Archive for Chemical Release
Pete Manena Road reopens after railcar leaks chlorine – KPLC-TV
Pete Manena Road reopens after railcar leaks chlorineKPLC-TVPete Manena Road near the Axiall chemical plant reopened around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday after a railcar began leaking chlorine. At 6:15 a.m., state police announced that the area was closed due to a chemical release. Sgt. James Anderson, spokesman for Troop ... Read more [...]
2014-04-07T17:16:00Z Tankers derail Glens Falls Post-Star – Glens Falls Post-Star
2014-04-07T17:16:00Z Tankers derail Glens Falls Post-StarGlens Falls Post-StarEmergency responders survey a two-car train derailment in the yard of the Lehigh Northeast Cement plant in Glens Falls on Monday, Aprill, 7, 2014. At least one of the tanker cars ... The chemical can be deadly when inhaled in heavy quantities. Access ...'No immediate danger' after train derails in Glens FallsThe Saratogianall 5 news articles » Read more [...]
'No immediate danger' after train derails in Glens Falls – The Saratogian
'No immediate danger' after train derails in Glens FallsThe SaratogianGLENS FALLS >> Emergency officials said Monday there was “no immediate danger” after a train carrying hazardous chemicals hopped the tracks near a cement company. Glens Falls Assistant Fire Chief John Ellingsworth said the incident happened just before ...Tankers derailGlens Falls Post-Starall 5 news articles » Read more [...]
Drill at local chemical plant – Times of Fort Erie
Drill at local chemical plantTimes of Fort ErieDrill at local chemical plant 0. By Grant LaFleche, The Standard. Monday, April 7, 2014 5:14:55 EDT PM. St. Catharines fire fighters take part in a drill at Kemira St. Catharines on Welland Ave Monday morning. Tweet ... "This isn't an issue about us ... Read more [...]
Kemira plant site of emergency response drill – Bullet News Niagara
Kemira plant site of emergency response drillBullet News NiagaraHeld at the Kemira plant on Welland Avenue in St. Catharines, the drill was a real-life simulation testing the chemical plant's emergency response plan and communication between the plant and local emergency services. The plant ... Participants in the ... Read more [...]
Burning Smell in New York is From a New Jersey Brush Fire – Wall Street Journal (blog)
Burning Smell in New York is From a New Jersey Brush FireWall Street Journal (blog)The fire was at Wharton State Forest in Atlantic County, but unique wind patterns spread the smoke, and its scent, to the metro area. “The smell is moving in that direction ... The city Office of Emergency Management issues an air quality advisory ...and more » Read more [...]
The West Virginia Chemical Leak and the Washington State Mudslide: Politics … – The Diane Rehm Show
The Diane Rehm ShowThe West Virginia Chemical Leak and the Washington State Mudslide: Politics ...The Diane Rehm Show... the role of private industry and environmental regulations. A chemical leak that tainted West Virginia's water supply and a mudslide that killed dozens in Washington are raising new questions about the role of private industry and environmental ... Read more [...]
USGS Turns 135: Continues Mission of Science for America – DirectionsMag.com
USGS Turns 135: Continues Mission of Science for AmericaDirectionsMag.comIn carrying out Jefferson's detailed instructions in regard to cartography and scientific goals, the explorers mapped every twist and turn of the Missouri and the Columbia rivers, gathering information about the soils, plants, animals, and native ... Read more [...]
Ask the Weather Guys: Who controls the tornado sirens? – Madison.com
Ask the Weather Guys: Who controls the tornado sirens?Madison.comFor example, they may be sounded for a major chemical release due to some accident. The siren system is designed to alert people of health hazards or life-threatening situations. In Dane County, the 911 Center is the primary activation point of the ... Read more [...]
Reinhardt event to benefit WNC Health Advocates – Asheville Citizen-Times
Reinhardt event to benefit WNC Health AdvocatesAsheville Citizen-TimesThe upscale, full-service salon offers Aveda's all natural, plant-derived products. To make an ... All proceeds benefit Children First/CIS, a non-profit that serves economically disadvantaged children and their families with after school learning ... Read more [...]
