The City of Westminster Wastewater Plant - Executive Summary |
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OF CONTENTS SECTION TITLE I POLICY STATEMENT II APPLICATION III EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT & TRAINING IV PROCESS SAFETY INFORMATION V PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS VI OPERATING PROCEDURES VII CONTRACTORS VIII SAFETY REVIEWS IX MECHANICAL INTEGRITY X MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE XI HOT WORK PERMITS XII EMERGENCY PLANNING AND RESPONSE XIII INCIDENT INVESTIGATION XIV COMPLIANCE AUDITS CITY OF WESTMINSTER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Westminster Wastewater Treatment Plant 1161 Old New Windsor Pike Westminster, MD 21158 Facility Name and Address I WESTMINSTER WASTEWATETR TREATMENT PLANT PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM POLICY STATEMENT The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has established standards pertaining to process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals (29CFR1910.119-Process Safety Standard). The purpose of this stan dard is to establish specific requirements for those companies which use, manufacture or store specified highly hazardous chemicals in order to prevent or minimize the effects of catastrophic release of toxic, reactive, flammable or explosive chemicals. It is the intent of the City of Westminster to protect its employees as well as the community its serves from the dangers associated with these chemicals and to comply with all applicable federal and state standards. In order to achieve this goal, the policies and procedures within this program have been established. I-1 II APPLICATION The following procedures pertain to the chemicals chlorine and sulfur dioxide at or above the specified threshold quantity listed in Appendix A of 29CFR1910.119. The threshold quantity for chlorine, CAS number 7782-50-5, is 1, 500 lbs. Generally, chlorine is used in wastewater treatment operations to disinfect the final effluent. Sulfur dioxide is used to remove chlorine before the effluent enters the receiving waters. The threshold quantity for sulfur dioxide, CAS. Number 746-09-5 is 1,500 lbs. We have included the American Water Works Association Standard for liquid chlorine ANSI/AWWA B301-92 and for sulfur dioxide ANSI/AWWA B512-91 as part of our program. The procedures are not applicable to hydrocarbon fuels used solely for workplace consumption as a fuel. The City of Westminster has identified the following facility as "covered" under the auspices of the Process Safety Management Standard. Westminster Wastewater Treatment Plant 1161 Old New Windsor Pike Westminster, MD 21158 II-1 Chlorine and Sulfur Dioxide Inventory List CHLORINE Cylinder Size Number of Cyliniders Pounds Online 2000 lbs 3 4000 lbs 150 lbs 15 300 lbs SULFU R DIOXIDE Cylinder Size Number of Cylinders Pounds Online 2000 lbs 3 4000 lbs II-2 III III. EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT & TRAINING A. Employee Involvement 1. The City of Westminster Wastewater Treatment Plant Process Safety Management Program has been developed by key personnel from the plant and management. All employees of the City's Waste Water Treatment Plant are trained in the covered processes. 2. Key personnel were selected based on their process knowledge. B. Employee Training Using the Hazard Communication Standard as a guideline the City of Westminster Wastewater Treatment Plant has developed a training program. The program is designed to ensure that all employees of the treatment plant are trained in the hazards associated with the use of chlorine a nd sulfur dioxide as covered under the Process Safety Management Program. Designated to develop the training program and review the methodology is the city engineer, the utilities manager and the management staff of the wastewater treatment plant. Designated to conduct the training will be the management staff of the City of Westminster Wastewater Treatment Plant. Those individuals will include the plant superintendent, the assistant superintendent, the senior operator and the shift supervisors. Prior to handling chlorine and sulfur dioxide all new employees are trained in the hazards associated with the chemicals. Following training the new or transferred employee then works closely with another skilled employee until such time that the management staff determines that the new or transferred employee is sufficiently skilled. The methodology used to train all employees in the potential hazards associated with chlorine and sulfur dioxide is: 1. A pretest is given to ev aluate employees knowledge of the subject and to serve as a study guide during the remainder of the training. 2. Classroom instruction including related videos, handouts and discussion is used to train the employees of the hazards associated with chlorine and sulfur dioxide. 3. A post test is given to evaluate the effectiveness of the training with a minimum score of 80% required to complete training. If the score achieved is less than 80% the employee is retrained the those areas in which the employee was deficient and retested until a score of 80% is ach |