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Office of Emergency Management Annual Reports
Chemical Accident Prevention
- Chemical Safety Alerts
- Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisories
- Chemical Safety Audit Reports
- Chemical Accident Investigation Reports
- Chemical Safety Network
- Topical Backgrounders
- Related Documentation
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Emergency Planning
Homeland Security Issues
Oil Pollution Prevention
Tribal Information
Publicaciones en Español
Emergency Responses and Removals
Office of Emergency Management Annual Reports
2005 Year in Review: Emergency Management - Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PDF) (21 pp, 1.4MB)
Issued: September 2006
2004 Year in Review: Emergency Management - Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PDF) (22 pp, 444K)
Issued: April 2005
Chemical Accident Prevention
Accident Epidemiology and the RMP Rule: Learning from a Decade of Accident History Data for the U.S. Chemical Industry. 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.
Chemicals in your Community (PDF) (29 pp, 940K)
Hydrogen Fluoride Study; Report to Congress; Section 112(n)(6) Clean Air Act As Amended; Final Report (PDF) (374 pp, 4.4MB)
Issued:
September 1993
Chemical Safety Alerts
Chemical Safety Alert: Emergency Isolation for Hazardous Material Fluid Transfer Systems - Application and Limitations of Excess Flow Valves (PDF) (9 pp, 189K)
Revised: June 2007
Chemical Safety Alert: Identifying Chemical Reactivity Hazards Preliminary Screening Method (PDF) (5 pp, 397K)
Issued: May 2004
Chemical Safety Alert: Hazards of Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) Operations (PDF) (8 pp, 357K)
Issued: August 2003
Pesticide Alert: Pesticide Safety and Site Security
Issued: October 2001
Chemical Safety Alert: Chemical Accidents from Electric Power Outages (PDF) (5 pp, 160K)
Issued: September 2001
Chemical Safety Alert: Hazards of Ammonia Releases at Ammonia Refrigeration Facilities (Updated) (PDF) (8 pp, 207K)
Issued: August 2001
Chemical Safety Alert: Safe Storage and Handling of Swimming Pool Chemicals (PDF) (7 pp, 91K)
Issued: March 2001
Chemical Safety Alert: Rupture Hazard from Liquid Storage Tanks (PDF) (5 pp, 419K)
Issued: January 2001
Chemical Safety Alert: First Responders’ Environmental Liability Due To Mass Decontamination Runoff (PDF) (3 pp, 43K)
Issued: July 2000
Joint NIOSH/EPA/EOSA Alert: Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths from Explosions in Industrial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Facilities |
PDF Version (38 pp, 840K)
Issued: April 2000
Chemical Safety Alert: Anhydrous Ammonia Theft (PDF) (6 pp, 121K)
Issued: March 2000
Chemical Accident Prevention: Site Security (PDF) (8 pp, 140K)
Issued: February 2000
Chemical Safety Alert: Use Multiple Data Sources for Safer Emergency Response (PDF) (6 pp, 145K)
Issued: June 1999
Chemical Safety Alert: Explosion Hazard From Ammonium Nitrate (PDF) (5 pp, 107K)
Issued: December 1997
Chemical Safety Alert: Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves (PDF) (4 pp, 176K)
Issued: September 1997
Chemical Safety Alert: Rupture Hazard of Pressure Vessels (PDF) (6 pp, 393K)
Issued: May 1997
Chemical Safety Alert: Lightning Hazard to Facilities Handling Flammable Substances (PDF) (5 pp, 195K)
Issued: May 1997
Chemical Safety Alert: Catastrophic Failure of Storage Tanks (PDF) (6 pp, 204K)
Issued: May 1997
Chemical Safety Alert: Fire Hazard From Carbon Adsorption Deodorizing Systems (PDF) (3 pp, 186K)
