Environmental compliance requirements

Kiddoo, D.B., Cable component material innovations for stringent fire safety and environmental compliance requirements, Proceedings of 56th International Wire and Cable Symposium, Lake Buena Vista, FL 2007, pp. 204-211. 

Environmental compliance requirements have been established. 

Human Health and the Environment, 63 Environmental Compliance and Permitting, 64 Assessment of Overarching Technical Issues, 65 Overall Engineering Design Package, 65 Reevaluation of Steps Required for Implementation, 67 Findings and Recommendations, 69 Findings, 69 Recommendation, 70... 

Human Health and the Environment, 96 Environmental Compliance and Monitoring, 97 Assessment of Overarching Technical Issues, 97 Steps Required Before Implementation, 97 Findings and Recommendations, 97 Findings, 97 Recommendations, 98... 

Various professionals who participate in the project execution also see it from different angles. Environmental projects require technical expertise in different disciplines, such as geology, chemistry, engineering, environmental compliance, and risk assessment. Each professional makes a partial contribution to the project overall effort and often has a narrowly focused view of the project, which is determined by the technical specialty of the participant and his or her role in the project... 

Another important factor that distinguishes this separation is that it is not environmentally or economically feasible to simply return a rejected stream to the environment, as in a typical aqueous RO process where the brine can be returned to the ocean. The federal regulations mandate that C02 emissions from refineries and chemical plants be reduced to low levels therefore, facilities can no longer afford to dispose of waste hydrocarbon streams in their flare systems. Pure streams from polyolefin reactors and vents from polymer-storage facilities, which were once flared, must be redirected to recovery systems. To reduce the economic penalty of environmental compliance, these paraffin and olefin mixtures must be recovered and recycled. In other words, two products must be made, a useful fuel and a useful chemical product, hence more process engineering is required in order to achieve such an objective. 

In the development of pits for bulk samples, more extensive design for environmental compliance is required ... 

Each of the incineration sites operates under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and other state and local permits that specify plant configuration and operating parameters approved for environmental compliance. Any significant changes to permitted conditions must be reported, and major modifications may require extended re-... 

A new tool to ensure environmental compliance and waste reduction is ISO 14000, in which environmental procedures are documented. The documentation and auditing requirements to maintain ISO 14000 certification, although somewhat cumbersome and time consuming, tend to pressure organizations to comply with their own procedures. Environment must be a consideration in every management and engineering decision. 

Paper industry producers are generating additional demand for corrosion products due to environmental projects required by the so-called Cluster Rule published by EPA in 1998. MACT regulations have been very slow in coming but phases for compliance fall due by 2006. Due to the massive scale of some of these facilities, potential sales of plastics such as RP materials could be on the up swing. 

In modern chemical plants, thousands of measurements are recorded at frequencies that can exceed 1 Hz. Aside from plant operating conditions including pressures, temperatures, flow rates, and stream composition, other recorded variables include product purity, contamination levels (air, water, soil), and even safety compliance. All this information is stored in enormous databases. This historical record may be interrogated to monitor process performance, and control, for troubleshooting, to demonstrate environmental compliance and modeling. Often smoothing techniques are required to help identify trends in the data that may be masked by low signal-to-noise ratios. 

ISO 14001 is similar to ISO 9000 except that it focuses on environmental compliance. It incorporates, but goes beyond, legal requirements on environmental issues. 

Accident/incident data summaries Environmental compliance and sensitivity Results of HSE reviews and audits Timeliness of hazard mitigation Integration of HSE protection in job preplanning Compliance with procedures and permit-required systems Availability and use of proper HSE equipment Adequacy of emergency planning and response procedures Commitment of contractor s management to HSE protection Adequacy of HSE training (level of detail and documentation)... 

Advise all levels on safety, health, and environmental regulatory compliance requirements. 

Generally speaking, applications that contain power supplies or that are electrical in nature require flame retardance in compliance with Underwriters Laboratory standards and test protocols that include UL-94 HB, V2, V1, VO, 5VA, and 5VB ratings. Environmental standards require no bromine or chlorine in accordance with TCO-99 and Blue Angel. 

Assess facility for compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), RCRA, and Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) requirements and other applicable environmental regulatory requirements. 

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