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WTER-OFFICE MEMO TENNECO CHEMICALS, INC. To W.C. Champion from p,vh Kanzler Subject MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT January, 1975 AT Burlington Ar Burlington date January 24, 1975 Copy to A. Dickerson P. Gawason H.R. Horton D.J. Krzywicki R.A. Lojewski P.R. Scarito A.C. Siegel W. E. Stewart E. Young ^Tile I. ROUTINE ANALYSES A. In-Process Styrene Evaluation L2O2 -- Assayj A(0) 10 1 B. Finished Product Residual VCM - Resin - Slurry Bound Acetate 192 27 G. Environmental and Personal Monitoring Samples ) VCM in Air - Perimeter 110 Residual VCM Effluent Water 11 Personal Monitoring 583 VCM in Air - Make-up Air Evaluation 140 Total from Section II 2 Total 1076 II. SPECIAL TESTING A. Resin Plant 1. Raw Materials a. DHW-80 As a result of a meeting held in Burlington on January 6, 1975 with representatives from Henkel, the investiga tion of the base material - oleic acid - was regenerated. Great fluctuations in reaction kinetics were noted when Gross and Darling oleic acids were used interchangeably for the manufacture of DHW-80. It was found that Gross is using an inhibitor - Givaudan 9-8, an isopropylated n, p - cresol - at a level of 0.05 to 0.1%, while Darling supplies an inhibitor-free oleic acid. As a result, Burl ington will use DHW-80 made from Darling oleic acid until an unibhibited Gross material has been evaluated. COLORITE 010384 Page 2 B. In-Process 1. Finished Product - VCM Reduction Support in this area was continued with analyses for re sidual VCM in latices, slurries and dried resins for all plants in Burlington. 2. OSHA - Standard a. Make-up Air This evaluation program has been completed. The maximum value found was 1.4 ppm, however, other values found are around 500 ppb or less - as low as -30 ppb. b. Fixed Monitoring System A total of seven units have been put on stream - PLA-1, PLB-1, PLB-2, H0-1, CO-1, CO-2 and G-l. The functional operation of the instruments is satisfactory. Feed-line leaks have created some difficulties which should be over come very shortly. The alarm system is not operational at present. C. Resin ii 1. MCA Complaint Contaminants found in Pantasote copolymer resin was charac terized via microscopy. Contaminants found were blue glass particles from 50 - lOOu in size. Other contaminants consis ted primarily of burnt resin agglomerates. D. Miscellaneous 1. Perkin-Elmer Seminar The writer attended a seminar at which automatic headspace an alyses and one column charcoal analysis were presented. 2. Personnel Mr. Alvin Dickerson joined the Analytical Group as an Analyt ical Technician. 3. TWA - Monitoring Summary Attached is a listing of TWA data for the Burlington resin per sonnel and the monitoring summary. COLORITE 010385 Page 3 4. Running Account of Analyses July August September 716 878 1014 October 1419 November 1194 December 1317 Attachments. FWK/jst !)(,n F.W. Kanzler f ) COLORITE 010386 inuu; iv time-weighted vcm exposures Employee Classification Suspension Aren 1. Area Foreman 2. Ilomopolymcr Reactor Operator/Charger "3. Homopolymer Reactor Operator/Dumper 4. Copolymer Reactor Operator/Charger 5. Copolymer Reactor Operator/Dumper 6. Dryer Operator ' 7. Bugger/Cleaner 8. Labor Pool/Dagger Plastisol Area 9. Area Foreman 10. Shift Foreman 11. VA" Plant Tomer Operator/Charger 12. `'A" Plant Tomer Operator/Damper 13. "EJ" Plant Tower Operatoi'/Charger 14. "B" Plant Tomer Operator/Dumper 15. Laborer/Cleaner (Jet) 16. Laborer/Cleaner (Manual) 17. Bagger ^8. Atomizer Dryer Operator 19. Additive Dryer Operator Laboratory 20. Quality Control Laboratory Supervisor 21. Analytical Chemist 22. Colorist 23. Quality Control Technician/Day 24. Quality Control Technician/Shift Warehouse and Miscellaneous 2-5. Warehouse Supervisor 26. Warehouse Clerk 27. Warehouse Receiving Clerk 28. Warehouseman - Outside 29. Warehouseman - Inside 30. ' 31. 