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EPA Alerts

EPA will issue periodic "Alerts" which explain specific hazardous substance hazards that have become evident through our accident investigation efforts.

Chemical Safety Alert: Emergency Isolation for Hazardous Material Fluid Transfer Systems - Application and Limitations of Excess Flow Valves
Revised: June 2007 (PDF, 9 pp., 189 KB)

Chemical Safety Alert: Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards
Issued: February 2005 (0.04MB) (PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Identifying Chemical Reactivity Hazards Preliminary Screening Method
Issued: May 2004 (0.36MB) (PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Failures of Excess Flow Valves in Hazardous Materials Service
Issued: April 2004 (1.2 MB) (PDF)
Chemical Safety Alert: Hazards of Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) Operations
Issued: August 2003 (0.25 MB) (PDF)

Pesticide Alert: Pesticide Safety and Site Security
Issued: October 2001 (HTML)

Chemical Safety Alert: Chemical Accidents from Electric Power Outages
Issued: September 2001(69 KB)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Safe Storage and Handling of Swimming Pool Chemicals
Issued: March 2001 (64 KB)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Rupture Hazard from Liquid Storage Tanks
Issued: January 2001(419 KB)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: First Responders’ Environmental Liability Due To Mass Decontamination Runoff
Issued: July 2000(36 KB)(PDF)

Joint NIOSH/EPA/EOSA Alert: Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths from Explosions in Industrial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Facilities
Issued: April 2000 (PDF) (HTML)

Chemical Safety Alert: Anhydrous Ammonia Theft
Issued: March 2000(59 KB)(PDF)

Chemical Accident Prevention: Site Security
Issued: February 2000(78 KB)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Use Multiple Data Sources for Safer Emergency Response
Issued: June 1999 (58 KB)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Hazards of Ammonia Releases at Ammonia Refrigeration Facilities (Updated)
Issued: August 2001(176 KB)(PDF)

Enforcement Alert: Owners, Operators of Stationary Sources Must Comply With The General Duty Clause
Issued: August 1998 (34 KB)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Explosion Hazard From Ammonium Nitrate
Issued: December 1997(107K)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves
Issued: September 1997(176K)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Rupture Hazard of Pressure Vessels
Issued: May 1997 (393K)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Lightning Hazard to Facilities Handling Flammable Substances
Issued: May 1997 (195K)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Catastrophic Failure of Storage Tanks
Issued: May 1997 (204K)(PDF)

Chemical Safety Alert: Fire Hazard From Carbon Adsorption Deodorizing Systems
Issued: May 1997 (186K)(PDF)

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Ammonia
Issued: June 1990 (51 KB)(PDF)

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Swimming Pool Chemicals: Chlorine
Issued: June 1990 (40 KB)(PDF)

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Hydrogen Fluoride
Issued: June 1993 (19 KB)(PDF)

Other Alerts and Bulletins

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) offers short process safety communications to aid industry in implementing elements of a good process safety program. These documents may be freely printed, downloaded, and shared. A recent CCPS safety alert is Reactive Material Hazards - What You Need to Know Issued: October 2001 (291 KB) (PDF).

The National Fire Protection Association Alert Bulletins give lessons learned from fire investigations of chemical accidents.

The OSHA Hazard Information Bulletins are designed to increase awareness of various safety hazards from accidents and of hazard reduction strategies.

The Department of Energy's Environmental Safety and Health Digital Library has safety/hazard alerts, bulletins, and notices.

The Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center has safety alerts.

The Chemical Educational Foundation disseminates information about chemical safety.

The UK Health and Safety Executive produces bulletins to help identify and control the risks that may arise from workplace hazards.

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