Chemical Accident Prevention Publications
- Chemical Safety Alerts
- Oil and Gas Storage Safety Alerts
- Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisories
- Topical Backgrounders
- Additional Documents
Chemical Safety Alerts
In 2021, the EPA published a Joint Safety Advisory with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, focused on managing chemicals safely, securely, and in compliance with federal programs for Chemical Warehousing and Chemical Distribution Facilities.
In this video, we will address the types of operations in the chemical warehousing industry that are of focus, provide a summary of the EPA, Chemical Safety Board or CSB, OSHA, and DHS-CISA regulations applicable to these operations and define common issues related to chemical management and safety. The video will help identify key chemical safety regulations applicable to chemical distributors and manufacturers, identify common issues related to management of hazardous chemicals, as well as locate resources for the industry developed by federal agencies.
Joint EPA/OSHA/CISA Safety Advisory: Risks of Improper Storage of Hazardous Chemicals at Chemical Warehouses and Chemical Distribution Facilities (pdf)
Issued: November 2021. This advisory informs the industry (chemical warehouses and distribution facilities) that companies must ensure that their chemicals are managed safely, securely, and in compliance with EPA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) programs to help prevent chemical accidents and security incidents.
Chemical Safety Alert: Rupture Hazard from Liquid Storage Tanks
Issued: September 2009. The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) completed its investigation into the November 2008 Allied Terminals Fertilizer Tank Collapse. This alert has been updated to reflect information from that investigation and to implement the associated CSB recommendations to EPA.
Chemical Safety Alert: Emergency Isolation for Hazardous Material Fluid Transfer Systems - Application and Limitations of Excess Flow Valves
Revised: June 2007
Joint NIOSH/EPA/EOSA Alert: Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths from Explosions in Industrial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Facilities (Revised Edition)
Issued: August 2007
Chemical Safety Alert: Identifying Chemical Reactivity Hazards Preliminary Screening Method
Issued: May 2004
Chemical Safety Alert: Hazards of Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) Operations
Issued: August 2003
Pesticide Alert: Pesticide Safety and Site Security
Issued: October 2001
Chemical Safety Alert: Chemical Accidents from Electric Power Outages
Issued: September 2001
Chemical Safety Alert: Hazards of Ammonia Releases at Ammonia Refrigeration Facilities (Updated)
Issued: August 2001
Chemical Safety Alert: Safe Storage and Handling of Swimming Pool Chemicals
Issued: March 2001
Chemical Safety Alert: First Responders’ Environmental Liability Due To Mass Decontamination Runoff
Issued: July 2000
Chemical Safety Alert: Anhydrous Ammonia Theft
Issued: March 2000
Chemical Accident Prevention: Site Security
Issued: February 2000
Chemical Safety Alert: Use Multiple Data Sources for Safer Emergency Response
Issued: June 1999
Chemical Safety Alert: Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves
Issued: September 1997
Chemical Safety Alert: Rupture Hazard of Pressure Vessels
Issued: May 1997
Chemical Safety Alert: Lightning Hazard to Facilities Handling Flammable Substances
Issued: May 1997
Chemical Safety Alert: Catastrophic Failure of Storage Tanks
Issued: May 1997
Chemical Safety Alert: Fire Hazard From Carbon Adsorption Deodorizing Systems
Issued: May 1997
Oil and Gas Safety Alerts
Technical Alert: Failures of Overfill Prevention at Substantial Harm Oil Facilities
Issued: August 2024
Oil and Gas Safety Alert: Public Safety at Oil and Gas Upstream Facilities
Issued: March 2021
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisories
Chemical Advisory - Solid Ammonium Nitrate (AN) Storage, Handling and Management
Revised: June 2015
Interim Chemical Accident Prevention Advisory: Design of LPG Installations at Natural Gas Processing Plants
Issued: January 2014
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Hydrogen Fluoride
Issued: June 1993
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Ammonia
Issued: June 1990
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Swimming Pool Chemicals: Chlorine
Issued: June 1990
Topical Backgrounders
Topical Backgrounder: Chemical Safety in Your Community: EPA's New Risk Management Program
Topical Backgrounder: Evaluating Chemical Hazards in the Community: Using RMP's Offsite Consequence Analysis
Topical Backgrounder: How Safe Am I? Helping Communities Evaluate Chemical Risks
Topical Backgrounder: New Ways to Prevent Chemical Incidents
Additional Documents
Accident Epidemiology and the RMP Rule: Learning from a Decade of Accident History Data for the U.S. Chemical Industry (PDF)(236 pp, 1.7 MB, About PDF). A report by the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center describing the major findings from accident epidemiology studies conducted under an EPA-Wharton cooperative agreement.
Owners, Operators of Stationary Sources Must Comply with Clean Air Act’s "General Duty" Clause