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FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1987 Nov 5 DOC#: WH062 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo to Westinghouse Building, Director of Environmental Affairs - October Activities Report NUBB-eaeuei C' i u-- u n 0 Fg 0 CvC ** 5 From: BAD Center - 401-3X9B win.- 236-1362 Oat: November 5, 1987 Subjict OCTQBB ACTIVITIES BEPOBT To: WESTINGHOUSE BUILDING - 1558 B. P. Massaro, Director Environmental Affair* cc: I. H. Staff The October 1987 activities of Industrial Hygiene are listed by the following groups and business units: A. Energy and Advanced Technology Group B. Industrial and International Group j* C. Commercial Group ./ D. Corporate Resources E. Finance F. Broadcasting G. Law and Environmental Affairs B. Corporate Activities I. Miscellaneous tm d A. Defense Baltimore. MP Followup to Defense Director of Heal Estate re: asbestos abatement of unoccupied Westinghouse leased area. Determined no further action warranted. Sunnyvale. CA Serdwere problem. Assisted in reinstalling VISEES. Lima. OH Provided technical information on respiratory protection in accordance to 1910.134. Cv' / 'zyz, ou-- * H F t; 9 r-- * C< i !7i^ 0 .--J November 5, 1087 Page 3 3. Nuclear Fuel Blairarille. PA o Speaker for the annual Safety Observer awards diaaer meeting. o Provided technical assistance in reviewing the potential for exposure to Legionella bacteria from aachine coolant systems. 3. Power Svsteas Cost Building Provided consultant inforaation to review Gallatin, TN (BESD) facility and proposed Industrial Hygiene assessment for Bay County, FL. Spartanburg. SC Besearched eheaieal inforaation for Steve Miller. Material involved in a eheaieal spill. Casselberry Labs - Orlando. FL Wrote six MSDS's and labels for material used in festingbouse field work, approximately 3-1/2 nan days. East Pittsburgh. PA o Provided technical guidance and oversight during the asbestos assessaent survey. o Instituted use of Free-Col Labs for bulk asbestos analysis, due to lower cost for SiME asbestos assessaent. o Observed SAME procedures and field documentation for collection of bulk asbestos saaplss. o Provided technical assistance on fungicide contamination in the drinking water. o Provided project management for asbestos abatement at this sits. o Provided guidance on final clearance procedure on boilerhouse abatement project. HNBB-000MB2 r'V/ 'CXta 'O-' d > . # p.5" November 5, 1087 Page 3 Hydro Nuclear ~ Assisted in justifying an Industrial Hygiene and Safety poaition by defining the Industrial Hygiene and Safety task requireaent for eoapliance. Chcswick. PA Provided technical assistance in reviewing the potential for exposure to Legionella bacteria from aachine coolant systeas. Charlotte. NC Provided technical guidance on bulk data of cadaiua and nickel in heat treating furnace. Pensacola. FL o Extensive review of Japanese MSDS's and work practices related to the handling and cleaning of large, long, thin tubes packed in two cheaicals. o Technical guidance on review of work procedure related to annual lifting. B. INDUSTRIAL AND INTERNATIONAL CROUP 1. Advanced Industrial Svsteas Coabustion Control Div. - Orrrille. OH Performed MEDLARS physical properties data base search for aaaoniua bifluoride for a new product line specification for induction heaters. Danbury. CT Provided technical guidance for asbestos abateaent project to conclusion of project Nov. 2, 1S87. This included an onsite visit to review abateaent contractor's work and engineering firm's oversight progress. v O'Hara Township Provided technical guidance on eheaical identification of aixture not revealed by supply company. HW8B-000M03 U-- J is-w . 