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Little General Store September 2008 APPENDIX C RECENT PROPANE INCIDENTS.................................................................................. 66 RECENT PROPANE INCIDENTS ........................................................................................................... 67 1.0 PROPANE RELEASE INCIDENTS ............................................................................................ 67 1.1 Aberdeen, Washington .................................................................................................................. 67 1.2 Lynchburg, Virginia ...................................................................................................................... 68 1.3 Bristow, Virginia........................................................................................................................... 70 2.0 PROPANE RELEASE AND FIRE INCIDENTS......................................................................... 72 2.1 Sallis, Mississippi.......................................................................................................................... 72 2.2 Danville, Alabama......................................................................................................................... 73 APPENDIX D TABLE OF STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPANE SERVICE TECHNICIANS . 75 APPENDIX E UNITED STATES EPA - 40 CFR 311 ............................................................................. 77 iv
Little General Store September 2008 List of Figures Figure 1. Aerial photograph of Little General store and surrounding plot. .................................................4 Figure 2. Site plan of Little General Store. ..................................................................................................6 Figure 3. Liquid withdrawal valve.............................................................................................................15 Figure 4. Timeline of initial events............................................................................................................17 Figure 5. Timeline of incident response.....................................................................................................19 Figure 6. Typical ASME propane tank. .....................................................................................................23 Figure 7. Incident valve plug (Telltale circled)...........................................................................................27 Figure 8. Crack in valve seal.......................................................................................................................29 Figure 9. Pre-incident photograph of the Ferrellgas tank. .........................................................................30 List of Tables Table 1. U.S. hazardous materials incidents 2001-2006............................................................................20 v
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