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29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1): The employer shall develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information and shall address at least the following elements: 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i): Steps for each operating phase: 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(D): Emergency shutdown including the conditions under which emergency shutdown is required, and the assignment of shutdown responsibility to qualified operators to ensure that emergency shutdown is executed in a safe and timely manner: a. On or before July 13, 2017, in the Cast Booster Manufacturing process/unit, the employer's Booster Operating Procedures, LP-BX-002, Revision No. 35, did not include the emergency shutdown conditions for decomposition of booster mix, run-away reaction, and uncontrolled high temperature in Section 12: Emergency Shutdown. b. On or before July 13, 2017, in the Cast Booster Manufacturing process/unit, the employer's Booster Operating Procedures, LP-BX-002, Revision No. 35, Section 12.4 Scrubber System Alarm did not include the conditions such as fan failure that would require emergency shutdown in Section 12: Emergency Shutdown and the criteria to distinguish it from emergency operations. Austin Powder Company was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(D), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 783282, citation number 1, item number 12a and was affirmed as a final order on January 13, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 430 Powder Plant Road, McArthur, Ohio 45651.