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California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 5 - Program 2 Prevention Program › Section 5090.2 - Hazard Review

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall conduct a review of the hazards associated with the regulated
				  substances, processes, and procedures. The review shall identify the following:
(1) The hazards associated with the process
				  and regulated substances;
(2)
				  Opportunities for equipment malfunctions or human errors that could cause an
				  accidental release;
(3) The
				  safeguards used or needed to control the hazards or prevent equipment
				  malfunction or human error; and,
(4) Any steps used or needed to detect or
				  monitor releases.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 5 - Program 2 Prevention Program › Section 5090.3 - Operating Procedures

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall prepare written operating procedures that provide clear
				  instructions or steps for safely conducting activities associated with each
				  covered process consistent with the safety information for that process.
				  Operating procedures or instructions provided by equipment manufacturers or
				  developed by persons or organizations knowledgeable about the process and
				  equipment may be used as a basis for a stationary source's operating
				  procedures.
(b) The procedures
				  shall address the following:
(1) Initial
				  startup;
(2) Normal
				  operations;
(3) Temporary
				  operations;
(4) Emergency shutdown
				  and operations;
(5) Normal
				  shutdown;
(6) Startup following a
				  normal or emergency shutdown or a major change that requires a hazard
				  review;
(7) Consequences of
				  deviations and steps required to correct or avoid deviations; and,
(8) Equipment inspections.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 5 - Program 2 Prevention Program › Section 5090.4 - Training

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall ensure that each employee presently operating a process, and
				  each employee newly assigned to a covered process has been trained or tested
				  competent in the operating procedures provided in Section
				  5090.3 that pertain to their
				  duties. For those employees already operating a process on June 21, 1999, the
				  owner or operator may certify in writing that the employee has the required
				  knowledge, skills, and abilities to safely carry out the duties and
				  responsibilities as provided in the operating procedures.
(b) Refresher training. Refresher training
				  shall be provided at least every three years, and more often if necessary, to
				  each employee operating a process to ensure that the employee understands and
				  adheres to the current operating procedures of the process. The owner or
				  operator, in consultation with the employees operating the process, shall
				  determine the appropriate frequency of refresher training.
(c) The owner or operator may use training
				  conducted under federal or state regulations or under industry-specific
				  standards or codes or training conducted by covered process equipment vendors
				  to demonstrate compliance with this section to the extent that the training
				  meets the requirements of this section.
(d) The owner or operator shall ensure that
				  operators are trained in any updated or new procedures prior to needing to use
				  the procedures.
(e) The owner or
				  operator shall document initial and refresher training for each
				  employee.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25531 and 25534.05,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 25531, Health and Safety Code; and
						Section 68.54, Part 68, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 5 - Program 2 Prevention Program › Section 5090.5 - Maintenance

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall prepare and implement written procedures to maintain the
				  on-going mechanical integrity of the process equipment. The owner or operator
				  may use procedures or instructions provided by covered process equipment
				  vendors or procedures in federal or state regulations or industry codes as the
				  basis for stationary source maintenance procedures.
(b) The owner or operator shall train or
				  cause to be trained each employee involved in maintaining the on-going
				  mechanical integrity of the process. To ensure that the employee can perform
				  the job tasks in a safe manner, each such employee shall be trained in the
				  hazards of the process, in how to avoid or correct unsafe conditions, and in
				  the procedures applicable to the employee's job tasks.
(c) The owner or operator shall ensure that
				  each contractor can document that their employees are trained to perform the
				  maintenance and appropriate operation procedures developed under section
				  (a).
(d) The owner or operator
				  shall perform or cause to be performed inspections and tests on process
				  equipment. Inspection and testing procedures shall follow recognized and
				  generally accepted good engineering practices. The frequency of inspections and
				  tests of process equipment shall be consistent with applicable manufacturers'
				  recommendations, industry standards or codes, good engineering practices, and
				  prior operating experience.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25531 and 25534.05,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 25531, Health and Safety Code; and
						Section 68.56, Part 68, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 5 - Program 2 Prevention Program › Section 5090.6 - Compliance Audits