32. Effluent Operator Boiler Operator Lead Operator/Boiler-Effluent 33. Utility Man - Outside 34. Utility Man - Inside 35. Yard and Service Man - Outside `Yard and Service Man - Inside *0ver 50 ppm TWA v ' * , 1 11 * * ' . i . : . I . . January > 1975 5.6 9.1 8,6 3.4 1.7 3.4 ND 4.8 2,9 11.8 11,3 4,1 4,3 13,0 10.7 ND 1,8 1.7 6.8 7.7 8.1 9.1 9.7 0.2 1.2 0.5 ND ND 0.3 ND 0.8 0.1 3,3 ND 0.8 COLORXTE 010387 TABLE II BURLINGTON RESIN PLANTS VCM MONITORING SEvfM.ARY Monitoring Point Copolymer Plant; Ground Floor 1. Copolymer mug-out, outside 2. Copolymer Slurry Pumphouse 3. Blacktop, Outside Near DMN Tank 4. South-East Stairwell *5. Recovery"Area, Outside . 6. Braining Recovery Receivers 7. Draining Master Mix Tanks 8. Draining Recovery Pumps 9. Recover;,' Compressor Area 10. Center Aisle 11. Reactors, Clean~0ut Valve Open 12. Solution Make-Up Tank Area 13. Dry Chemical Weighing Area 14. Weigh Scale Area Copolymer Plant, Second Floor fist Lavatory ' 16. Panel Eoard/Desk Area 17. Center Aisle 18. Weigh Scale Area 19. Reactors, Opening 611 Access Hole 20. Reactors, Opening Manway 21. Reactors, Manual Cleaning 22. Chemical Hoist, Outside 23. Blend Tanks, Catwalk 24. Blend Tanks, Sampling for O2 25. Walkway to Homopolymer Ifoipopolymer Plant. Second Floor 26-. Panel Board/Desk Area 27. Center Aisle 28. Opening Reactor Lenape Cover 29. Reactor Washout 30. Manual Reactor Cleaning 31. Sampling Blend Tanks for 02 32. B/T Catwalk Homopolyme Plant, Ground Floor 33. Slurry ltimphouse 34. Recovery Area, Outside 35. Recovery Compressor Area 36. Weigh Scale Area 37. Center Aisle 38. Reactors, Clean-Out Valve Open 39. North-West Stairwell OVA Reading, ppm Maximum 7 4 8 9 13 AIR AIR AIR. 57 7 32 32 32 9 13 12 13 7 AIR AIR 17 22 AIR 17 26 19 17 AIR AIR AIR 4 4 7 28 19 17 6 8 Average 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.8 3.2 AIR AIR AIR 13.5 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.3 4.4 3.3 3.3 2.4 AIR AIR 2.7 3.0 AIR 3.8 11.6 5.5 8.3 AIR AIR AIR 0.9 1.2 3.8 9.9 6.3 6.6 2.2 2.5 COLORITE 010388 Burlington monitoring summary - Page 2 .loniloring Point Dispersion Plant "A", Ground floor *30, "A" Plant Urag-Out, Outs ide 41. North-Cast Stairwell 42. In-Line Mixer Area 43. Moyno Pump Area 44. Dryer Panel Board Area 45. Under Tower, Opening Hamer Blind 46. Under Tower, Water Cleaning 47. Under Tower, Manual Cleaning ssr North-Last Stuirwei-l 49. Stripper 1 Area 50. W'est Cake Bin Area 51. latex Blend Tank Area 52. Homo System Area Dispersion HIant "A", Third Floor ou. Panel Board/Desk Area 54. Catwalk, Filter =1 55. Back of Filter l 56, >57. 58, Back of Filter 2 Catwalk, Filters L'2 and lTtTn*5 Back of Filter #3 59. Batch Mix Tank, Back 60. Batch Mix Tank, Weigh Scale 61. Catalyst Charge Pot 62, Cake Breakers 63. Elevator Dispersion Plant "A*1, Penthouse *64. Center Aisle 65. Opening Tower Manway 66. Water Cleaning Tower 67, Manual Cleaning Tower 68, North-East Stairwell Dispersion Plant "8", Penthouse 69. Center Aisle 70. Opening Tower Manway 71. Water Cleaning Tower 72. North-West Stairwell Dispersion Plant "B", Third Floor 74. Back of Filter #6 75. Back of Filter 5 76. Catwalk, Filters #5 and 77. Back of Filter #4 78. Catwalk, Filter =6 79. Cake Breaker Area 80. Batch Mix Tank, Back OVA Reading, ppm Max imum 17 9 19 26 32 17 17 17 17 19 19 32 120 95 AIR 38 38 AIR 38 82 82 82 Sj o 57 120 57 19 19 13 7 6 32 32 AIR 32 AIR 120 32 Average 3.6 2.0 8.3 15.5 13.8 12.3 12.3 12.3 3.5 9.9 11.2 14.7 20.6 15.5 AIR 11.8 11.8 AIR 11.8 18.7 18.7 18.7 