Environmental%20Protection

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Environmental Protection

• TM 650 Safety Management
• Carter J. Kerk, PhD, PE, CSP, CPE
• Industrial Engineering Program
• South Dakota School of Mines Technology

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Reading Assignment

• Asfahl
• P. 6, 110-114

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Intro

• SH Mgrs are increasingly involved with
  environmental affairs due to
• downsizing
• increase in environmental concerns
• overlapping of Safety, Health, Environmental
• Environmental scope includes protection,
  monitoring, and remediation of air, soil, and
  water

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History

• Silent Sprint, Rachel Carson, 1962
• Clean Air Act Amended, 1963
• The National Environmental Policy Act of 1970
• April 22, 1970 - 1st Earth Day
• Lead-based paint, 1971
• DDT banned, 1972
• Great Lakes cleanup, 1972
• Lead gasoline phase-out, 1973

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History, Cont.

• Safe Water Drinking Act, 1974
• Catalytic Converters, 1975
• RCRA, Resource Conservation Recovery Act, 1976
• TSCA, Toxic Substances Control Act, 1976
• PCB phase-out, 1976 (transformers)
• Clean Water Act, 1977
• Love Canal, 1978

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History, Cont.

• CFC ban, 1978 (aerosols, ozone layer)
• Dioxin ban, 1979 (herbicides, Agent Orange)
• CERCLA, Comprehensive Environmental Response,
  Compensation, and Liability Act, 1980 (Superfund)
  
• LUST (Leaking Underground Storage Tanks), 1984
• SARA, 1986 (Superfund Amendments
  Reauthorization Act)
• Recognized dual roles of OSHA and EPA

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History, Cont.

• Community Right to Know, 1986
• Exxon Valdez, 1989
• 700 Kuwait Oil Well Fires, 1991

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Introduction Cont.

• US spent 850 Billion on environmental cleanup in
  the 70s and 80s
• EPA, Environmental Protection Agency
• http//www.epa.gov/
• Title 40 (40 CFR Protection of the Environment)

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HAZWOPER (OSHA)

• 29 CFR 1910.120
• Hazardous Waste Operations Emergency Response
• dealing with chemical spills

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HAZWOPER OPTION 1

• Evacuate all employees and call in professional
  emergency response personnel
• Must have EAP (Emergency Action Plan)
• alarm systems, evacuation plan, emergency
  shutdown procedures, procedure to notify
  emergency response personnel

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HAZWOPER OPTION 2

• Respond Internally
• Emergency Response Plan
• Comprehensive employee training
• laws regs classification categorization of
  HW HW operations penalties for noncompliance
  responses to spills emergency response
  contingency plans PPE MSDS Site control HW
  containers Decontamination

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Toxic Substances

• Has a negative effect on the health of a person
  or animal
• Effects are a function of
• substance properties
• amount of dose
• level of exposure
• route of entry
• resistance of the individual

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Entry Points for Toxic Agents

• Inhalation
• Absorption
• Ingestion
• Injection
• Exposures and Symptoms Acute or Chronic

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List of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, Toxics, and
Reactives

• See Appendix E in text
• Highly Hazardous Chemicals, Toxics, and Reactives
• See 29 CFR 1910.119, Appendix A
• CAS (Chemical Abstract Service number)
• Threshold Quantities
• level at which a potential exists for a
  catastrophic event
• See Appendix A in Text
• OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits

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OSHA EPA

• What is the boundary between OSHA and EPA?

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ISO 14000

• Advent of global competitive marketplace
• Produce high-quality products at competitive
  prices without harming the environment
• TQM Initiatives
• ISO 9000 Quality Standards
• ISO 14000 promotes effective environmental
  management systems
• Voluntary
• Environmental management becomes part of an
  organizations overall management system
• www.iso14000.com

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Homework XDo on your own if you wish.Do not
turn in.

• Pick a chemical of interest to you (or pick
  toluene)
• dont pick a chemical that does not appear on the
  lists
• Report on its appearance on the list of highly
  hazardous chemicals, toxics, and reactives
• Report on its OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits
• interpret the categories and characteristics
• Download its MSDS from the internet