CSB asks EPA to update HF study in wakes of refinery fires

Oil & Gas Journal: The US Chemical Safety Board called on the US Environmental Protection Agency to review its existing hydrofluoric acid (HF) study to determine if existing regulations are effective and whether inherently safer alkylation technologies are a better option at oil refineries.

“In the last 4 years, the CSB has investigated 2 petroleum refinery incidents where an explosion elevated the threat of a possible release of HF or modified hydrofluoric acid (MHF),” CSB Board Member and Designated Interim Executive Kristen M. Kulinowski said in an Apr. 23 letter to EPA Administrator Andrew H. Wheeler.

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