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To: G. D. Bevis Monthly Report From: J. C. Palinsky Located at:- Leominster, Mass. Dat- December 31, 1979 i-x j1 1. The Bendix Area Monitoring System experienced no shutdown time during Nov ember. Minor problems were solved by the EPA Coordinator. Since a voltage upset was suspected as a possible cause of some malfunc tions, a recorder is being used to monitor the power supply. 2. The EPA Coordinator will attend Century OVA training sessions on December 10tn and 11th. Equipment "on-site" repairs remain high. Two units were returned to the manufacturer for complete overhaul. units were operating at the end of November. All 3. Hnu maintenance remained high, but all problems were resolved at the plant and two units are operational while one is out for repairs. 4. VCM area monitoring levels were down during November but 4 of 9 OSHA points averaged over l.Oppir, but less than 2.0ppm for the month. Leaking manhole covers and poor seals on slurry transfer strainers all contributed to the low level alarms. One problem resolved was the elimination of VCM in the cooling water return sumps. 5. EPA perimeter and off-site monitoring continued to be excellent with no levels exceeding l.Oppm VCM and most readings were non-detectable. homopo IfMH 6. Reactor Opening Losses were S9.1% in compliance, improvements were made through vacuum pump efficiency upgrading and higher temperature test lev els with most of the success noted during the latter half of the month. 7. The new EPA Technician hired to replace the vacancy left by the promotion of D. Picard and the subsequent personnel realignment is still pending. This is creating several problems in operational continuity within the depart ment, but the new technician will join the group during the first week of December. VINYL CHLORIDE CONTROL: I - Monitoring Summaries (Personnel) A. Monthly Monitoring Tests 1. Personnel on Regulated Roster 2. Personnel Tested 3. Personnel Tests 4. Invalid Tests 5. Repeat Tests 6. Total Tests November 189 126 129 9 3 129 BOR 013542 G. D. Bevis Monthly Report November, 1979 December 31, 1979 Page 2 VINYL CHLORIDE CONTROL: I. Monitoring Summaries (Personnel) B. Monthly Average by General Job Categories 1. PVC Operators 2. PVC Helpers 3. Dryer Building 4. PVC Supervisors and Engineers 5. Polyco 6. Shipping 7. Maintenance 8. Development 9. 10. Operations and Administration Total Site November 2.7 <t> 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.5 1.4 II. MAC Room Status A. Bendix Monitoring System 1. System #1, monitoring 16 points was in alarm 4.3% of the time. 2. System #2, monitoring 16 points was in alarm 1.4% of the time. 3. System #3, monitoring 9 points was in alarm 0.6% of the time. 4. Total alarm duration in minutes * 41,351 5. % of time all points were in alarm 2.4 B. Bendix Monitoring Equipment Downtime 1* System #1 2. System #2 3. System #3 4. Total 5. % Time Down 0 hours 0 hours 0 hours 0 hours 0% C. Hnu Units Status 1. Two units were operational, one in for repair. D. Monitoring Equipment Expenses 1. November - Approximately $200.00. E. Air Intake Monitoring (Testing Continuously) 1. Monthly Average - 0.26ppm F. Special Monitoring 1. No. of tests (Sipin Pumps in down reactors) 2. Range ppm November 0 0 NOISE CONTROL: I. Monitoring Summaries A. Monthly Monitoring Tests 1. Personnel Tested 0 BOR 013543 G. D. Bevis Monthly Report November, 1979 December 31, 1979 Page 3 NOISE CONTROL: I. Monitoring Summaries B. Monthly Average Plantwide 1. No. Invalid Tests 2. No. Tests 3. Range dBA (8 hour TWA) November 0 0 0% II. Area Monitoring A. Monthly Monitoring Tests 1. Areas Tested 2. Area Tests 0 0 B. Monthly Average by Work Area (Sound Level Meter) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10, 11. Bldg. 1-W Upper Bldg. Bldg. Bldg. 1-W Lower 1-E Upper 1-E Lower Bldg. 7-E Upper Bldg. 7-E Lower Bldg. 7-W Upper Bldg. 7-W Lower Bldg. 3 Bldg. 2 New Recovery Building dBA Range No Work Done No Work Done No Work Done No Work Done No Work Done No Work Done No Work Done No Work Done No Work Done No Work Done No Work Done FUTURE PROJECTS: I. Projects A. Vinyl Chloride Exposure 1. Special area testing will resume as manpower permits. 2. A complete fire protection system audit took place. A report was issued by the insurance company. Engineer. A reply was made by the Safety 3. A dust monitoring program was studied. Corporate assistance and more sophisticated testing will be done in January. B. Noise Surveys 1. Dosimeter monitoring in November was curtailed due to equipment failure. Full scale monitoring will begin when equipment is in repair and manpower requirements are satisfied. C. Housekeeping 1. General advice and emphasis will continue through the safety tour observations regarding housekeeping. D. The EPA Coordinator will attend Century training school on December 10 and 11,*1979. E. The EPA Coordinator will visit the llliopolis works and observe reactor opening loss procedures on December 13, 1979. BOR 013544 C-. D. Bevis Monthly Report November, 1979 Pe-ember 31, 1979 Rt -= 1 I. Portions of the data contained in this report is extracted from reports by R. A. Slocumb, C. Snyder, and K. Landry to J. C. Falinsky and were o summarized for convenience. JCP/kml N. r-l. Blackman J. C. Palinsky Safety Engineer BOR 0X3545