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall certify that they have evaluated compliance with the
				  provisions of this article at least every three years to verify that the
				  procedures and practices developed under this chapter are adequate and are
				  being followed.
(b) The compliance
				  audit shall be conducted by at least one person knowledgeable in the
				  process.
(c) The owner or operator
				  shall develop a report of the audit findings.
(d) The owner or operator shall promptly
				  determine and document an appropriate response to each of the findings of the
				  compliance audit. The owner or operator shall enter into an agreement with the
				  UPA on a timetable for resolution of these findings. Otherwise these responses
				  shall be completed within one and one-half (1.5) years after performing the
				  compliance audit, or the next planned turnaround for items requiring a
				  turnaround. These timelines shall not apply to any compliance audit completed
				  prior to January 1, 2015. The owner or operator shall document the actual
				  completion dates when deficiencies were corrected.
(e) The owner or operator shall retain the
				  two most recent compliance audit reports.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25531 and 25534.05,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 25531, Health and Safety Code; and
						Section 68.58, Part 68, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 5 - Program 2 Prevention Program › Section 5090.7 - Incident Investigation

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall investigate each incident which resulted in, or could
				  reasonably have resulted in, a catastrophic release.
(b) An incident investigation shall be
				  initiated as promptly as possible, but not later than 48 hours following the
				  incident.
(c) A summary shall be
				  prepared at the conclusion of the investigation which includes at a minimum:
(1) Date the investigation began;
(2) A description of the incident, including
				  all of the data required under 5080.9(b); and,
(3) Any recommendations resulting from the
				  investigation.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.1 - Process Safety Information

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(a) In
				  accordance with the schedule set forth in Section
				  5100.2, the owner or operator
				  shall complete a compilation of written process safety information before
				  conducting any PHA required by the chapter. The compilation of written process
				  safety information shall be maintained and kept up-to-date to enable the owner
				  or operator and the employees involved in operating the process to identify and
				  understand the hazards posed by those processes involving regulated substances.
				  This process safety information shall include information pertaining to the
				  hazards of the regulated substances used or produced by the process,
				  information pertaining to the technology of the process, and information
				  pertaining to the equipment in the process.
(b) Information pertaining to the hazards of
				  the regulated substances in the process. This information shall consist of at
				  least the following:
(1) Toxicity
				  information;
(2) Permissible
				  exposure limits;
(3) Physical
				  data;
(4) Reactivity data and
				  chemical compatibility data during handling, use and application at the
				  stationary source;
(5) Corrosivity
				  data;
(6) Thermal and chemical
				  stability data; and,
(7) Hazardous
				  effects of inadvertent mixing of different materials that could foreseeably
				  occur.
NOTE TO SECTION (b): Material Safety Data Sheets meeting
					 the requirements of Section
					 of Title
					 85189 of Title 8 of CCR may be used to comply
					 with this requirement to the extent they contain the information required by
					 this subsection.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.2 - Process Hazard Analysis [PHA]

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall perform an initial PHA (hazard evaluation) on processes
				  covered by this article. The PHA shall be appropriate to the complexity of the
				  process and shall identify, evaluate, and control the hazards involved in the
				  process. The PHA shall be conducted as soon as possible during the development
				  of the CalARP program, but not later than the date of submittal of the RMP.
				  Notwithstanding section (c) below, PHAs completed to comply with Section
				  of Title
				  85189 of Title 8 of CCR are acceptable as
				  initial PHAs. These PHAs shall be updated and revalidated, based on their
				  completion date.
(b) The owner or
				  operator shall work closely with AAs in deciding which PHA methodology is best
				  suited to determine the hazards of the process being analyzed. The owner or
				  operator shall use one or more of the following methodologies that are
				  appropriate to determine and evaluate the hazards of the process being
				  analyzed:
(1) What-If;
(2) Checklist;
(3) What-If / Checklist;
(4) Hazard and Operability Study
				  (HAZOP);
(5) Failure Mode and
				  Effects Analysis (FMEA);
(6) Fault
				  Tree Analysis; or,
(7) An
				  appropriate equivalent methodology.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.3 - Operating Procedures

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall develop and implement written operating procedures that
				  provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each
				  covered process consistent with the process safety information and shall
				  address at least the following elements:
(1)
				  Steps for each operating phase:
(A) Initial
				  startup;
(B) Normal
				  operations;
(C) Temporary
				  operations;
(D) Emergency shutdown
				  including the conditions under which emergency shutdown is required, and the
				  assignment of shutdown responsibility to qualified operators to ensure that
				  emergency shutdown is executed in a safe and timely manner;
(E) Emergency operations;
(F) Normal shutdown; and,
(G) Startup following a turnaround, or after
				  an emergency shutdown.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.4 - Training