Issued: May 1997
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisories
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Ammonia (PDF) (4 pp, 51K)
Issued: June 1990
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Swimming Pool Chemicals: Chlorine (PDF) (4 pp, 40K)
Issued: June 1990
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Advisory: Hydrogen Fluoride (PDF) (1 pg, 19K)
Issued: June 1993
Chemical Safety Audit Reports
1999 Chemical Safety Audit Report (PDF) (56 pp, 283K)
1998 Chemical Safety Audit Report (PDF) (59 pp, 292K)
1997 Chemical Safety Audit Report (PDF) (62 pp, 188K)
1996 Chemical Safety Audit Report (PDF) (64 pp, 179K)
1995 Chemical Safety Audit Report (PDF) (70 pp, 182K)
Chemical Accident Investigation Reports
EPA Chemical Accident Investigation Report - Accra Pac Group, Inc. North Plant, Elkhart, Indiana (PDF) (55 pp, 11MB)
Issued: September 2000
Prevention of Reactive Chemical Explosions - Case Study: Waste Fuel/Oxidizer Reaction Hazards (PDF) (6 pp, 143K)
Issued: April 2000
How to Prevent Runaway Reactions - Case Study: Phenol-Formaldehyde Reaction Hazards (PDF) (6 pp, 57K)
Issued: August 1999
EPA/OSHA Joint Chemical Accident Investigation Report - BPS, Inc., West Helena, Arkansas - Full Report (PDF) (83 pp, 6.8MB)
Issued: April 1999
EPA/OSHA Joint Chemical Accident Investigation Report - BPS, Inc., West Helena, Arkansas - Report without Appendices (PDF) (44 pp, 645K)
Issued: April 1999
EPA Chemical Accident Investigation Report Tosco Avon Refinery Accident, Martinez, CA (PDF) (105 pp, 1.8MB)
Issued: November 1998
EPA/OSHA Joint Chemical Accident Investigation Report - Surpass Chemical Co., Inc. Albany, NY (PDF) (50 pp, 1.3MB)
Issued: September 1998
EPA/OSHA Joint Chemical Accident Investigation Report - Shell Chemical Company, Deer Park, Texas (PDF) (83 pp, 2MB)
Issued: June 1998
EPA Chemical Accident Investigation Report -Powell Duffryn Terminals, Inc. Savannah, Georgia (PDF) (74 pp, 3.4MB)
Issued: May 1998
EPA Chemical Accident Investigation Report -Pennzoil Product Refinery, Rouseville, PA (PDF) (53 pp, 1.1MB)
Issued: March 1998
EPA/OSHA Joint Accident Investigation Report - Napp Technologies, Inc., Lodi, New Jersey (PDF) (72 pp, 4.2MB)
Issued: October 1997
Expert Review of EPA/OSHA Joint Chemical Accident Investigation Report- Napp Technologies, Inc., Lodi, New Jersey (PDF) (84 pp, 1MB)
Issued: March 1999
EPA Chemical Accident Investigation Report Terra Industries, Inc., Nitrogen Fertilizer Facility, Port Neal, Iowa (PDF) (114 pp, 2.9MB)
Issued: January, 1996
Expert Review of EPA Chemical Accident Investigation Report- Terra Industries, Inc., Nitrogen Fertilizer Facility, Port Neal, Iowa (PDF) (69 pp, 419K)
Issued: September 1996
Chemical Safety Network
Chemical Safety Network: Community Safety Awards Program: Lake County, Indiana LEPC (PDF) (3 pp, 154K)
Issued: October 1999
Chemical Safety Network: Hazardous Materials Education: Carbon County, Pennsylvania LEPC (PDF) (2 pp, 367K)
Issued: March 2000
Chemical Safety Network: Hazardous Materials Education: North Central Florida LEPC (PDF) (2 pp, 370K)
Issued: March 2000
Chemical Safety Network: How to Develop a Health Alert Network: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, LEPC (PDF) (2 pp, 368K)
Issued: August 2000
Chemical Safety Network: How to Improve Safe Handling of Chemical Products: Sartomer Company, Exton, Pennsylvania (PDF) (2 pp, 66K)
Issued:
May 2001
