORTS SPIKE IN SHUTOFFS: As part of a push for the creation of a Utility Consumer Advocate Office, AARP of New York and the Public Utility Law Project released reports Thursday saying that 53,000 customers across the state have had their ...and more » Read more [...]
Garden Grove chemical leak forces evacuation – KABC-TV
Garden Grove chemical leak forces evacuationKABC-TVGarden Grove chemical leak forces evacuation. Firefighters respond to a chemical leak in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. KABC. By ABC7.com staff. Thursday, June 12, 2014. GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (KABC) --. A chemical leak forced 25 ... Read more [...]
WV DEP says licorice smell could resurface during Freedom Industries tank … – State Journal
WV DEP says licorice smell could resurface during Freedom Industries tank ...State JournalAbout five months after the Freedom Industries chemical leak into the Elk River, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection opened the registration period for aboveground storage tanks. About five months after the Freedom Industries ...and more » Read more [...]
Chemical Leak in Canada Sparks a First Nations Blockade – VICE News
Chemical Leak in Canada Sparks a First Nations BlockadeVICE NewsOn Tuesday morning, staff at the Northern Pulp-owned Abercrombie Point pulp and paper mill in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, observed that a pipe carrying raw effluent to its final destination of the Boat Harbor Treatment Facility had sprung a leak and ...and more » Read more [...]
EPA: Hawaii Gas Failed to Report Chemical Release, Update Risk Management … – Honolulu Civil Beat
Honolulu Civil BeatEPA: Hawaii Gas Failed to Report Chemical Release, Update Risk Management ...Honolulu Civil BeatThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Hawaii Gas $155,000 for deficiencies in its risk management plan regarding chemical releases, and for an unreported discharge of a toxic chemical at the company's Kapolei facility on Oahu. In September ...Hawaii Gas settles $155K in EPA violationsKITV HonoluluEPA fines Hawaii Gas $155K for various violationsPacific Business News Read more [...]
Bristol manufacturing company says there may be lingering odors after morning … – Bucks Local News
Bristol manufacturing company says there may be lingering odors after morning ...Bucks Local NewsBRISTOL TOWNSHIP – A Bristol manufacturing company is saying there may be lingering odors in the air following a morning chemical spill at its Altuglas operations in the Keystone Business Center near the intersections of Routes 13 and 413. According to ... Read more [...]
Troutdale school shooting heightens sense of urgency In Rogue Valley – Mail Tribune
Troutdale school shooting heightens sense of urgency In Rogue ValleyMail TribuneHowever, as Ernie Whiteman, a veteran school resource officer at North Medford High School, watched the news feed coming out of Reynolds High School Tuesday, he noted things Medford could do to improve its emergency action procedures. ... Schools near ... Read more [...]
Demolition to begin on BF Goodrich building – Miami News Record
Demolition to begin on BF Goodrich buildingMiami News RecordMIAMI — An informal meeting took place two weeks ago, concerning the possible demolition of a portion of the former BF Goodrich plant which once manufactured tires in northwest Miami. The plant closed in 1986. ...... City officials present included ... Read more [...]
Building evacuated after chemical leak in Stevenage – Comet 24
Comet 24Building evacuated after chemical leak in StevenageComet 24Building evacuated after chemical leak in Stevenage. Emergency services were called to an amonia leak in Stevenage today Credit: @WWatch23. Martin Dunne Tuesday, June 10, 2014 5:10 PM ...and more » Read more [...]
Workers safe after explosions, fire rock Montana wood-products plant – Thomson Reuters Foundation
Workers safe after explosions, fire rock Montana wood-products plantThomson Reuters FoundationJune 10 (Reuters) - Explosions and a fire engulfed a Montana wood-products plant owned by Plum Creek Timber Co on Tuesday but all workers were accounted for and no injuries were reported, an emergency official said. Dozens of fire crews were battling ...and more » Read more [...]
Synthetic drug overdose number high in Elkhart and St. Joseph Co – Fox 28 … – Fox 28
Synthetic drug overdose number high in Elkhart and St. Joseph Co - Fox 28 ...Fox 28Synthetic drug abuse was linked to 28,531 emergency room visits in 2011 alone. In Elkhart and ... "It's easy to get and easy to find," chief paramedic for the Elkhart Fire Department Lt. Bill Sullivan said. His team ... Although the drugs are marketed ...and more » Read more [...]
Got Science? Top 5 Science 'Fails' – Huffington Post
Got Science? Top 5 Science 'Fails'Huffington PostThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), charged with regulating the safety of nuclear power plants, voted recently to end all consideration of a plan to accelerate the transfer of the growing stocks of nuclear waste at U.S. nuclear plants from spent ... Read more [...]
Hazmat incident closes Del. 9 south of New Castle – The News Journal
Hazmat incident closes Del. 9 south of New CastleThe News JournalA Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control emergency response team was en route this morning, but agency officials had no other immediate information, according to Joanna Wilson, a spokeswoman. ... and caustic soda, produces chlorine ... Read more [...]
The Chemical Leak at a Rubbertown Plant Has Been Stopped – WFPL
The Chemical Leak at a Rubbertown Plant Has Been StoppedWFPLNo emergency orders are expected for Louisville's Rubbertown neighborhood after a butadiene leak Monday morning at the American Synthetic plant, said a spokeswoman for Louisville's Emergency Management Agency. The leak was reported at 10:50 a.m.; it ...and more » Read more [...]