EPA fines Federal way company, 4 others, for hazardous chemicals violation – Federal Way Mirror
EPA fines Federal way company, 4 others, for hazardous chemicals violationFederal Way MirrorAs part of the settlement, the company agreed to construct a secondary containment system that will reduce the risk of a hazardous chemical release into the environment. The company corrected the reporting violations and paid a $15,600 fine. Targa ... Read more [...]
Smiths Detection Partners With Fire Smoke Coalition to Sponsor Firefighter … – Wall Street Journal
Smiths Detection Partners With Fire Smoke Coalition to Sponsor Firefighter ...Wall Street JournalSmiths Detection supports fire and smoke safety research. Last fall, it provided services and equipment on a joint research health study conducted with the Utah Valley University Emergency Services Department and the Fire Smoke Coalition. Smith ... Read more [...]
Agencies start different chemical leak health studies – Charleston Daily Mail (blog)
Agencies start different chemical leak health studiesCharleston Daily Mail (blog)Agencies start different chemical leak health studies. April 4, 2014 by Dave Boucher. Federal, state and local health officials are moving forward with studies examining possible effects from the January massive chemical leak. Dr. Letitia Tierney ...CDC's MCHM health study still incompleteCharleston Gazetteall 12 news articles » Read more [...]
Preparing for the worst – HSC Newsbeat
Preparing for the worstHSC NewsbeatNurses and hazmat responders donned personal protective equipment and set up a decontamination tent outside the training facility's emergency room to respond to patients who had been “exposed” to a chemical release and disease outbreak. “When we ... Read more [...]
Spurred by MCHM leak, Rockefeller, Manchin push national chemical-tank bill – Charleston Gazette
WCHS-TV8Spurred by MCHM leak, Rockefeller, Manchin push national chemical-tank billCharleston GazetteThe Elk River chemical leak spurred state legislators to pass a law requiring inspection of chemical storage tanks in West Virginia. On Thursday, the state's two U.S. senators moved a bit closer to passing similar legislation that would cover storage ...US Senate bill connected to water emergency moves forwardWest Virginia MetroNewsUS Senate committee advances Water Protection ActState Journalall Read more [...]
Framingham board miffed about lack of communication – MetroWest Daily News
Framingham board miffed about lack of communicationMetroWest Daily NewsThe state's notice of responsibility does force the town to take action by completely analyzing and characterizing the park and chemical release, and assessing the risk. Halpin said there have been some historical concerns about contamination at the 18 ... Read more [...]
Chemical Leak At Ohio Nuclear Plant – Chem.Info
Chemical Leak At Ohio Nuclear PlantChem.InfoChemical Leak At Ohio Nuclear Plant. Thu, 04/03/2014 - 10:39am. Associated Press. Get today's news and top headlines for chemical processing professionals - Sign up now! PERRY, Ohio (AP) — The operator of a northeast Ohio nuclear power plant says a ...Chemical leaks in building at Ohio nuclear plant10TVall 8 news articles » Read more [...]
Several treated at hospital after chemical accident in Danville – WDBJ7
WDBJ7Several treated at hospital after chemical accident in DanvilleWDBJ7When the Danville Regional Hazardous Materials Response Team arrived at the water treatment plant, 11 people had already been taken to the hospital because of exposure to the gas. Eight of those people ... Here is the news release from the City of ... Read more [...]
Doreen Landstra, Elderly Woman Who Killed 3 In Car, Gets Suspended License – Huffington Post
Doreen Landstra, Elderly Woman Who Killed 3 In Car, Gets Suspended LicenseHuffington PostA fire broke out in the unfinished Jianye Building at about 7 p.m. on Sunday with around 380 firemen attending the blaze, authorities have yet to say whether there are any casualties. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ... Emergency personnel respond to the ...and more » Read more [...]
At Monsanto, a formula for safety: Company's emergency crew does its best to … – Muscatine Journal
At Monsanto, a formula for safety: Company's emergency crew does its best to ...Muscatine JournalThe products go through about three to five chemical stages to create. But before the ... Emergency team members are sent to Texas A&M University for training and certification, and occasionally Monsanto also pays for a member of either the Muscatine ... Read more [...]
