In this episode, Rob sits down with Mat Todaro of Verrill Law, who listeners may remember from his previous guest appearances on the show related to EPA's Risk Management Program and General Duty Clause. Today Rob and Mat discuss EPA's National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECI) for 2024, including what they are and which initiatives are new, modified, and continued, what is different about how NECI will be managed this time around, what this means for RMP facilities who have ammonia, HF, or are near an overburdened community, and Mat's thoughts on the Supreme Court's recent overturning of the Chevron doctrine. If you haven't listened to our previous episodes featuring Mat, be sure to check them out at the links below:

• Episode 25 - After the EPA Inspector Leaves with Guest Mathew Todaro
• Episode 35 - Environmental Compliance Audits with Guest Mathew Todaro
• Episode 52 - EPA's General Duty Clause with Guest Mathew Todaro
• Episode 56 - Implementing EPA's General Duty Clause (GDC) (Does not feature Mat, but is a companion episode to #52)

Connect with Mat on LinkedIn here.

In this episode Magi and Jo team up to cover a recent CSB final report. In this incident breakdown, they cover the 2022 accidental release of naphtha that resulted in a fire, two worker fatalities, and significant property damage at the BP-Husky refinery in Oregon, Ohio, including what happened leading up to the event, contributing factors, recommendations the CSB made in their final report, and what companies can learn from this incident. Find the CSB's final report for this incident here.

If you haven't listened to our episodes where we interviewed the CSB, please check out Episode 101 and Episode 102.

In today's episode, Molly sits down with Stephen J. Wallace, the author of a newly released process safety thriller titled "Hazardous Lies". Although his book is a work of fiction, Stephen discusses how his book relates to real aspects of process safety and how it was informed by his real career experience in the process safety field, how he came up with the idea for the novel, his leap from technical writing in his career to creative writing, and how he made technical topics in the book accessible to non-technical readers. Stephen also shares his advice for those branching out from a technical field into a more creative role, and his advice for those who wish to steer their careers toward process safety.

You can purchase "Hazardous Lies" on Amazon here, or you can visit https://stephenjwallace.com/ to purchase the book or to learn more about Stephen.