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(a) Initial
				  training.
(1) Each employee presently
				  involved in operating a process, and each employee before being involved in
				  operating a newly assigned process, shall be trained in an overview of the
				  process and in the operating procedures as specified in Section
				  5100.3. The training shall include
				  emphasis on the specific safety and health hazards, emergency operations
				  including shutdown, and safe work practices applicable to the employee's job
				  tasks.
(2) In lieu of initial
				  training for those employees already involved in operating a process on June
				  21, 1999 an owner or operator may certify in writing that the employee has the
				  required knowledge, skills, and abilities to safely carry out the duties and
				  responsibilities as specified in the operating procedures.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.5 - Mechanical Integrity

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(a)
				  Application. Sections (b) through (f) of this section apply to the following
				  process equipment:
(1) Pressure vessels and
				  storage tanks;
(2) Piping systems
				  (including ancillary components such as valves);
(3) Relief and vent systems and
				  devices;
(4) Emergency shutdown
				  systems;
(5) Controls (including
				  monitoring devices and sensors, alarms, and interlocks); and,
(6) Pumps, compressors and their
				  drivers.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.6 - Management of Change

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall establish and implement written procedures to manage changes
				  (except for "replacements in kind") to process chemicals, technology,
				  equipment, and procedures; and, changes to stationary sources that affect a
				  covered process.
(b) The procedures
				  shall assure that the following considerations are addressed prior to any
				  change:
(1) The technical basis for the
				  proposed change;
(2) Impact of
				  change on safety and health;
(3)
				  Modifications to and/or development of new operating and maintenance
				  procedures;
(4) Necessary time
				  period for the change; and,
(5)
				  Authorization requirements for the proposed change.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.7 - Pre-Startup Safety Review

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall perform a pre-startup safety review for new stationary
				  sources and for modified stationary sources when the modification is
				  significant enough to require a change in the process safety
				  information.
(b) The pre-startup
				  safety review shall confirm, as a verification check, independent of the
				  management of change process, that prior to the introduction of regulated
				  substances to a process:
(1) Construction and
				  equipment is in accordance with design specifications;
(2) Safety, operating, maintenance, and
				  emergency procedures are in place and are adequate;
(3) For new stationary sources, a PHA has
				  been performed and recommendations have been resolved or implemented before
				  startup, and modified stationary sources meet the requirements contained in
				  management of change, Section
				  5100.6; and,
(4) Training of each employee involved in
				  operating a process has been completed.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.8 - Compliance Audits

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall certify that they have evaluated compliance with the
				  provisions of this article at least every three years to verify that the
				  procedures and practices developed under the chapter are adequate and are being
				  followed.
(b) The compliance audit
				  shall be conducted by at least one person knowledgeable in the
				  process.
(c) A report of the scope,
				  methods used, results and findings of the audit shall be developed. This
				  report, including results, shall be available for UPA review.
(d) The owner or operator shall promptly
				  determine and document an appropriate response to each of the findings of the
				  compliance audit. The owner or operator shall enter into an agreement with the
				  UPA on a timetable for resolution of these findings. Otherwise these responses
				  shall be completed one and one-half (1.5) years after performing the compliance
				  audit, or the next planned turnaround for items requiring a turnaround. These
				  timelines shall not apply to any compliance audit completed prior to January 1,
				  2015. The owner or operator shall document the actual completion dates when
				  deficiencies were corrected.
(e)
				  The owner or operator shall retain the two most recent compliance audit
				  reports.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25531 and 25534.05,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 25531, Health and Safety Code; and
						Section 68.79, Part 68, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.9 - Incident Investigation

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall investigate each incident which resulted in, or could
				  reasonably have resulted in, a catastrophic release of a regulated
				  substance.
(b) An incident
				  investigation shall be initiated as promptly as possible, but not later than 48
				  hours following the incident.
(c)
				  An incident investigation team shall be established and consist of at least one
				  person knowledgeable in the process involved, including a contract employee if
				  the incident involved work of the contractor, and other persons with
				  appropriate knowledge and experience to thoroughly investigate and analyze the
				  incident.
(d) A report shall be
				  prepared at the conclusion of the investigation which includes at a minimum:
(1) Date the investigation began;
(2) A description of the incident, including
				  all of the data required under 5080.9(b); and,
(3) Recommendations resulting from the
				  investigation.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.10 - Employee Participation

