On August 17, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court issued its decision vacating a June 2017 EPA rulemaking. The June 2017 rule delayed the effective date of the January 2017 Risk Management Program regulatory requirements (known as the RMP Amendments rule). The purpose of the delay was to provide time [...]
The next meeting of the Knoxville - Oak Ridge Section of AIChE will be on Thursday, September 20th at Alliance Brewing Company, 1130 Sevier Ave, Knoxville. Chris Howard will lead a tour of the brewery. For reservations, go to our EventBrite site at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/plant-tour-chris-howard-alliance-brewing-company-tickets-49600800329. You can also make a reservation by contacting Paul Taylor (taylorpa@ornl.gov, [...]
This practical, information-packed, one day workshop is designed to help you and your company reduce risks and save money. Learn from senior TOSHA staff members the most commonly cited hazards and how to prevent them. Discover ways your company can maintain compliance and eliminate situations leading to expensive citations and costly workers’ compensation claims. Workshop [...]
The Latin American Conference on Process Safety is part of CCPS' family of Global Congress on Process Safety. This conference, co-organized by ARPEL, is part of CCPS' worldwide effort to prevent major accidents through promoting lifelong learning as well as continual improvement in process safety. Simultaneous English-Spanish translation will be provided. For more information and registration: https://www.aiche.org/ccps/conferences/ccps-latin-american-conference-on-process-safety/2018
This Faculty Process Safety Workshop, sponsored by Chevron, will show chemical engineering faculty how process safety is put into industrial practice and demonstrate the importance of process safety to the design and operation of a chemical plant. For more information: https://www.aiche.org/giving/events/ccps-faculty-workshop/2018-08-26
This webinar will present a summary of operational and technical requirements identified in the federal rule as minimal technical requirements. The presentation will provide a contrast with how some of those technical requirements are at odds with other state and federal regulatory programs and discuss what efforts are underway to bridge the gap through state [...]
The federal rule published a 42-month staggered timeline of compliance for achieving the minimum technical and operational requirements in the rule. The final requirements from the rule are due to be certified by October 17, 2018. Activity pursuant to compliance with this rule has transitioned from compliance milestones to continued implementation of the rule under [...]
Please find the link below or if you prefer to do everything at once, you can book your room when you register; the link to the hotel has also been added to the left hand side of the first page of the registration form. If you have already booked your hotel room, you can either [...]
Get ready for a celestial double feature unlike anything seen in decades: Mars is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 15 years—just as the full moon blushes red in the longest “blood moon” eclipse of the century. Both the moon and Mars will dominate the overnight hours on July 27 and into [...]
The MEGA Symposium returns in 2018 with a focus on industry responses to new operational and environmental challenges for power plants as well as policy and regulatory perspectives affecting future operations. For more info: https://www.awma.org/mega