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A-l. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals. Title 29, Subtitle B, Chapter XVII, Part 1910, Subpart H, Paragraph 119, Code of Federal Regulations [29 CFR 1910.119], vol. 57, no. 36, p. 6403 Federal Register, February 24, 1992. 

US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Process safety management. OSHA 3121. Washington, DC OSHA 2000 [reprint]. 

For chemical faciUties in the United States, hazard analysis is not an option if inventories of hazardous chemicals are maintained in amounts greater than the threshold quantities specified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation 1910.119. Many faciUties are finding that hazard analysis has many benefits. The process or procedure often works better, the quaUty of the product is improved, the process experiences less down time, and the employees feel more comfortable in the work environment after a hazard analysis has been completed. 

Health and Safety. Petroleum and oxygenate formulas are either flammable or combustible. Flammables must be used in facUities that meet requirements for ha2ardous locations. Soak tanks and other equipment used in the removing process must meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards for use with flammable Hquids. Adequate ventilation that meets the exposure level for the major ingredient must be attained. The work environment can be monitored by active air sampling and analysis of charcoal tubes. 

A leader in applying PSA to other parts of the chemical process industry has been the AlChf. s Center for Chemical Process Safety. A major difference between PSA for nuclear power and PSA for chemical processing has been the lack of government regulations that require risk analysis for chemical processes. A primary impetuous has been the Occupational Safety and Health Administration s (OSHA) PSM rule that defines the application of PSA to the chemical industry for ihc proteciion of the public and workers. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agcrii, . (EPA) regulates waste disposal. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration s regulation 29CFR1910.119 provides a regulatory framework for process safety management. This regulation applies to facilities handling a spedfied list of chemicals above indicated threshold quantities. 

OSHA. 1991. Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals explosives and blasting agents. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Federal Register 57(36) 6356. February 24, 1991. 

Various government agencies will become partners in process safety issues, for example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the United States [272] and the competent authorities in the European Union countries [273]. 

Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, Explosives, and Blasting Caps," U. S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 57 Federal Register 6355, February 24,1992. 

V-Nitrosodiethanolamine can be determined in air and bulk process samples. Air samples are collected on glass fibre filters, extracted with 2-propanol and analysed by gas chromatography with thermal energy analyser detection. The limit of detection is 200 ng per sample (0.42 pg/m ). Bulk samples can be screened for 7V-nitrosodiethanol-amine by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with ultraviolet detection (Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1990). 

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