On-site information

Basic raw materials are susceptible to hydration and therefore specialty products are shipped dry and mixed with water on-site for gunning or ramming. Certain basic specialties are offered with organic vehicles such as oils and can be used without on-site mixing. Information on manufacturing can be found in References 26—30. 

Additional information on health and safety aspects should be sought by consulting material safety data sheets available from suppHers of the chemical in question. In addition, most suppHers of bleaching chemicals, upon request, provide on-site training sessions by experts on the safe use and handling of their products. 

Pilot Studies. AppHcations requiring the reduction of VOC emissions have increased dramatically. On-site pilot tests are beneficial in providing useful information regarding VOC emission reduction appHcations. Information that can be obtained includes optimum catalyst operating conditions, the presence of contaminants in the gas stream, and the effects of these contaminants (see Pilotplants and microplants). 

If an on-site visit is required at this stage, review personnel can usually obtain the information from the client through a brief visit. It consists of six parts ... 

Since data have been collated from a variety of sources, and tend to be presented in mixed units, and because rapid conversion of units is an advantage in many on-site situations, conversion tables are included in Chapter 18. Finally, since safety with chemicals cannot be addressed exhaustively in a handbook, selected sources of reliable current information on chemical hazards and their control are listed in Chapter 19. 

Clearly the largest application for filtration is air pollution control. On a worldwide basis the annual sales revenues for all types of pollution control equipment is around 150 billion dollars, with air pollution control devices being a substantial part of tliese equipment sales. The following is a summary of Web sites recommended to be consulted for specific vendor information on air filtration devices. A brief description of each site is provided. Many of these sites will link the reader to other sites containing additional information on product information. 

Recommended Web Sites on Product Information for fabric filters and related devices ... 

Reporting is required to provide the public with information on the release of toxic chemicals from a facility. Facilities must report the quantities of both routine and accidental releases of listed chemicals, as well as the maximum amount of the listed chemical on-site during the calendar year and the amount contained in wastes transferred off-site. This section provides ... 

You must report the location of the POTW in Section 1 in Part II of Form R. Do not report any information about the on-site treatment plant in this section. You are not required to report the location of the off-site, privately owned recovery firm or provide any information concerning off-site recovery because recycling or reuse of toxic chemicals is exempt from reporting. 

Your company manufactures terephthalic acid, a listed chemical, both for sale/distribution as a commercial product and for on-site use/processino as a feedstock in the polyester process. Because it is a reactant, it is also processed. See Figure D for how this information would be reported in Part III, Section 3 of Form R. 

In Section 5, you must account forthe total aggregate releases of the toxic chemical to the environment from your facility for the calendar year. Releases to the environment include emissions to the air, discharges to surface waters, and on-site releases to land and underground injection wells. If you have no releases to a particular media (e.g., stack air), enter not applicable, NA do not leave any part of Section 5 blank. Check the box on the last line of this section if you use Part IV, the supplemental information sheet. 

In this section, report only information about treatment of wastestreams at vour facilitv. not about off-site treatment. If you do not perform on-site treatment of wastes containing the chemical being reported, check the Not Applicable (NA) space at the top of Section 7. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON RELEASES OF THE CHEMICAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT ON-SITE (Part IN. Section 5.3) ... 

Based on the existent site information, the questions which need to be answered to determine if containment is needed are ... 

Eor example, the federal Oeeupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates asbestos, lead, and other hazardous substanees. It would be very diffieult to provide the reader with every regulatory ageney that may have jurisdietion over hazardous materials. It is not our intent to provide the reader with every detail. However, the information offered in this book ean aid the reader in general eompli-anee issues and assist in planning for safety. This, in the long run, will help to improve on-site safety performanee. 

Each worksite is different even though relative hazards may be similar. Wind direction, surface contamination, or neighboring properties that may contain contributing contamination may vary. The site description/background sections should give the workers enough information to perform their job safely without overkill. The simpler, smaller, and fewer hazards there are on site, the less background information will be necessary. 

Exposure monitoring should be developed based on site-speeifie information as a result of all the information gained from the preparation phase. We eannot overemphasize the importanee of using only qualified individuals to develop exposure monitoring strategies. In addition, only trained and qualified field personnel should operate sereening equipment and be allowed to interpret results [3]. 

Many of the sites did not effectively identify the nature and location of potential emergencies. The contractors SSAHPs at Sites A, B, F, and K did not include site-specific information about the nature and source of potential emergencies. The plan in effect at Site H did not provide a description of the nature and location of potential spill hazards and emergencies, nor did it indicate the type of spill containment equipment available or the locations on site where this and other emergency response equipment was stored. 

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