9 November 5, 1B87 Page 4 2. Distribution and Control . - Bryant Div. - Bridgeport. CT Conducted a preliminary on site assessment of asbestos conditions in the Bridgeport facility and solicited proposals from several environmental consultants to complete a comprehensive assessment and develop cost estimates for asbestos remediation. Ind. Tube - Horseheads. NY Completed a review of the health effects of sulfur hexafluoride and tritium in support of the proposed neutron generator tube facility. Greenwood. SC Provided technical assistance on how to handle small asbestos plates. Referred waste disposal of this asbestos material to S. A. Green. Asheville. NC Provided technical guidance on air monitoring instrumentation and calibration procedures. 3. Utility Delivery Systems Jefferson City. MO o Provided industrial hygiene sampling equipment. o Provided technical consultation on Bearing Conservation Amendment to 29 CPE 1910.96. o Reviewed proposed chemical inventory and provided technical sampling strategy for whole site monitoring and respirator protection program. Coral Springs, FL o Provided WISHES Industrial Bygiene technical support. o Provided technical assistance on how to handle petroleum dietllfet* apliag data that was reported back from lab ms VAP naphtha. o Provided industrial hygiene sampling equipment. o Provided technical guidance for special air monitoring methods and record keeping procedure. HMBB-0004404  f ,c.5' November 5, 1987 Page 5 Muncle. IN -- o Provided industrial hygiene asapling aquipaant. o Calibrated four saapling puapa. 4. International Canada Discussed status of review of WISHES for use in Westinghouse Canada. C. COMMERCIAL CROUP 1. HO Elevator Co. Randolph. NJ o Provided industrial hygiene saapling equipaent. o Provided technical guidance on pigaent air aonitoring. o Provided technical guidance and saapling protocol for unknown component of mixture suspected of irritating employes. Morristown. NJ o Reviewed the Elevator Co. 'Modernisation Projects' Asbestos Policy and recoaaended revisions to update the policy for consistency with current regulations. o Provided technical guidance on asbestos abateaent for a boiler and piping. Adams Elevator - Chicago. IL o Supplied technical inforaation on wipe testing for MOCA. o Provided technical interpretation of noise aeaaureaents and recommended changes in audioaetric limits and periodic aeasureaents. Vernon. CA Provided technical support on confined space gas aonitoring and gave direction to 7-UP and Bnvironaental Control on moving Blythe, CA warehouse to non contaminated site. MWB8-0004*B5 @2 s_- 0 L` November 5, 1887 Page 6 Bedford. Provided technical interpretation of chemical analysis froa air monitoring data. D. CORPORATE RESOURCES 1. Bettie - feet Mifflin. PA Information requeet for SARA chemicals referred to Dr. Zerrins. 2. Hunan Resources o Bade training presentations at P. Palaieri S18 course, 'Safety Management.' o Assisted in developing a final response to the IUE concerning alleged occupational health issues at the Sharon plant to avoid an unfair labor charge froa the NLRB. 3. Corp. Productivity - Communications Systems Center. Pittsburgh Provided technical assistance and guidance for a proposed asbestos reaoval project. 4. BID Center o Worked 6 days for Safety Departaent on waste management, o Calibrated 3 sampling puaps. o Provided aaterial evaluation for Corporate Standards aaterial coda systea. 5 man days. o Reviewed proposed WISHES aedical aodule with J. Spicher. Also deterained that RID will continue to participate in WISHES via emulator board on Ingress. o Reviewed 1887 Industrial Hygiene Introductory Course calculations with RID participant. o Participated as a member in the annual RID Radiation Safety Cornaittee aeeting. HNBB~0006606 U-- J b :i i November 5, 1887 Page 7 E. FINANCE -- Westinxhouse Credit Corporation o Provided technical assistance in the review of asbestos conditions at properties in Key Test, FL; Rocky Hill, CT; Carden grove, CA; Coluabus, OH; and Lacuna Bills, CA, that are the subject of pending transactions. o Presented an asbestos awareness seminar to the VCC Law Departaent. A second awareness seminar is to be scheduled for the ICC aanageaent. F. BROADCASTING Contacted Dave Graves, Broadcasting, New York, concerning acquisition audit for radio station in Chicago. Dave is to schedule the site