Scientists explore using trees to clean pollution – KTVL
KTVLScientists explore using trees to clean pollutionKTVLThe plan from Dow Chemical and the Nature Conservancy calls for growing thick groves of trees to capture pollutants downwind from a chemical plant. The proposal faces a long wait. But it envisions a day when expensive pollution-scrubbing machines might ...and more » Read more [...]
Alert issued after chemical release in Rubbertown – WAVE
Alert issued after chemical release in RubbertownWAVELOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – A Code Red alert has been issued for the neighborhood around Rubbertown following a chemical leak. According to MetroSafe, American Synthetic Rubber is experiencing a leak of butadiene. The leak was first reported around ...and more » Read more [...]
4 hospitalized after Gainesville chemical leak – MyFox Atlanta
4 hospitalized after Gainesville chemical leakMyFox Atlanta4 hospitalized after Gainesville chemical leak. Posted: Monday, June 9, 2014 11:36 AM EDT. Updated: Monday, June 9, 2014 11:36 AM EDT. By Eden Godbee, Digital Editor - email. GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Four people were hospitalized after an ammonia leak at ...and more » Read more [...]
Fire officials respond to chemical leak in the Rubbertown area – WDRB
Fire officials respond to chemical leak in the Rubbertown areaWDRB(WDRB) -- Fire officials responded to a chemical leak in the Rubbertown area Monday morning, according to Metrosafe dispatchers. We're told the leak took place at American Synthetic Rubber, at 4500 Campground Road, near Ralph Avenue, and involved ...and more » Read more [...]
Special Report: Officials warned about Convoy fire – Canton Repository
Special Report: Officials warned about Convoy fireCanton RepositoryMcDonald drove by the site that Friday, he said, and found no evidence of work going on inside the building and saw no employees or any signs of a chemical being released. Two semi trailers, one which was running, and a roll-off container, were at the ... Read more [...]
Oh island in the sun… – Pitchcare (press release)
Oh island in the sun...Pitchcare (press release)The older guys - Argyris, Costas and Stelios Constantinou - tend to have the less demanding jobs, whilst I take on most of the important chemical and fertiliser application work myself. MinthisHills Team I aim to share the workload ... We have a team ...and more » Read more [...]
Worker treated after ammonia leak released from hospital – KWCH
Worker treated after ammonia leak released from hospitalKWCHEmergency crews were called to Farmland Foods near the intersection of Pawnee and Sheridan a little after 3 p.m., after a report of an ammonia leak. Tammy Snow with the Wichita Fire Department says the leak was in the ammonia line in the attic area.and more » Read more [...]
Crews respond to an ammonia leak in south Wichita – KSN-TV
Crews respond to an ammonia leak in south WichitaKSN-TVWICHITA - Emergency crews spent much of the day Saturday cleaning up a hazmat spill at a Farmland plant in south Wichita. Workers discovered ammonia leaking at the food processing plant just before 3 p.m. Saturday forcing an ... The smell of ammonia ...Wichita Farmland Foods plant evacuated, man hospitalized after ammonia leakKansas.comall 12 news articles » Read more [...]
Wichita Farmland Foods plant evacuated, man hospitalized after ammonia leak – Kansas.com
Wichita Farmland Foods plant evacuated, man hospitalized after ammonia leakKansas.comThe meat processing plant is at 2323 S. Sheridan, which is north of Pawnee between Meridian and West Street. Dozens of people were working at the time, according to 911 emergency traffic. Fire crews ventilated the structure so chemical fumes could ...and more » Read more [...]
Hazmat Called to Chemical Leak in Jefferson Township – WRGT TV Fox 45
WRGT TV Fox 45Hazmat Called to Chemical Leak in Jefferson TownshipWRGT TV Fox 45Hazmat Called to Chemical Leak in Jefferson Township. JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP -- Hazmat was called to a chemical leak in Jefferson Township Saturday. Emergency officials were on the scene in the 9500 block of West 3rd Street just after 12 p.m.and more » Read more [...]
Letters: June 6, 2014, Chemical leak, New Yorker piece – Charleston Gazette
Letters: June 6, 2014, Chemical leak, New Yorker pieceCharleston GazettePoisoning our precious water, and all subsequent costs, is the coal industry's responsibility. The entire cost of environmental damage, the cost of studying over the long term and treating the consequential health damages, even the added repairs ... Read more [...]
Responders plan to save Annona – Clarksville Times
Responders plan to save AnnonaClarksville TimesAccording to Annona Volunteer Fire Chief Devin McEwin, “Every fire department in this county has an evacuation plan for El Dorado Chemical [in Annona] and step-by-step instructions on responding to a fire at that plant. All fire departments know and ...and more » Read more [...]
Dover YMCA Closed Due to Chemical Leak – WBOC TV 16
Dover YMCA Closed Due to Chemical LeakWBOC TV 16The Dover YMCA was evacuated Thursday due to a chemical leak inside the basement of the building, according to police. The Dover Police Department, Dover Fire Department, and Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control ...Chemical leak closes Dover YMCAThe News Journalall 3 news articles » Read more [...]