Chemical Safety Network: How to Increase Public Awareness and Improve Emergency Notification: Beach Cities CAER (Community Awareness and Emergency Response) (PDF) (3 pp, 451K)
Issued: July 2000
Chemical Safety Network: How to Maintain Community Confidence: Eastman Kodak Company, Kodak Park, Rochester, N.Y. (PDF) (3 pp, 329K)
Issued: September 2000
Chemical Safety Network: Mentoring Program Enhances Safety Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania (PDF) (3 pp, 149K)
Issued: September 1999
Chemical Safety Network: South Carolina Small Business Assistance Program RMP Air Modeling Project (PDF) (2 pp, 48K)
Issued: June 1999
Chemical Safety Network: The Lubrizol Corporation: New Chemicals Issues Assessment (PDF) (2 pp, 61K)
Issued: May 2001
Chemical Safety Network: Work with your Local Fire Department to Enhance Community Safety: The Cary Company (PDF) (3 pp, 70K)
Issued: April 2001
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission: Public Meeting Project (PDF) (2 pp, 99K)
Issued: November 1999
Topical Backgrounders
Topical Backgrounder: Chemical Safety in Your Community: EPA's New Risk Management Program (PDF) (12 pp, 883K)
Topical Backgrounder: Evaluating Chemical Hazards in the Community: Using RMP's Offsite Consequence Analysis (PDF) (12 pp, 1.0MB)
Topical Backgrounder: How Safe Am I? Helping Communities Evaluate Chemical Risks (PDF) (12 pp, 851K)
Topical Backgrounder: New Ways to Prevent Chemical Incidents (PDF) (12 pp, 792K)
Related Documentation
The Impact of CEPPO’s No-Charge Distribution of CAMEO Software: 1998 Recipient Survey (PDF) (7 pp, 253K)
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Emergency Planning
Hazards Analysis on the Move; SARA Title III (EPCRA) and Conducting a Commodity Flow Study (PDF) (12 pp, 212K)
LEPCs and Deliberate Releases: Addressing Terrorist Activities in the Local Emergency Plan (PDF) (6 pp, 249K)
Issued:
August 2001
Nationwide LEPC Survey: Summary Report
October, 1994 (17K, TXT)
May, 2000 (PDF) (43 pp, 1.1MB)
Homeland Security Issues
EPA's Emergency Response Role and Capabilities for Terrorism Events, Israeli Ministry of Defense, June 15, 1998
PDF format (24 pp, 1.7MB) | Powerpoint format (965K, PPT)
"EPA's Involvement in Counter-Terrorism," Las Vegas
PDF format (15 pp, 168K) | Powerpoint format (93K, PPT)
NRS response role and the National Response System
PDF format (22 pp, 722K) | Powerpoint format (465K, PPT)
LEPCs and Deliberate Releases: Addressing Terrorist Activities in the Local Emergency Plan (PDF) (6 pp, 249K)
Issued:
August 2001
EPA's Role in Counter-Terrorism Activities (PDF) (2 pp, 109K)
Issued:
July 1998
EPA Capabilities: Responding To Nuclear-Biological Chemical (NBC) Terrorism (PDF) (2 pp, 77K)
EPA's Role in the Federal Response Plan: Being Prepared for Catastrophic Disaster (PDF) (2 pp, 29K)
Issued: January 1995
Oil Pollution Prevention
Understanding Oil Spills and Oil Spill Response, December 1999
Update of Implementation of Recommendations from the NRT Following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (PDF) (53 pp, 797K)
Bioremediation
Literature Review on the Use of Commercial Bioremediation Agents for Cleanup of Oil-Contaminated Estuarine Environments (PDF) (61 pp, 362K)
Guidelines for the Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Salt Marshes (PDF) (66 pp, 523K)
Guidelines for Bioremediation of Marine Shorelines and Freshwater Wetlands (PDF) (163 pp, 1.3MB)
National Response Team Fact Sheet on Bioremediation Technologies (PDF) (4 pp, 57K)
Oil Update
EPA Oil Update, January 2007 (PDF) (9 pp, 772K)