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall develop a written plan of action regarding the implementation
				  of the employee participation required by this section.
(b) The owner or operator shall consult with
				  employees and their representatives on the conduct and development of PHA and
				  on the development of the other elements of process safety management in this
				  chapter.
(c) The owner or operator
				  shall provide employees and their representatives with access to PHAs and to
				  all other information required to be developed under this chapter.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25531 and 25534.05,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 25531, Health and Safety Code; and
						Section 68.83, Part 68, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.11 - Hot Work Permit

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall issue a hot work permit for hot work operations conducted on
				  or near a covered process.
(b) The
				  permit shall document that the fire prevention and protection requirements in
				  Section of
				  Title 85189 of Title 8 of CCR have been
				  implemented prior to beginning the hot work operations; it shall indicate the
				  date(s) authorized for hot work; and identify the object on which hot work is
				  to be performed. The permit shall be kept on file until completion of the hot
				  work operations.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 25531 and 25534.05,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 25531, Health and Safety Code; and
						Section 68.85, Part 68, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 6 - Program 3 Prevention Program › Section 5100.12 - Contractors

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(a)
				  Application. This section applies to contractors performing maintenance or
				  repair, turnaround, major renovation, or specialty work on or adjacent to a
				  covered process. It does not apply to contractors providing incidental services
				  which do not influence process safety, such as janitorial work, food and drink
				  services, laundry, delivery or other supply services.
(b) Owner or operator responsibilities.
(1) The owner or operator, when selecting a
				  contractor, shall obtain and evaluate information regarding the contract owner
				  or operator's safety performance and programs.
(2) The owner or operator shall inform the
				  contract owner or operator of the known potential fire, explosion, or toxic
				  release hazards related to the contractor's work and the process.
(3) The owner or operator shall explain to
				  the contract owner or operator the applicable provisions of Article
				  8.
(4) The owner or operator shall
				  develop and implement safe work practices consistent with Section
				  5100.3(d), to
				  control the entrance, presence, and exit of the contract owner or operator and
				  contract employees in covered process areas.
(5) The owner or operator shall periodically
				  evaluate and document the evaluation of the performance of the contract owner
				  or operator in fulfilling their obligations as specified in section
				  (c).
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.1 - Applicability

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(a) This
				  Article shall apply to processes within petroleum refineries.
(b) All processes of the petroleum refinery
				  are covered except process plant laboratories or laboratories that are under
				  the supervision of a technically qualified individual as defined in section
				  720.3(ee) of 40
				  CFR. This exemption does not apply to specialty chemical production;
				  manufacture, processing or use of substances in pilot plant scale operations;
				  and activities conducted outside the laboratory.
Note: Authority cited: Section 8585, Government Code; and
						Sections 25531 and 25534.05, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 8585,
						Government Code; and Sections 25531, 25531.2 and 25534, Health and Safety
						Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.2 - Purpose

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The purpose of Program 4 is to prevent major incidents at
					 petroleum refineries in order to protect the health and safety of communities
					 and the environment.
Note: Authority cited: Section 8585, Government Code; and
						Sections 25531 and 25534.05, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 8585,
						Government Code; and Sections 25531, 25531.2, 25534, 25535 and 25535.1, Health
						and Safety Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.3 - Process Safety Information

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall develop and maintain a compilation of written process safety
				  information before conducting any PHA, Hierarchy of Hazard Control Analysis,
				  Safeguard Protection Analysis, or Damage Mechanism Review, as required by this
				  Article. The compilation of written process safety information shall be
				  sufficient to enable the owner or operator and the employees involved in
				  operating or maintaining a process to identify and understand the hazards posed
				  by the process. This process safety information shall include information
				  pertaining to (1) the hazards of any highly hazardous materials used or
				  produced by the process; (2) the technology of the process; (3) process
				  equipment used in the process; and (4) results of previous Damage Mechanism
				  Reviews. The process safety information shall be made available to all
				  employees and relevant process safety information shall be made available to
				  affected employees of contractors. Information pertaining to the hazards of the
				  process shall be effectively communicated to all affected employees.
(b) Information pertaining to hazards of
				  substances used in, present in or produced by the process shall include at
				  least the following:
(1) Toxicity information,
				  including acute and chronic health hazards;
(2) California Permissible exposure limits
				  (PELs);
(3) For regulated
				  substances: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
				  Emergency Response Planning Guideline values, U.S. EPA Acute Exposure Guideline
				  Levels (AEGLs), and the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard
				  Assessment (OEHHA) acute and eight-hour Reference Exposure Levels
				  (RELs);
(4) Physical
				  data;
(5) Corrosion data;
(6) Thermal and chemical stability
				  data;
(7) Reactivity data;
				  and
(8) Hazardous effects of
				  incompatible mixtures that could foreseeably occur.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.4 - Process Hazard Analysis [PHA]