Hanford workers sickened by unknown vapors rises to 17 – KING5.com
Hanford workers sickened by unknown vapors rises to 17KING5.com... Dept. of Energy's contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), said three additional workers who do not work for WRPS reported “possible vapor-related symptoms” Wednesday after working in an area Tuesday that had a chemical release. Read more [...]
Firefighters Battle Flames at Pool Supply Facility on Long Island – FireEngineering.com
FireEngineering.comFirefighters Battle Flames at Pool Supply Facility on Long IslandFireEngineering.comHazardous materials units and other county agencies were called to the scene to monitor the quality of the air due to possible chemical release from the pool supply store. It took nearly two hours to bring the fire under control but companies remained ...and more » Read more [...]
Tesoro's dispute in Calif. resonates in Vancouver – The Columbian
The ColumbianTesoro's dispute in Calif. resonates in VancouverThe Columbianowned oil refinery in Martinez, Calif., that saw a chemical release burn two workers on Feb. 12. The severity of those burns has been disputed, and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board alleges Tesoro blocked the agency from fully investigating the incident ...and more » Read more [...]
Our highest priority: Chemical facility safety in America – The Hill (blog)
Our highest priority: Chemical facility safety in AmericaThe Hill (blog)EPA understood this more than a decade ago when it developed a program that would require companies to submit a Risk Management Plan for the prevention of an accidental chemical release – but purposely withheld a regulatory requirement mandating ... Read more [...]
Air quality 'clear' after chemical threat at WalMart – WCNC
Air quality 'clear' after chemical threat at WalMartWCNC... the all clear. Employees were allowed to re-enter the store around 12:20. Update: Mooresville officials say air quality is clear after hazmat sweep inside Walmart after chemical release scare #Walmart #cltnews. — Amy Cowman (@amywcnc) March 5 ...and more » Read more [...]
Pepper Spray Released at Minot YMCA – KUMV
Pepper Spray Released at Minot YMCAKUMVA release of pepper spray left gym members out in the parking lot at the Minot YMCA. The Minot Police Department and Fire Rescue were on scene trying to figure out where the chemical release was coming from. After further investigation, the chemical ...and more » Read more [...]
Mooresville Walmart reopens after threatening phone call forces evacuation – WBTV
Mooresville Walmart reopens after threatening phone call forces evacuationWBTVA Mooresville Walmart store was evacuated after someone made a call threatening a chemical release inside the store. Police say the incident was reported just before 10 a.m. at the Walmart on Norman Station Boulevard. Investigators cleared the store by ...and more » Read more [...]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 Focuses Enforcement Lens on … – The National Law Review
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 Focuses Enforcement Lens on ...The National Law ReviewSecond, Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7) provides a broad authority to EPA to issue regulations addressing chemical release prevention, detection and correction, and stipulates that EPA must require owners and operators of stationary sources that manage ...and more » Read more [...]
Mecklenburg Co. Chemical Leak Sends 11 To The Hospital – WSET
Mecklenburg Co. Chemical Leak Sends 11 To The HospitalWSETMecklenburg Co., VA - A chemical reaction at a Mecklenburg County treatment plant sent 11 people to the hospital. Wednesday morning, two chemicals used to treat water were being transported to the Roanoke River Service Authority. During delivery, the ...and more » Read more [...]
Chemical leak from city-owned site delays Second Avenue reconstruction – Wausau Daily Herald
Chemical leak from city-owned site delays Second Avenue reconstructionWausau Daily HeraldThis vacant lot near the corner of Callon Street and Second Avenue in Wausau is contaminated. It is the former home of a dry cleaning business. Photograph taken, Monday, March 31, 2014. / Dan Young/Daily Herald Media ...and more » Read more [...]
Fire out at Plymouth natural gas plant, residents can return – Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
Mid Columbia Tri City HeraldFire out at Plymouth natural gas plant, residents can returnMid Columbia Tri City HeraldPlymouth — A fire at the Williams Northwest Pipeline plant in Plymouth is no longer burning as of early Tuesday morning, according to Benton County Emergency Services. Residents are allowed to return to their homes ... Officials want to warn Plymouth ...and more » Read more [...]