Oil Program Update
EPA Oil Program Update, October 2005 (PDF) (9 pp, 851K)
EPA Oil Program Update, January 2005 (PDF) (9 pp, 716K)
EPA Oil Program Update, May 2004 (PDF) (8 pp, 424K)
EPA Oil Program Update, January 2004 (PDF) (7 pp, 257K)
EPA Oil Program Update, October 2003 (PDF) (8 pp, 314K)
EPA Oil Program Update, July 2003 (PDF) (7 pp, 734K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Special Edition, August 2002 (PDF) (13 pp, 1MB)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 6, July 2002 (PDF) (8 pp, 809K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 5, May 2002 (PDF) (11 pp, 721K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 4, January 2002 (PDF) (8 pp, 657K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 3, July 2001 (PDF) (7 pp, 1MB)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 2001 (PDF) (9 pp, 545K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 4, No. 1, October 2000 (PDF) (9 pp, 975MB)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 5, August 2000 (PDF) (8 pp, 203K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 4, July 2000 (PDF) (11 pp, 679K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 3, May 2000 (PDF) (14 pp, 394K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 2, January 2000 (PDF) (11 pp, 751MB)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 3, No. 1, October 1999 (PDF) (12 pp, 1MB)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 2, No. 4, July 1999 (PDF) (12 pp, 272K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 2, No. 3, April 1999 (PDF) (12 pp, 381K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 2, No. 2, January 1999 (PDF) (14 pp, 386K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 2, No. 1, October 1998 (PDF) (9 pp, 132K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 1, No. 4, July 1998 (PDF) (16 pp, 736K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 1998 (PDF) (10 pp, 205K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 1, No. 2, January 1998 (PDF) (23 pp, 217K)
EPA Oil Program Update, Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1997 (PDF) (6 pp, 145K)
Oil DROP
Oil DROP, October 2003 (PDF) (8 pp, 431K)
Oil DROP, Vol. 5, No. 1, October 2001 (PDF) (8 pp, 338K)
Oil DROP, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 2001 (PDF) (7 pp, 785K)
Oil DROP, Vol. 4, No. 1, October 2000 (PDF) (8 pp, 1MB)
Oil DROP, Vol. 3, No. 1, October 1999 (PDF) (6 pp, 522K)
Oil DROP, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 1999 (PDF) (10 pp, 222K)
Oil DROP, Vol. 2, No. 1, October 1998 (PDF) (8 pp, 487K)
Oil DROP, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 1998 (PDF) (7 pp, 216K)
Oil DROP, Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1997 (PDF) (4 pp, 336K)
Tribal Information
Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention in Indian Country (PDF) (5 pp, 56K)
Issued:
August 2002
Emergency Responses and Removals
EPA Emergency Response: Keeping Up With Tomorrow's Challenges (PDF) (7 pp, 1.2 MB)
The Federal Manager: Summer 2007
Publicaciones en Español
Equipo de Respuesta Conjunta de México y los Estados Unidos, San Antonio TX, 23-24 de septiembre de 1998 (PDF) (12 pp, 120K)
Plan Conjunto de Contingencias México-Estados Unidos (PDF) (45 pp, 612K)
Junio 1999
Reporte del Grupo de Trabajo de Planificación de Contingencias y Respuesta a Emergenciasa los Coordinadores Nacionales (PDF) (6 pp, 87K)
Marzo 1998
En Español - Facility Response Planning Compliance Assistance Guide (PDF) (20 pp, 833K)