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AIR WATER FUG. STACK LAND OFFSITE SECOND TOTAL OFFSITE OFFSITE ANTIMONY BARIUM 00 00 0 0 863.5(2) 863.5(1) 1731 3 (3) 1 (9) 00 61(2) 61(1) 264(6) 2(3) 388 * CAUSTIC Di-N-Octyl Phthalate 0 0 0 0 0 17* 0 0 00 6460(4) 72184(5) 326(9) 0 78970 LEAD 07 00 3018(2) 30(3) 4(9) 3018(1) 6070* METHANOL PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE 1-499 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 1932(7) 0 0 0 1932 SODIUM SULFATE 0 0 148,276 0 0 00 SULFURIC ACID 0 0 00 00 0 VCM(8) 3008* 73,554* 0* 0 00 0 (1) Empty Bags (Sent to Monroe County Landfill) (2) Empty Bags (Sent to Chea. Waste Manageiaent) (3) Floor Sweep (Sent to Chea. Waste Manageaent) (4) Filter Cake (Sent to Chea. Waste Manageaent) (5) Separator Oil (Sent to Stauffer in Baton Rouge to be burned) (6) Stabilizer Spill (Sent to Chea. Waste Manageaent) (7) PA Spill (Sent to Chea. Waste Manageaent) (8) Fugitive emissions were calculated using correlation factors developed from a bagging study done at this plant) (9) API Sludge (Sent to Chea Waste Manageaent) * Represents a reduction from 1987 emissions reported. Notes: 1. Ammonia and chlorine were both reported last year. Both of these chemicals did not meet minimum usage requirements for 1988 so they were not reported. 2. Sodium Sulfate was not reported last year. VAB.0001217860 AIR WATER FUG. STACK LAND OFFSITE SECOND OFFSITE TOTAL OFFSITE AMMONIA 1-499 0 1466 0 0 0 0 ANTIMONY 00 BARIUM 00 CAUSTIC 00 CHLORINE 1-499 1-499 Di-N-Octyl Fhthalate 0 0 lead 07 PHTHALIC 00 ANHYDRIDE SULFURIC ACID 0 0 VCM(8) 29,521 90,480 0 0 31(2) 1223(1) 1(3) 1255 0 0 495(2) 640(1) 1223 88(6) 00 00 0 00 0 0 0 50 0 6880(4) 64967(5) 71847 A 0 0 7730(2) 5804(1) 11(3) 0 0 1012(7) 0 13545 1012 00 57 0 00 00 0 0 (1) Empty Bags (Sent to Monroe County Landfill) (2) Vacuum Dust (Vacuum Dust has been eliminated as a waste in 1988, it is now sold as an offgrade.) (3) Floor Sweep (Sent to Chem. Waste Management) (4) Filter Cake (Sent to Chem. Waste Management) (5) Separator Oil (Sent to Stauffer in Baton Rouge to be burned) (6) Stabilizer Spill (Sent to Chem. Waste Management) (7) PA Spill (Sent to Chem. Waste Management) (8) Fugitive emissions were calculated using EPA's Stratified Emission Factors. ^0,00/ VAB.0001217861 pT TO: Distribution FROM: DATE: SUBJ: J. C. Lsdvin* October 10, 1988 SARA 313 EMISSIONS INDUSTRY COMPARISON Attached are tables summarizing VCM emissions from PVC and VCM plants around the country. The data was accumulated by the Vinyl Institute. A number of facilities did not submit their numbers to the VI. These include all BFG plants, Shintech-Freeport, Formosa-Point Comfort, PPG-Lake Charles, and Borden-Illiopolis. Some plants reported no stack emissions. For PVC plants such as those of Air Products, Georgia Gulf, and Formosa, I suspect this was an oversight. They should have drier stack emissions at the least. J. C. Ledvina dlj .317 Attachment Distribution: H. R. Flamer, R. J. Andersen, T. H. Huffman, R. D. Gamblin R. A. Conrad, E. R. Taylor - LCVCM H. D. Garrison, B. J. McCuddln - OKC F. G. Jeanson, R. W. Seymour - ABER VAB.0001217862 1. Oxy-Pottstown 222,430 2. Formosa-Delaware City 124,140 3. Vista-Aberdeen 120,058 4. Oxy-Pasadena 115,218 5. Vista-LCVCK 110,990 6. Vista-OKC 69,246 7. GA-Gulf (Plaquemine) 68,815 8. Oxy Burlington S. 58,970 9. Borden-Gelsmar 58,843 10. Oxy Deer Park 44,600 11. Certainteed-Sulphur 41,000 12. Oxy-Addis 36,000 13. Oxy-Burlington N. 28,730 14. Air Products - Calvert City 28,000 15. GA-Gulf-(Delaware City) 20,500 16. Air Products-Pensacola 6,000 17. Dow-Louis iana 7,200 18. Dow-Texas 3,800 19. Dow-Midland 2,298 A TMB ' 1 r -----------------------------*--.................................................. VAB.0001217863 1. Formosa - Delaware City 123,910 2. Vista - LCVCM 110,000 3. GA-Gulf - Plaquemine 68,803 4. Oxy-Deer Park-VCM 44,400 5. Vista - Aberdeen 29,521 6. Borden * Geismar 26,643 7. Certalnteed - Sulphur 26,000 8. Air Products - Calvert City 26,000 9. GA-Gulf - Delaware City 