Take a tour of the 'doomsday Disneyland' – CNN
CNNTake a tour of the 'doomsday Disneyland'CNNThe reason -- they were going to be pumping actual toxic gas into the building to simulate a chemical attack. As smoke rose from chunks of ... "The temperature extremes, the building extremes, the noises, the environment, are incredibly lifelike," said ...and more » Read more [...]
'Mutilated' Woman Found In Basement By Her Neighbor – Huffington Post
'Mutilated' Woman Found In Basement By Her NeighborHuffington PostA fire broke out in the unfinished Jianye Building at about 7 p.m. on Sunday with around 380 firemen attending the blaze, authorities have yet to say whether there are any casualties. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) ... Emergency personnel respond to the ... Read more [...]
County ordered to clean up levees – The Harlan Daily Enterprise
County ordered to clean up leveesThe Harlan Daily EnterpriseA copy of that letter was also sent to Harlan Mayor Danny Howard, Harlan Fire Department Chief Linette Hutchison, Harlan County Road Supervisor Marvin Goins and Harlan County Emergency Management Director David McGill. Harlan County Flood Plane ... Read more [...]
How Social Media Changed the Equation on the West Virginia Chemical Leak … – PBS MediaShift
KPRC HoustonHow Social Media Changed the Equation on the West Virginia Chemical Leak ...PBS MediaShiftOn the morning of January 9, 2014, the air around Charleston, W.Va., smelled different, unnatural, but not entirely unfamiliar. It was around 8:15 a.m. when residents first reached state environmental and health officials to complain about the odor.Test: Chemical was in W. Va. water after leakKPRC HoustonHow a Toxic Leak Made One Town the Subjects of a Live Human ExperimentNational Journalall 155 Read more [...]
Chemical leak at Medway services and Sittingbourne industrial estate sparks … – Kent Online
Chemical leak at Medway services and Sittingbourne industrial estate sparks ...Kent OnlineThe chemical potassium hydroxide leaked from the cargo of a heavy goods vehicle at the Medway motorway services on the M2 and an industrial estate in Sittingbourne, sparking a major emergency response. Six fire engines, a command support unit, ... Read more [...]
HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from a busy leisure park at the weekend … – Bournemouth Echo
Bournemouth EchoHUNDREDS of people were evacuated from a busy leisure park at the weekend ...Bournemouth Echo... a busy leisure park at the weekend after a chemical scare. The emergency services were called to Tower Park in Poole at 2.20pm on Saturday and Splashdown water park and the surrounding buildings, including the cinema and restaurants, were cleared.Water park reopens after chemical leak repairedITV Newsall 8 news articles » Read more [...]
Water park reopens after chemical leak repaired – ITV News
Water park reopens after chemical leak repairedITV NewsThe owners of Splashdown Waterparks at the Tower Park leisure complex in Poole have issued a statement about the evacuation of the site on Saturday 29th March. The firm said the decision to evacuate the building and the rest of the Tower Park site was ... Read more [...]
Take a tour of the 'doomsday Disneyland' – CNN
CNNTake a tour of the 'doomsday Disneyland'CNNThe reason -- they were going to be pumping actual toxic gas into the building to simulate a chemical attack. As smoke rose from chunks of ... "The temperature extremes, the building extremes, the noises, the environment, are incredibly lifelike," said ... Read more [...]
President of Company Responsible for Chemical Leak Requesting Pay – WTRF
WCHS-TV8President of Company Responsible for Chemical Leak Requesting PayWTRFA request by the president of Freedom Industries to get paid is facing opposition in bankruptcy court. Freedom Industries is the company at the center of a chemical leak that brought a tap water ban in nine counties. Company president Gary Southern is ...Eyewitness NewsWCHS-TV8US bankruptcy trustee: Freedom president's legal fees not a priorityCharleston Gazetteall 13 news articles » Read more [...]