38.4 6.5 24.3 10.7 3.3 6.5 6.3 2.2 1.7 4.3 4.3 AIR 4.3 AIR 14.5 6.9 COLORITE 010389 BURLINGTON MONITORING SUMMARY - Page 3 Monitoring Point Dispersion Plant "3", Third Floor (eont'd) 81. Butch 7irx Tank, Reign Scale 82'. Catalyst Charge Pot 83. Panel Board/Desk Area 84. Latex Blend Tank - Tween 20 Funnel 85. South-Center Stairwell Dispersion Plant "C", Second Floor 86. Latex Blend iank go 87. Stripper Area 88. Wet Cake f)in Area 89. Homo System Area 90. Lavatory Dispersion riant "B". C-round Floor 91. North-West Stairwell 92. "B" Plant Drag-Out, Outside 93. Dryer Panel Board Area' 94. In-Line Mixer Area 95. Moyno Pump Area 96. Vacuum Pump Area -97. Under Tov/er, Opening Hamer Blind 98. Under Tower, Water Cleaning 99. Under Tower, Manual Cleaning Tank Farm 100. Unloading Station, Outside 101. Tank Car, Sampling 102. Tank Car, Connecting Lines 103. Storage Tank Level Check 104. Compressor House #1 108- Compressor House #2 16* Refrigeration Building Classification Building 107. Atomizer Room 108. Plastisol Bagger 109. Syntrons 110. Merchan Feeder Area Suspension Dryer Building HI. Dryer Panel Board 112. Operator's Desk 113. Dryer Area 114. Copolymer Bagging Station 115. 10MM and 40MM Bagging Station H6. Cleaning Copolymer Dryer H7, Cleaning 40MM Dryer 118. cleaning 10MM Dryer 119. Centrifuge Deck 120. 40MM and 10MM Line Magnets OVA Reading, ppm Maximum 32 32 19 32 19 AIR 19 19 19 19 4 3 10 13 44 18 3 3 3 3 AIR AIR AIR* 4 3 7 ND ND ND 3 3 12 4 3 3 Average 6.9 6.9 . 4.8 9,1 4.6 AIR 4.8 6.2 6.4 4.4 0.9 0.5 3.3 4.8 7.3 . 6.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.3 AIR AIR AIR 0.4 0.4 0.8 ND ND ND 2.0 1.5 7.5 3.5 1.5 1.5 1 ND COLOR!TE 010390 0.5 ND BURLINGTON MONITORING SUMMARY Page 4 Monitoring Points . 121. 122.i' 123. 124. 12 b. 10MM Sifter 40>LM Sifter 10MM and 40MM Line Palletising Copolymer Palletizing Dispersion Palletizing 126. lunch Room-East End 127. Lunch Room-West End 128. 129. 130. Maintenance Shop-North End Maintenance Shop-South End Maintenance Shop-Welding Well. Production and Maintenance Offices 131. Maintenance General foreman's Office 132. Maintenance Foreman's Office 133. Engineer's Office 134. Safety Supervisor's Office 135. Production Foreman's Office "arehouse J6. lest Aisle 137. We*st-Center Aisle 138. Checker's Desk Area 139. Shipping Office 140. Receiving Office 141. East-Center Aisle 142. East Aisle 143. Bass Office Copolymer Bulk Station 144. Sifter Desk 145. Second Desk 146.- Tailing Hopper, Outside Loading Area "L47. Homopolymer Transfer House 148. Bulk Truck 149. Hopper Car 150. Initiator Freezer 151. Initiator Weigh House Effluent Plant 152. Ground Floor-South 153. Ground Floor-North .54. Laboratory 155. Second Floor-North 156. Second Floor-South 157. Catwalk, Outside 158. Boiler House-North 159. Boiler House-South OVA Readings ppm Maximum 1 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 3 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ' ND 8 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND Average 1.0 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND t ND 1.5 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND 4.0 ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ^ND COLORITE 010391 BURLINGTON MONITORING SUMMARY - Pago 5 Monitoring Point APJ)Q Bn ild in s_ 160. Operator's Desk Area 161. Panel Board 162. latex Blend Tank Quality Control laboratory 163. Hood Area 164. Desk Area 165. Constant Temperature Room 166. Analytical Laboratory 167. Vent Area 168. Reception Area 169. Office Hallway 170. Outside Plant-Upwind 171. Outside Plant-Downwind t OVA F'Cadinq, ppm Maximum 4 3 1 12 15 7 9 9 6 3 - ND ND Average 2.0 1.5 0.5 11.0 13.5 5.5 8.0 8.0 5.0 3.0 ND ND \ COLORITE 010392