CGA Safety Alerts Provide Guidance on Handling and Receiving Cylinders After Hurricanes & Other Natural Disasters

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Damaged or leaking cylinders can pose serious hazards. Please reference these safety alerts, which are available to all and may be downloaded for free.

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Committee Spotlight: Hydrogen Technology

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CGA’s Hydrogen Technology Committee does important work to advance CGA’s safety-focused mission.

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Shaun LaGrange Receives 2022 Morris Gold Award

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Congratulations to 2022 Morris Gold Award Winner, Shaun LaGrange of Linde Canada Inc. This award is presented in recognition of Shaun’s outstanding and long-term contribution to, and leadership on behalf of, the compressed gas industry and CGA Canada.

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CGA Forms Ad Hoc UN SCETDG and SCEGHS Committee

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The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) is forming an Ad Hoc Committee (AHC) to review and, if necessary, respond to papers submitted for the November/December 2022 sessions of the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN SCETDG) and UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UN SCEGHS).

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CGA Harmonization

International Harmonization Update

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The International Harmonization Council (IHC) was formed in 1998 to manage the global harmonization of industry standards. The IHC includes representation from the Compressed Gas Association (CGA), the Asia Industrial Gases Association (AIGA), the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA), and the Japan Industrial and Medical Gases Association (JIMGA). Today, the IHC maintains a portfolio of more than 70 harmonized standards.

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Committee Spotlight: CGA Acetylene and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Committees

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CGA’s Acetylene and Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Committees do important work to advance CGA’s safety-focused mission.

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CGA Publishes Updated P-28, OSHA Process Safety Management and EPA Risk Management Plan Guidance Document for Bulk Liquid Hydrogen Supply Systems

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CGA M-28, Guideline for Assessment of Health Care Facility Medical Oxygen Systems, provides an outline for evaluating a health care facility’s medical gas supply system. This document is available at no charge.

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CGA Applauds Passage of Historic Inflation Reduction Act

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This groundbreaking legislative package addresses a wide range of issues, including a $369 billion investment in climate and energy policies and many tax incentives for hydrogen.

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Safety is Step One Hydrogen Safety: Vent Stacks

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If you have ever read a CGA publication, you may have noticed that each publication has a unique alphabetical and numerical identifier. But did you know that you can use the alphabetical identifier as a clue to help determine the expected content of the publication?  

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