Delta Distributors, Inc. - Executive Summary |
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Delta Distributors, Inc. is committed to continued excellence, leadership, and stewardship in protecting the environment. Environmental protection is a primary management responsibility, as well as the responsibility of every employee. In keeping with this policy, our objective as a company is to reduce waste and achieve minimal adverse impact on air, water, and land through excellence in environmental control. We recognize that the responsibilities for safety, health and the environment are shared: 1. We accept he responsibility for leadership of the safety & health program, and for its effectiveness and improvement, and for providing the safeguards required to ensure safe conditions. 2. Our managers and supervisors are responsible for developing the proper attitutes toward safety, health and the environment in themselves and in those they supervise; and for ensuring that all operations are performed with the utmost regard for the safety and health of all personnel involved, includi ng themselves. 3. Our employees are responsible for wholehearted, genuine cooperation with all aspects of the safety and health program, including compliance with all rules and regulations, and for continuously practicing safety while performing their duties. Our environmental guidelines include the following: 1. Environmental protection is a line responsibility and an important measure of employee performance. In addition, every employee is responsible for environmental protection in the same manner as for safety. 2. Reducing or eliminating the generation of waste has been and continues to be a prime consideration in research, process design, and operations; and is viewed by management like safety, yield, and loss prevention. 3. Source reduction / waste minimization (reuse and recycling) of materials has been and will continue to be given first consideration prior to classification and disposal of waste. The systemic program review and update shall include: 1. Periodic review of pro gram effectiveness, 2. Evaluation of new and modified waste management practices, and 3. Revision of the Plan when necessary. Our Longview, TX chemical distributing facility has tank, tote, bag, drum and gas cylinder storage. It handles millions of pounds of chemicals / year. We have an Emergency Response Plan which assigns responsibilities for preventing hazardous releases. In regard to Chlorine safety, we take special care to ensure that Chlorine containers are properly handled and stored to prevent any loss of product. We only use containers which have been previously tested to make sure they are safe and leak free. We follow OSHA's Process Safety Management procedures to ensure safe working practices, and to eliminate any possible safety problems. We also plan to reduce the amount of Chlorine held in storage. We continue to have a perfect safety record with Chlorine and with the safety procedures in place, our record should remain perfect. In regard to Aqua Ammonia safety , this material is stored in drums, outside, away from strong acids, strong alkalies, alkali metals, brass, copper, hypochlorites, and other incompatible materials. We have available self-contained breathing apparatus in case of an emergency spill or other release of liquid and vapor. |