DIR Advisory Committee Focusing on Refinery Safety

The Department of Industrial Relations scheduled an advisory committee meeting to review proposed changes to the Process Safety Management standards that are intended to strengthen regulatory oversight of California’s oil refineries. The DIR developed a draft regulatory proposal for a new PRM standard for the refinery sector in response to a report released in February by the state’s Interagency Working Group on Refinery Safety. The draft proposal up for consideration introduced new requirements for damage mechanism reviews, hazard controls analysis, management of organizational ...