20,500 10. Oxy - Pottstown 19,000 11. Vista - OKC 18,383 12. Oxy - Burlington N. 15,800 13. Dow - Louisiana 7,200 14. Air Products - Pensacola 6,000 15. Oxy - Addis 4,000 16. Dow - Texas 3,800 17. Dow - Midland 2,294 18. Oxy - Pasadena 2,000 19. Oxy - Burlington S. 1,170 t * VAB.0001217864 1. Oxy-Pottstown 2. Vista - Aberdeen 3. Oxy - Burlington S. 4. Vista - QKC 5. Oxy - Pasadena 6. Borden - Geismar 7. Oxy - Addis 8. Certainteed - Sulphur 9. Oxy Burlington N. 10. Oxy - Deer Park 11. Vista - LCVCM Pounds 200,000 90,480 57,700 50,574 40,000 32,185 19,400 15,000 12,900 200 1-499 A IIIHIP m n mmm imp VAB.0001217865 VEM/MSR VEM/MSR .1. Employee focus group 2 Community focus group 3. Understand what questions we need to answer B. Technical Preparation F6J RAF RAF RAF RAF RAF RAF 1. Finish calculations of emissions 2. Model the data - contractor 3. Emission comparisons for previous years 4. Comparisons against standards 5. Risk exposure data - from monitoring and model 6. Background Information on VCM exposure 7. Other VCM/lead Information or comparisons C. Video and P Group KLF to lead hlet Preparation 1. Prepare fifteen-minute video on plant. Include plant process* safety record* quality emphasis* products* emissions data* data from emission models* emergency preparedness planning* Information about chemical hazards. Group KLF to lead 2. Prepare pamphlet about plant. Include process overview* safety record* quality program* products* facts about plant* facts about chemicals* comparisons about emissions* economic contributions to community* emergency preparedness plans. II. 4 DWH/RAF/FGJ DWH/RAF/FGJ DWH/RAF/FGJ 1. April - Title III - explain what it is and we are working on numbers. 2. May - give emissions - give comparisons* graphs* etc. 3. June - follow-up with answers to questions. 1. As part of normal employee meeting, show video* answer questions* give pamphlet. C. Plant Open House for Families (DWH/RAM/RWS) 1. Serve light meal . 2. Show video 3. Tour 4. Give pamphlet 5. Answer questions VAB.0001217866 SARA Communications Plan Page 2 III. Near Neighbors RAM/DWH/RWS 1 Distribute pamphlets with invitation to open house RAM/DWH/RWS 2 Hold open house - same as for employees. IV. Environmental Groups RAF/VEM/RWS 1 Identify who they are and what are concerns - use chamber to help. RAF/VEM 2 Invite specific people to open house. RAF/VEM/RWS 3 Hold open house. V. Comsiunity Groups RWS/PJK/RAM/CWT 1 Identify groups. 2 Hold open house or go to speak at groups. VI. Local Government 3 Industry week exhibit/activities. * RWS 1 Identify who to target. RAM/VEM/KLF/RWS 2 Open house for those identified in #1. RAF/RWS/RAM 3 Letters to Congressmen/Senators with pamphlets.* VII. Media * RWS/RAM/KLF/VEM 1 Hold open house for media. rah/4-6-88 VAB.0001217867 APR 13 "QC *n F* fl V .h Bob Seymour, Veldon Messick To: From: Dote; Svbfoct; Mike Reynolds April 13, 1988 Comments of focus groups Here's a transcript of the notes i took during the two sessions in Aberdeen. Hope they are helpful. I enjoyed the work and thought it was very productive. I could have kept typing and putting in my own comments with these notes, but after five pages, I was getting burned out on it and thought we could just talk if you needed anything else. cc: Ton Grumble., Elliot Vogeltang.r A ssaeen mmmmm VAB.0001217868 APR-13-'88 10:06 ID:UISTA HOUSTON t Abirdtfn A 1. Dust missions. Ons employee reported that people near the plant have problems with resin not only getting on them outside, but also getting Inside their houses and on furniture in homes 2. Possible harmful effects of resin. Does the resin get into the water supply. They know it gets into water and runoff after rain. Is it going into the river? 3. what goes on at the plant? People don't understand our operations. They don't know what we do# use or make. They see steam and don't know the difference between that and chemicals being released. 4. Can it (the plant) be a hazard? 