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall perform and document an effective PHA appropriate to the
				  complexity of each process in order to identify, evaluate, and control hazards
				  associated with each process. All initial PHAs for processes not previously
				  covered under Article 6 shall be completed within three years of the effective
				  date of this Article, in accordance with this section. PHAs performed in
				  accordance with the requirements of Article 6 shall satisfy the initial PHA
				  requirements of this section. All modes of operation as set forth in subsection
				  5110.6(a)(1)
				  shall be covered by the PHA. The owner or operator shall determine and document
				  the priority order for conducting PHAs based on the extent of process hazards,
				  the number of potentially affected people, the age of the process and the
				  process operating history.
(b) The
				  owner or operator shall work with the UPA in selecting and using at least one
				  of the following methods:
(1)
				  What-If;
(2) Checklist;
(3) What-If / Checklist;
(4) Hazard and Operability Study
				  (HAZOP);
(5) Failure Mode and
				  Effects Analysis (FMEA);
(6) Fault
				  Tree Analysis;
(7) Other PHA
				  methods recognized by engineering organizations or governmental
				  agencies.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.5 - Safeguard Protection Analysis

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(a) For each
				  scenario where a PHA identifies the potential for a major incident, the owner
				  or operator shall have a SPA team perform a written SPA to determine (1) the
				  effectiveness of existing individual safeguards; (2) the combined effectiveness
				  of all existing safeguards for each failure scenario in the PHA; (3) the
				  individual and combined effectiveness of safeguards recommended in the PHA; and
				  (4) the individual and combined effectiveness of additional or alternative
				  safeguards that may be needed.
(b)
				  All independent protection layers (IPLs) for each failure scenario shall be
				  independent of each other and independent of initiating causes.
(c) The SPA shall use a quantitative or
				  semi-quantitative method, such as Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) or an
				  equally effective method. The risk reduction obtainable by each IPL shall be
				  based on site-specific failure rate data, or in the absence of such data,
				  industry failure rate data for each device, system, or human factor.
(d) The owner or operator shall complete all
				  SPAs for the PHA within six (6) months of completion of the PHA.
(e) The SPA shall be performed by a team with
				  expertise in engineering and process operations and the team shall include at
				  least one operating employee who has experience and knowledge specific to the
				  process being evaluated. The team shall also include one member knowledgeable
				  in the specific SPA methodology being used. As necessary, the team shall
				  consult with individuals with expertise in damage mechanisms, process
				  chemistry, or an engineer specializing in controls systems and instrumentation.
				  The owner or operator shall provide for employee participation in this process,
				  pursuant to section
				  5110.13. The PHA team may perform
				  the SPA if the PHA team meets the requirements of this subsection.
(f) The SPA team shall document the
				  following:
(1) potential initiating events
				  and their likelihood and possible consequences, including equipment failures,
				  human errors, loss of flow control, loss of pressure control, loss of
				  temperature control, loss of level control, excess reaction or other conditions
				  that may lead to a loss of containment;
(2) the risk reduction achieved by each IPL
				  for each initiating event;
(3)
				  necessary maintenance and testing to ensure that all IPLs function as designed;
				  and
(4) recommendations to address
				  any deficiencies identified by the SPA.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.6 - Operating Procedures

