Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

Should have known

I can’t have been the only person whose first thought, on hearing about the deadly explosion at the West Fertilizer Company plant in Texas in April, was: “ammonium nitrate”.

Better by the day

ASSOCIATION NACD members have reported some impressive environmental stats. And the Association itself is developing a new security code and adding five new members

NACD logo

A fresh coat

TANK COATINGS New sources of unconventional oil and gas have transformed the US energy industry, and sustainable tank coatings have evolved too, says Tatsuya Nagakawa*

Tanks being manufactured

NACD means business

ADVOCACY Chemical distributors everywhere face mounting regulatory and legislative burdens, with the US no exception. As such, NACD has now outlined the main challenges it sees facing the sector and what it intends to do about them

Men wearing hard hats inspecting Brennag Gerlach facility

Orlando in bloom

CONFERENCE PREVIEW Another important event on the storage terminal sector’s calendar is coming up soon in Orlando, where NISTM will host its 15th annual international aboveground storage tank conference and trade show

Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Florida, Orlando

Outside the box

CONFERENCE REPORT Every step towards international regulatory harmonisation seems to be accompanied by two steps back. Attendees at the DGAC annual conference were brought up to date on the latest moves in both directions

Haldis Fearne at DGCA 2012

Controlling compliance

HAZCOMM New REACH provisions entering into force next year, as well as similar legislation in other parts of the world, will place a strict requirement on chemical producers to ensure that SDSs are not only properly prepared but received and understood by downstream parties.

Warning label on bottles

Dupré honoured

US road tanker operator Dupré Logistics has been honoured with a SmartWay Excellence Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Precision handling

SHOW REPORT The 2012 National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) Operations Seminar and Trade Show (OPSEM) continued to build on the event’s reputation as an industry must-attend

NACD speaker

Pride in the uniform

EMISSIONS US EPA is engaged in an ongoing process to amend its air emissions standards. Although industry will have to sit up and take notice, over the longer term it should make life easier for those in scope of the requirements

Road tankers - Loadtec
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