Addressing Revisions to CalARP and Cal/OSHA's PSM Regulations

As part of a complimentary webinar series addressing regulatory changes to improve process safety, ABS Group will address forthcoming revisions to the California Department of Industrial Relations' proposed new Process Safety Management (PSM) standard for improving safety in petroleum refineries.

The proposed PSM Standard for Petroleum Refineries in California was initiated in 2014 by the California Interagency Working Group on Refinery Safety comprising members from California's EPA (CalEPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) divisions. The latest draft of the revised standard was published in mid-2015 and includes new prevention and management strategies to help mitigate major incidents and reduce the health and safety risks to which employees and the public may be exposed from petroleum refineries. The final standard revisions are expected to be published in the summer of 2016.

ABS Group's webinar will provide an overview of the new CalEPA and Cal/OSHA requirements and a Q&A session with our process safety experts who worked closely with both the refining industry and regulators during the revision process. We will share insights into key new elements and requirements such as safeguard protection analysis, hierarchy of hazards control analysis, damage mechanism reviews, safety culture, human factors, management of organizational change, incident investigation/root cause analysis and PSM system/metrics.