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.1 J TO: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION CENTRAL ENGINEERING "* , SOUTH CHARLESTON. WEST VIRGINIA , /- MEMORANDUM r January ^ ' . y-'t' '-A--'" / ( I''"'' ` !/ / U' ' -' ` J. W. Bama w. Bosserman R. E. Cashdollar R. E. Crum J. W. Kam C. A. McNeil ^ 6 , 1984 ;r A. Patel D. R. Paugh H. H. Price C. L. Warner K. E. Williams > / /w" RECEIVED JAM 1 3 1334 R- A. D E R R / COPY TO: R. A. Derr C. P. Maxwell M. L. Mills SUBJECT: ASBESTOS INSULATION REMOVAL. PROJECT .. STEAK PLANT AND MONOMERS UNIT - SISTERSVILLE PLANT In our meeting on Thursday, January 5, 1984 we reviewed and discussed, the preparations and precautions that we determined necessary7 for the Construction Department to safely remove asbestos insulation from, piping and equipment in the Monomers Unit and Steam Plant in the Sistersville Plant. The purpose of this message is to document and. communicate all of the measures that we agreed were appropriate and to identify the persons responsible for specific action steps. This project is to begin on Tuesday, January 10, 1984 and will include removing asbestos insulation from piping and equipment in the two units identified earlier.--The-Construction Department will use approximately ten employees over a period of six months to complete this project. A review of Procedures VIII-22, Asbestos Insulation - Removal and Disposal (Construction) and 11-13, Handling, Installing, Removing and/or Disposing of Materials Containing Asbestos (Sistersville Plant) revealed, that our procedures are very similar. The consensus of the grouo was that since our employees are more familiar with our procedure it would serve as the general guideline in performing this work. We also agreed, that in addition to all of the requirements in Construction Department Procedure VIII-22 the following action would be approoriate for this oroject. UCC 016694 .1 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Notification - Wayne Bosserman or a representative of the plant EP Department will provide the EPA with documentation that meets this aoencies reporting criteria for asbestos removal and disposal. 2. Respiratory Protective Equipment - Construction employees assigned bo this project will wear MSA, Comfo II dual cartridge type respirators, instead of -the 3M-S710 disposable respirator normally worn by Construc tion employees when stripping asbestos. 1. R. Noble will fit test and certify all employees to wear this respirator. The Sistersville Plant will supply all Ccnfo II (MSA, Tyye H filter cartridoes will be used) respirators and replacement cartridges needed, to perform this work. 3. Wetting the Insulation - Water will not be used, to wet the insulation as it is removed. Nancol, a wetting agent concentrate used by the plant will be used by Construction employees. The plant agreed to purchase and supply this wetting agent for this project. Construction will supply the equipment to apply the Nancol. 4. Monitoring - Technical Center Industrial Hygiene will monitor Construction Department employees for exposure to asbestos. Results of this monitoring will be made available to the plant Industrial Hygiene Department, who will ccomunicate the monitoring results to plant representatives as they determine necessary. Plant Industrial Hygiene will periodically monitor the work area via area sampling. M. Patel of 511/1.H. will contact W. Eosserman concerning project monitoring. 5. Orientation - L. Rr-Noble will conduct an orientation session with all employees- assigned to this project to review and discuss the hazards of asbestos, recent plant problems and experiences wTith asbestos, work/ safety procedures, and protective equipment. 6. Unit Hazards - V7. Eosserman or a plant I.H. representative will conduct a review session for all Construction employees on the hazards of the units where the work wall take place. The purpose of this training is to ensure that the employees are knowledaeable of the chemical hazards of the work area. , 7. Communications - Construction supervision responsible for this project will prepare a Construction Hazardous Work Permit (HWP) for all asbestos removal work. He will issue a copy of this HWP to the Unit Operations Supervisor each day that we are to remove asbestos in a particular work area. The pumose of the HWP is to ensure that communications take place between plant production and maintenance employees and construction employees regarding when and where asbestos removal work is in progress from day to day. UCC 016695 -3- 3. Toilets and Other Plant Facilities - Construction employees will be instructed not to use any plant toilet or lunch room facilities during the course of *this project. Construction supervision will provide facilities for our employees. -- All preparations and precautions outlined in Construction Procedure VTII-22 Asbestos Insulation - Removal and Disposal will be followed in addition to the guidelines described in this memo. If you have any questions concerning this project or the proposed action steps feel free to give me a call on extension 6455. (location 512/2149) L. R. Noble Construction Safety* Department UCC 016696