Event Details
Process Safety Management (PSM)
Public Hearing on Proposed Rules
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Location
To join on your computer or mobile app:
https://lni-wa-gov.zoom.us/j/87947049101?pwd=ejNaTy9VMWp4Qk9wR0lyc2xKS1ROUT09
Password (if prompted): PSM@1230
To join by phone (audio only):
253-215-8782 or 253-205-0468
Meeting ID: 879 4704 9101
Passcode: 43800387
A pre-hearing overview will occur at 12:30 p.m. The hearing will begin at 1:30 p.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.