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To apply inherent safety appropriately, research chemists must make an in-depth investigation into the process chemistry and into the entire process that may develop based on that chemistry. An adequate investigation necessitates input from a diverse team of people, including research chemists and business, engineering, safety, environmental personnel. They must consider the impact that the use of a particular process chemistry will have on a wide range of populations. These include the ultimate customer of the product, process operating personnel, the general public, and potentially impacted plant and animal populations. To chose the "inherently safest chemistry, the team needs to take into account ... 

With the involvement of both production and safety/environmental personnel, design intemally-consistent sets of 2-3 alternative overall system changes encompassing multiple component changes related to point 9 above. 

The training of professional personnel in the risk assessment process is an ongoing activity at EPA. However, classroom training is only a partial answer to EPA s risk assessment dilemma. It lessens, but has not eliminated, the pressure of EPA to review technical reports with less experienced professional personnel. The development of a computer software system, Risk Assistant, to assist environmental personnel in conducting risk assessments and reviewing assessments generated by contractors, represents a complementary approach to increasing the technical quality and consistency of risk assessments. 

This appears in the procedure paper announcing this example If a significant change occurs with respect to key safety and health or environmental personnel, the matter will be reviewed by the S H Manager and the Environmental Manager and a joint report including a risk assessment and their recommendations will be submitted to location management. ... 

Safety and environmental personnel, who are to assure that foreseeable hazards have been identified and risk control methods are appropriate... 

Safety, health, and environmental personnel are to assist as technical resources in achieving our Safety in the Design Process goals. 

Exhaust stacks must be carefully designed to prevent the recirculation of exhaust air into clean make-up air intakes. Prior to designing this part of the local exhaust system, ventilation manuals should be consulted in determining the impact of air currents and stack height on contaminant dispersion. In addition, it must be kept in mind that stack heights are often controlled by local zoning laws therefore, the appropriate environmental personnel must be consulted while designing this part of the system. 

Lithium fluoride is an essential component of the fluorine cell electrolyte 1% LiF in the KF 2HF electrolyte improves the wettability of the carbon anodes and lowers the tendency of the cells to depolarize (18). Thermoluminescent radiation dosimeters used in personnel and environmental monitoring and in radiation therapy contain lithium fluoride powder, extmded ribbons, or rods (19). 

A widely used instmment for air monitoring is a type of ionization chamber called a Kaimn chamber. Surface contamination is normally detected by means of smears, which are simply disks of filter paper wiped over the suspected surface and counted in a windowless proportional-flow counter. Uptake of tritium by personnel is most effectively monitored by urinalyses normally made by Hquid scintillation counting on a routine or special basis. Environmental monitoring includes surveillance for tritium content of samples of air, rainwater, river water, and milk. 

Personnel are protected in working with tritium primarily by containment of all active material. Containment devices such as process lines and storage media are normally placed in well-ventilated secondary enclosures (hoods or process rooms). The ventilating air is monitored and released through tall stacks environmental tritium is limited to safe levels by atmospheric dilution of the stack effluent. Tritium can be efficiently removed from air streams by catalytic oxidation followed by water adsorption on a microporous soHd absorbent (80) (see Absorption). 

In order of priority, the factors that govern the selection of industrial dryers are (/) personnel and environmental safety (2) product moisture and quahty attainment (J) material handling capabiHty (4) versatiHty for accommodating process upsets (5) heat- and mass-transfer efficiency and (6) capital, labor, and energy costs. 

The manufacturing cost consists of direct, indirect, distribution, and fixed costs. Direct costs are raw materials, operating labor, production supervision, utihties, suppHes, repair, and maintenance. Typical indirect costs include payroll overhead, quaHty control, storage, royalties, and plant overhead, eg, safety, protection, personnel, services, yard, waste, environmental control, and other plant categories. However, environmental control costs are frequendy set up as a separate account and calculated direcdy. The principal distribution costs are packaging and shipping. Fixed costs, which are insensitive to production level, include depreciation, property taxes, rents, insurance, and, in some cases, interest expense. 

Introduction Review and audit processes are used in the chemical process industry to evaluate, examine, and verify the design of process equipment, operating procedures, and management systems. These processes assure compliance with company standards and guidelines as well as government regulations. Reviews and audits can encompass the areas of process and personnel safety, environmental and industrial hygiene protection, quality assurance, maintenance procedures, and so on. 

The selection of materials to be used in design dictates a basic understanding of the behavior of materials and the principles that govern such behavior. If proper design of suitable materials of construction is incorporated, the eqiiipment should deteriorate at a uniform and anticipated gradual rate, which will allow scheduled maintenance or replacement at regular inteivals. If localized forms of corrosion are characteristic of the combination of materials and environment, the materials engineer should still be able to predict the probable life of equipment, or devise an appropriate inspection schedule to preclude unexpected failures. The concepts of predictive, or at least preventive, maintenance are minimum requirements to proper materials selection. This approach to maintenance is certainly intended to minimize the possibility of unscheduled production shutdowns because of corrosion failures, with their attendant possible financial losses, hazard to personnel and equipment, and resultant environmental pollution. 

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It is hoped that this book will prove valuable to safety advisers, environmental health offieers, emergeney serviees personnel, safety representatives and those engaged in the transport or disposal of wastes - in faet, to anyone involved with ehemieals in the field , i.e. away from ready aeeess... 

Frequeney and types of air monitoring, personnel monitoring, environmental sampling teehniques, and instrumentation, along with methods for maintenanee and ealibration of equipment ... 

Class I The Class I BSC provides personnel and environmental protection, but no product protection. It is similar in air movement to a chemical fume cupboard, but has a HEPA filter (see Chapter 9) in the exhaust system to protect the environment (Fig. 10.94). In the Class 1 BSC, unfiltered room air is drawn across the work surface. Personnel protection is provided by this inward air velocity as long as a minimum velocity of 0.37 m s" is maintained through the front opening (see the discussion on fume cupboards in Section 10.2.3.3). In many cases Class I BSCs are used specifically to enclose equipment. 

Class U The Class U (Types A, Bl, B2, and biological safety cabinets provide personnel, environmental, and product protection. Airflow is drawn around the operator, through the hood opening and into the front grill of the cabinet, which provides personnel protection, in addition, the downward flow of HEPA-filtered air provides product protection by minimizing the chance of cross-contamination along the work surface of the cabinet. Because cabinet air has passed through the exhaust HEPA filter, it... 

The CDC-NIH document describes, in detail, the different uses of the different classes and types of BSCs and the type of protection (personnel, product, and environmental) each type provides. The document also provides a detailed comparison of filtration (air cleaning), airflow pattern (into the cabinet from the room or from the supply duct), and necessary performance tests (leak, velocity profile, differential pressure, etc.) for each type of BSC (see also Simons ). 

What you need to verify to demonstrate that you are complying with the law (product safety, personnel health and safety, conservation, environmental, and other legislation). 

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