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall develop and implement effective written operating procedures.
				  The operating procedures shall provide clear instructions for safely conducting
				  activities involved in each process. The operating procedures shall be
				  consistent with the process safety information and shall address the following:
(1) Steps for each operating phase or mode of
				  operation:
(A) Startup;
(B) Normal operations;
(C) Temporary operations as the need
				  arises;
(D) Emergency shutdown,
				  including the conditions under which emergency shutdown is required, provisions
				  granting the authority of the qualified operator to shut down the operation or
				  process, and the assignment of responsibilities to qualified operators in order
				  to ensure that emergency shutdown is executed in a safe and timely
				  manner;
(E) Normal shutdown;
				  and,
(F) Startup following a
				  turnaround, a planned or unplanned shutdown, or after an emergency
				  shutdown.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.7 - Training

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(a) Initial
				  training.
(1) Each employee involved in
				  operating a process, and each operating employee prior to working in a newly
				  assigned process, shall be trained in an overview of the process and in the
				  operating procedures as specified in section
				  5110.6. The training shall include
				  material on the specific safety and health hazards applicable to the employee's
				  job tasks, procedures, including emergency operations and shutdown, and safe
				  work practices applicable to the employee's job tasks.
(2) The owner or operator shall train each
				  employee involved in maintaining the on-going integrity of process equipment in
				  an overview of that process and its hazards and in the procedures applicable to
				  the employee's job tasks to assure that the employee can perform the job tasks
				  in a safe manner.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.8 - Mechanical Integrity

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(a) Written
				  procedures. The owner or operator shall develop, implement, and maintain
				  effective written procedures to ensure the ongoing integrity of process
				  equipment.
(1) The procedures shall provide
				  clear instructions for safely conducting maintenance activities on process
				  equipment, consistent with the Process Safety Information.
(2) The procedures and inspection documents
				  developed under this subsection shall be readily accessible to employees and
				  employee representatives pursuant to section
				  5110.13.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.9 - Management of Change

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall develop, implement and maintain effective written Management
				  of Change (MOC) procedures to manage changes in process chemicals, technology,
				  procedures, process equipment, and facilities. The owner or operator shall also
				  develop, implement and maintain written Management of Organizational Change
				  (MOOC) procedures to manage changes in personnel or organizational issues. The
				  MOC procedure shall include provisions for temporary repairs, including
				  temporary piping or equipment repairs.
(b) The MOC procedures shall ensure that the
				  following items are addressed and documented prior to any change:
(1) The technical basis for the proposed
				  change;
(2) Potential process
				  safety impacts of the change;
(3)
				  Modifications to operating and maintenance procedures or development of new
				  operating and maintenance procedures;
(4) The time period required for the change;
				  and
(5) Authorization requirements
				  for the proposed change.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.10 - Pre-Startup Safety Review

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall perform a pre-startup safety review (PSSR) for new processes,
				  for modified processes if the modification necessitates a change in the Process
				  Safety Information, and for partial and unplanned shutdowns. The owner or
				  operator shall also conduct a PSSR for all turnaround work performed on a
				  process.
(b) The pre-startup safety
				  review shall confirm, as a verification check, independent of the management of
				  change process, that prior to the introduction of highly hazardous materials to
				  a process:
(1) Construction, maintenance, and
				  repair work has been performed in accordance with design
				  specifications;
(2) Process
				  equipment has been maintained and is operable in accordance with design
				  specifications;
(3) Effective
				  safety, operating, maintenance, and emergency procedures are in
				  place;
(4) For new process units, a
				  Process Hazard Analysis, Hierarchy of Hazard Control Analysis, Damage Mechanism
				  Review and Safeguard Protection Analysis have each been performed as applicable
				  pursuant to this Article, and recommendations have been implemented or resolved
				  before start-up. For new or modified processes, all changes have been
				  implemented in accordance with the requirements contained in the Management of
				  Change, section
				  5110.9; and,
(5) Training of each operating employee and
				  maintenance employee affected by the change has been
				  completed.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.11 - Compliance Audits

