A third (3rd) public review of draft standard BSR/IIAR 2-201x, Standard for Safe Design of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems is now open. The International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) invites you to make comments on the draft standard. Substantive changes resulting Read more
Do you have a passion for Ammonia Process Safety Management? Do you feel you have more to offer the Ammonia PSM community than you can at your current position? GCAP is looking to expand our compliance team through the addition Read more
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) P&IDs are used throughout the industry to show the relationships between equipment and instrumentation in the system. They can also show other information to enhance clarity, such as how ammonia flows through the system. P&IDs Read more
The picture below is a snapshot of the proposed elements of PSM in the state of CA for refineries.
A common question we get is whether or not flanged and bonneted valves need to be torqued when they are installed. Unfortunately, many of these questions are due to OSHA citations – Ideally you want to answer this question BEFORE Read more
A second (2nd) public review of draft standard BSR/IIAR 2-201x, Standard for Safe Design of Closed-Circuit Ammonia Refrigeration Systems is now open. The International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) invites you to make comments on the draft standard. Substantive changes Read more
“Chemical safety and security are a shared commitment among government, industry, public interest groups and communities,” said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. “We are reaching out to all these partners to ask Read more
The Process Safety division of GCAP continues their 2014 tour in California this week. So far this year, we’ve brought our world class PSM/RMP classes, SOP building seminars, Compliance Audits and PHA study groups to: Sulphur Springs, TX Rochester, NY Read more
As part of GCAP’s PSM course, we pull the publically available RMP from RTKnet.org for each facility in the class. We’ve seem some strange things in the Executive Summary and wanted to share some guidance on what exactly should be there. First, let’s look Read more
The 6th Annual Region 7 Ammonia Awareness Day was a great success. Thanks for all the support of the sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees. Each year the event gets bigger, different topics presented and benefits anybody in the realm of safety, Read more