5. What goes in the air? Some know that we have hazardous chemicals and are wondering if we're polluting the air. 6. Some neighbors are bothered by noise--freezer alarm-- Gaitronix. general nuisance noise 7. Emergency drills. Public passes by and sees people standing outside and doesn't lAC/w wliaL Lu uiake vsf it. Employees not sure of what they do after they go to their first assembly spot 8. is the water effluent contaminated? 9 will we know about emergencies soon enough to react? If wo had an out of control situation# eeuld we tell people and evacuate people in time? 10. Public perception of VCM hazards. Tough for employees to explain when they don't understand npsirsHnns of other sections of the plant. Therefore# the following is needed. 11. Employee education on plant processes. When people were asked what they thought would be the citizens' reaction if they knew we were putting out 10 tons of vcm each year# they reacted negatively. When asked about 50 tons# they began to show a bit of outrage themselves and said they thought that would be too much. Then later said that maybe that sounds like a lot, but maybe it isn't. 12. Natural (tornado) disaster effects upon the plant? 13. Local fire department's knowledge and ability to help. * VAB.0001217869 Aberdeen #1*3 votes 3-3 4-1 5-4 8-1 3-3 13-1 1. Lead dust exposures* Maintenance can't get protective clothing sometimes. When they do, it doesn't fit veil. All but the extra-large sires rip out under the arms vh vou bend over. Some said the vacuum system didn't work or was inadequate They weren't supposed to sweep, but when it didn't work they U*J ' ---- * - Sanitation/hygiene/showers. Some employees were worried about tracking lead into other departments. Not being able to shower and get it off of them before they go home. Worried about taking it home o their clothes and tossing in the washing machine wit kids * clothes hazard data too technical. Can't understand the MSDS. Not enough information on stabilizers. 2. Training program content? Too much, not understandable Some employees said they thought VCM was a danger once they could see it of smell it. 3. Housekeeping in compound. Shorthanded and don't have time to koop neat. Houston being blamed for lack pi a change house, showers. 4 Contractor training/knowledge of hazards. Problem witfc contractors using company equipment and not taking nr moortincT use of such equipment as fi: extinguishers J * Aberdeen 5. Von testing not trusted* Content Confidentiality. Too many people (plant manager, superintendent^ nurse, safety director, doctor, supervisor, etc., know about problems before employee is told) Usefulness. They believe it is for the protection of the company, not them. Question whether company would tell employees about non-job-related problems if they found them. Outside noises make hearing test impossible. 6* Communication about rest of plant and what different departments do is needed. 7. Concern that piping is not being checked and replaced as it should be. #2=3 votes 3*2 4- 5 5- 2 6- 4 1. Vista is safe. Although our work is dangerous/ we make every effort to work safely. We meet or exceed government standards. Explain OSHA guidelines and how much we're under it. Tell them everything, right up front. What we're doing to prevent leaks. Take emissions even lower. 2. Employees (nonmanagement) are best communicators* 3. Compare emissions to what's acceptable by government. guidelines what our standards are goals for improvement 4. Economic benefits to the community. 5. Program contents. 6 Emissions vs* exposures. Just because we emit it, that doesn't translate into exposure. Explain that. 7. Telephone line for questions and complaints. Put someone it with enough education to answer questions. 8. Remedial measures. what we do to respond to leaks VAB.0001217871 l iUlllM* l 1 WMMfM * T Aberdeen r 1. Put together a committee of insiders and outsiders. Explain emissions and safety issues to them. Since its not their job, no ax to grind# they would be seen as credible. 