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(a) Every three
				  (3) years, the owner or operator shall conduct an effective compliance audit
				  and shall certify that the owner or operator has evaluated the procedures and
				  practices developed under this Article to verify that the procedures and
				  practices are in compliance with the provisions of this Article, and are being
				  followed.
(b) The compliance audit
				  shall be conducted by at least one person knowledgeable in the requirements of
				  the Article 7 section under review.
(c) The owner or operator shall prepare a
				  written report of the compliance audit that includes the scope, methods used,
				  questions asked to assess each program element along with findings and
				  recommendations of the compliance audit. The written report shall also document
				  the qualifications of those persons performing the compliance audit. The owner
				  or operator shall make the report available to employees and employee
				  representatives, in accordance with section
				  5110.13. The owner or operator
				  shall respond in writing within 60 calendar days to any written employee or
				  employee representative comments on the written audit report.
(d) The owner or operator shall follow the
				  corrective action work process documented in subsections
				  5110.19(d) and
				  (e) when developing the resolution and
				  implementation of the compliance audit recommendations.
(e) The owner or operator shall retain the
				  three (3) most recent compliance audit reports.
(f) As part of the compliance audit, the
				  owner or operator shall consult with operators with expertise and experience in
				  each process audited and shall document the findings and recommendations from
				  these consultations in the audit report.
Note: Authority cited: Section 8585, Government Code; and
						Sections 25531 and 25534.05, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 8585,
						Government Code; Section 25531, Health and Safety Code; and Section 68.79, Part
						68, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.13 - Employee Participation

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(a) In
				  consultation with employees and employee representatives, the owner or operator
				  shall develop, implement and maintain a written plan to effectively provide for
				  employee participation in Accidental Release Prevention elements, as required
				  by this Article. The plan shall include provisions that provide for the
				  following:
(1) Effective participation by
				  affected operating and maintenance employees and employee representatives,
				  throughout all phases, in performing PHAs, DMRs, HCAs, MOCs, MOOCs, Process
				  Safety Culture Assessments (PSCAs), Incident Investigations, SPAs, and
				  PSSRs;
(2) Effective participation
				  by affected operating and maintenance employees and employee representatives,
				  throughout all phases of in the development, training, implementation and
				  maintenance of the Accidental Release Prevention elements required by this
				  Article.
(3) Access by employees
				  and employee representatives to all documents or information developed or
				  collected by the owner or operator pursuant to this Article, including
				  information that might be subject to protection as a trade secret;
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.14 - Hot Work Permit

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(a) The owner
				  or operator shall issue a hot work permit for hot work operations conducted on
				  or near a covered process.
(b) The
				  permit shall document that the fire prevention and protection requirements in
				  section of
				  Title 85189 of Title 8 of CCR have been
				  implemented prior to beginning the hot work operations; it shall indicate the
				  date(s) and time(s) authorized for hot work; and identify the equipment or
				  process on which hot work is to be performed. The permit shall be kept on file
				  for one year.
Note: Authority cited: Section 8585, Government Code;
						Sections 25531 and 25534.05, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 8585,
						Government Code; Section 25531, Health and Safety Code; and Section 68.85, Part
						68, Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
California Code of Regulations › Title 19 - Public Safety › Division 5 - California Environment Protection Agency › Chapter 2 - California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) Program Detailed Analysis › Article 7 - Program 4 Prevention Program › Section 5110.15 - Contractors

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(a)
				  Application. This section applies to contractors performing maintenance or
				  repair, supply services, turnaround, major renovation, or specialty work on or
				  adjacent to a covered process. It does not apply to contractors providing
				  incidental services which do not influence process safety, such as janitorial
				  work, food and drink services, laundry, delivery or other supply
				  services.
(b) Stationary source
				  owner or operator responsibilities.
(1) The
				  owner or operator, when selecting a contractor, shall obtain and evaluate
				  information regarding the contract owner or operator's safety performance and
				  programs and shall require that its contractors and any subcontractors use a
				  skilled and trained workforce pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section
				  25536.7.
(2) The owner or operator shall inform the
				  contract owner or operator and shall ensure that the contract owner or operator
				  has informed each of its employees of the work practices necessary to safely
				  perform his or her jobs, including but not limited to: the potential hazards
				  related to their jobs; applicable refinery safety rules; and in the applicable
				  provisions of the stationary source's emergency action plan.
(3) The owner or operator shall explain to
				  the contract owner or operator the applicable provisions of Article
				  8.
(4) The owner or operator shall
				  develop and implement effective written procedures to ensure the safe entry,
				  presence, and exit of the contract owner or operator and contract employees in
				  process areas.
(5) The owner or
				  operator shall periodically evaluate the performance of the contract owner or
				  operator in fulfilling their obligations as specified in subsection
				  (c).
(6) The owner or operator
				  shall ensure and document that the requirements of this section are performed
				  and completed by the contractor owner or operator.