LeMoyne Site - Executive Summary |
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At Akzo Nobel the concern for health, safety and the environment forms an integral part of our business policy. Our goal is to conduct our activities in a manner that protects the health of our employees, the community and our customers. We work diligently to prevent injuries associated with our operations and those of our contractors. Whenever possible we try to prevent or reduce the environmental impact of our activities by appropriate design, manufacturing, distribution, use and disposal practices. Selecting a Single Worst Case Accident Scenario The hazard assessment element of the Risk Management Program (RMP) rule requires the review of the offsite effects from one worst case release scenario for all toxic and flammable chemicals listed in the RMP rule. First, the list of regulated chemicals at the site is determined. The LeMoyne Plant has two toxic chemicals regulated by RMP, Chlorine and Carbon Disulfide. Next, the EPA Look-Up Tables ar e used to estimate how large an area could be impacted by the worse case accidental release for the site. EPA has defined a worst case scenario as the release of the largest quantity of a listed chemical from a vessel or process line failure that results in the greatest distance to the listed chemicals endpoint concentration in a ten minute period. Worse Case Scenario Distances Chlorine greater than 25 miles Selecting an Alternative Release Scenario EPA recognizes that total failure of a tank or pipeline is rare; but accidents have and do happen. To address this concern they require each site to look at its safety record of handling and storage of the RMP regulated material and to analyze more realistic scenarios. These two pieces of data are called the Alternative Release Scenarios and the 5-Year Accident History. Alternative Release Scenarios Distances Chlorine 0.81 miles Carbon Disulfide 0.47 miles Five Year Accident History There have been no incidents with offsite consequences in the last five years. There have been no agency or RMP reportable releases of chlorine in the last five years. There have been two RMP reportable releases of Carbon Disulfide in the last five years. Neither of these incidents had off site consequences. The first objective is always to operate safely. We achieve this goal by.... Designing for Safety... 7 Chlorine handling system and equipment designed per Chlorine Institute Standards 7 Manual and automatic alarm system 7 Zero Discharge technologies for handling, storage and transportation of Carbon Disulfide 7 Scrubber systems in place to minimize air emissions 7 Hazard and Operability studies on designs Maintaining our Plant... 7 Critical equipment including tanks , relief devices, hoses, piping, instruments and shut down systems are tested and inspected to assure proper operation 7 Preventative Maintenance (PM) program conducted by qualified and experienced instrumentation, electrical and mechanical technicians 7 Follow-up testing is conducted by operations personnel after maintenance repairs are completed Operating Safely... 7 Operators are trained and certified to operate the plant safely 7 Continuous operator monitoring and video surveillance during chlorine unloading 7 Written operating procedures and operational standards based on 25 years of experience Auditing our Operations.... 7 Third party audit and reviews conducted 7 Internal audits and reviews by Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc 7 Investigation of all accidents and incidents to determine root cause We Minimize the Impact of Accidents by.. Training and Preparation... 7 Plant Emergency Response Plan 7 Annual drills 7 Critiques of drills and response to actual events 7 Emergency Response Team available 24 hours per day 7 Emergency Response Team trained in hazardous materials, fire fighting, and rescue operat ions 7 Certified emergency medical personnel 7 Emergency Response Team is activated If a Release Occurs... 7 Emergency Response Team is activated 7Community Alarm System can be activated 7 Outside emergency mutual aid and assistance can be immediately requested 7 Community members should shelter-in-place and listen to your local radio or TV for further instructions |