visit. G. LAW t ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS o Researched aaterial information for R. E. Wills and R. J. Pasehke, 2 nan days. Worked with J. Levine on D.O.T. classification for Corporate Standards, 1 aan day. Prepared and aade presentation for J. W. Fisch on SARA III in Atlanta, GA, 1 man day. o Toxicology data base search for sulfur hexafluoride (MEDLARS) for Environmental Control, later same search for Industrial Hygiene. o Water standards MEDLARS search for trams 1,2-dichloro ethane for Environmental Control. o Asbestos in drinking water, toxicology CANCERLIT (MEDLARS) search for Environmental Legal. o Three extensive cyanide toxicology data base searches (MEDLARS) for R. Lawrence's group for toxic tort case at Beaver. o Gathered disposal site information from known Westinghouse sites which have disposed of asbestos within the last five years for Steve Green. HMIB-8B0M07 /"s'i rw es u-- u 0 C'C If '- November 5, 1087 Page 8 o Notified Environmental Legal of air monitoring data outside of abatement enclosure at Uniaation relative to tenants in office. Airborne level possibly exceeded specification liait of 0.01 i f cc, but never exceeded the OSEA action level of 0.1 f/cc T.T.A. where tenants occupy space in building. H. CORPORATE ACTIVITIES o Assisted Mr. Jeff Bair, Lav Department, assess the historical Industrial Hygiene records and the iapact on Testinghouse froa the High Risk Notification Legislation. o Calibrated 12 sampling pumps and all Industrial Hygiene portable instruments. o Responded to custoaer requests for Testinghouse USDS information. 1/2 aan day. o Participated in the annual Testinghouse Radiation Managers Meeting. o Developed Draft Asbestos Abateaent Procedure, o Abateaent Projects: o Changed format of data record keeping for bulk and air monitoring associated with abateaent project. All data will be filed under project naae rather than health protection files. o Produced tracking fora for bulk and air monitoring contacts for laboratory analysis and reporting protocol. o Evaluated Corning Metpath laboratory for air monitoring analyses for corporate use. o Provided Clayton Environaental Consultants with changes on laboratory report format and billing for site abateaent * projects. I . MTSCBmNBOCS o Reviewed 60 Testinghouse radiation dosimetry reports. e Tsrked on NIOSH health evaluation request on Testinghouse materials, 3 man days. Expect as additional 2 to 3 aan days to eoaplete survey requireaents. HUBB-000M0I :r' / ft-i--L.-j a& r-- n C'C < : .0 .-5 November 5, 1887 Page 9 e Issued (3) Yestinghouse SPDS and (4) labels to Vestinghouse plants. o Attended Problea Solving and Decision Making Course (L. J. Fleaing). o Began initial work to provide training nodules for 1910.120 OSHA/SABA 24-hour emergency training. WISHES Project Administration o Nev annual plus Version 2.20 of VISKES (includes 1987-88 TLVs) sent for duplication and distribution October 28, 1987. (13 days) o Supplied inforaation to Con Edison, NY re: YISHES and SID's CITS. Eeferred to Vestinghouse Engineering Service Bureau. o Worked with Peregrine Systeas consultant to review our YISHES software for proper and adequate testing and debugging procedures. (2 days) o Sold initial copy of license of YISHES to Project Development Corp. o Heceived notice froa Yestinghouse Engineering Service Bureau that they will provide YISHES marketing survey with our assistance. They also indicated that they do want to aarket WISHES with CITS product. Soae tiae commitment froa a Senior Engineer in our group has been requested for this project. o Attended 516 Safety Course (1 day) for review and integration into Corporate Industrial Hygiene's 1988 training course schedule (K. M. Coellaer). o Met with various managers froa Aaaryl and Newaeyer (asbestos abateaent contractor) to discuss chain of coaaand protocol on present and future projects is line with our Corporate Asbestos Abateaent Procedure.. f-o. /& C. V. Bickerstaff, Manager Corporate Industrial Hygiene Environaental Affairs /ehw MUOB-8004409