Event Details
Process Safety Management (PSM)
Public Hearing on Proposed Rules
Thursday, August 10, 2023
10 a.m.
10 a.m.
Location
Four Points Sheraton - Fairhaven Room
714 Lakeway Drive
Bellingham, WA 98229
A pre-hearing overview will occur at 9:00 a.m. The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will continue until all oral comments are received.
L&I encourages the submittal of written comments, due by 5:00 p.m. on August 24, 2023.
Rules Affected
View the affected rules, purpose, and rulemaking statusPurpose
The purpose of this rulemaking is to improve workplace safety and health at petroleum refineries. This rulemaking created a new Part B in chapter 296-67 WAC, Safety standards for process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, which pertains specifically to process safety management (PSM) in petroleum refineries. The new Part B includes existing PSM requirements applicable to refineries updated with new requirements based on the best available evidence learned since the PSM rule was first adopted in 1992.