2. Let people tour plant. Tour all of plant. One employee said they had worked there 18 years and wife had never seen where they worked. Asked for permission and brought her in and showed her. 3. Tell employees about capital budget plans* 4. Introductory training takes a week. It should be spread over six months. 5* Don't live outside the community. ' School system needs help Talk up and be a booster of the community Upper management should set an example 1. Interesting outside speakers was the #1 suggestion Some employees thought supervisors were not qualified to give safety training. 2. Some said it was hard for employees to come off a 12-hour shift and then sit through training. Others said they would rather do that than come in before a 12hour shift. 3. Some said training didn't seem to be planned. Just put on the same old boring slides# turn off the lights and let them run. 4. They thought it would be a good idea to bring different departments# such as the front office and maintenance together 5. Some didn't think that an employee giving the training was very good. A * 4 VAB.0001217872 APR---3^ 88 10:08 ID:VISTA HOUSTON V TEL NO:713-531-3237 Aberdeen 8839 P07 A AAUA1JmX 1. Stuff in air--yellow stuff on the car, in spring, white resin much of the time, gets on people's skin when they sit outside during spring, cummar, fall. People near the plant reported the problem. (Within a quarter mile) 2. PVC or something like that emptied near a water well out in Prairie. 3. Fish kill in creek. Water turned green. No kills lately, but it still turns green. 4. Sometimes there's a stench in the air. Definitely a chemical smell. Last time really strong was the Friday night before master. Used to be a lot of Ue time. Not so much now. Reported by people living near the plant. Others used to smell it, but none do now except people near the plant. Used to smell a smell like stinkweed coming from us or Walker. (reported by resident north of plant) 5 Higher incidence of cancer in Aberdeen than normal (believed to have come from CDC) 6. One person recalled that a relative had worked in plant in summer and thought unloading tankcars was dangerous 7 Local fire department informed about Vista? About what needs to be done in the event of a fire or disaster? About what we have stored there? Do they have enough . equipment? Do they have the right training? 8 What are we going to do if thore's a fire? 9. Do we have evacuation plans? Would they be needed in the event of a major disaster? 10 What kind of situation would result if there is a large release or a fire, no wind, and chemical or fumes stayed near the ground, rather than blowing away. One person told of fire at a customer of ours, in which PVC burned and a number of people were taken to the hospital with respiratory complaints, neighborhood was evacuated. 11 Is the medical community informed about what symptoms might be from our chemicals? Do they know how to treat people after fire, disaster, major release? 12 Some reticence on part of management In past lo talk Lu people. Suspicious of enquiries. Something to hide? 13 Something taking paint off car near plant. Small specks. 14 Noise from the spur track. 15 intercom. Can hear it in the house blocks from the plant* Not loud enough to wake anyone. 16 Sometimes when there's a real loud noise people near the 5 VAB.0001217873 (VR-i3-'88 10:09 IDsUISTft HOUSTON TEL NO:713-531-3237 Aberdeen 8839 P08 A plant come out and look to make sure everything is ok. 17. Loud roaring noise sometimes in the middle of the night. Don't know source. Os or Walker. 18. People who work at Vista don't talk about what goes on in the plant. 1. Tell us about the finished products. 2. Thar it's not going to hurt me. 3. Expansion plans. 4. Emergency plans. Evacuation plans. 5. what do we do and how do we do it. 6. Who are we. One out of 270 employees active in civic affairs. Have an open house. You did. Once. You live here, be involved in the town affairs. "We can't give you a grade on your operations because we don't know enough about what you do." Don't look like you're asking for trouble. * VAB.0001217874