Control technology assessment of hazardous waste disposal operations in chemicals manufacturing, walk-through survey report, Celanese Chemical Company, Clear Lake City, Texas.

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• Personal Author:
  Anastas M
• Description:
  A walk through survey was conducted to assess control technology for hazardous wastes disposal operations at Celanese Chemical Company (SIC-2800), Clear Lake, Texas in February 1982. Air, aqueous, and polymeric waste streams were generated by an acrylate manufacturing process. Company officials reported that waste streams from the acrylate manufacturing operations presented odor rather than exposure problems, engineering controls consisted of pump house ventilation, and incineration of ventilation air and wastewater in a waste heat boiler. A stream of waste polymeric materials was burned in a small solids incinerator equipped with an afterburner. Aqueous wastes were disposed of by deep well injection. Ethyl-acrylate (140885) pumps had devices that recycled seal leaks to the suction of the pumps. Air monitoring was conducted for acetic-acid (64197), ethyl-acrylate, and butyl-acrylate (141322) at the acrylate manufacturing complex. Measured concentrations were below 1 part per million. Monitoring of deep well injection sites showed negligible concentrations of contaminants. The author concludes that occupational exposure hazards at the facility are insignificant. No further study of the engineering controls is recommended.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Dust Lead Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  Chemical-manufacturing-industry Control-technology Engineering Exhaust-gases Field-Study Industrial-hygiene Industrial-wastes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Odor-control Region-6 Waste-disposal-systems

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHECTB10317a
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Control Technology
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00135005
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, ECTB 103-17a, 1982 Aug; :1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ethyl acrylate (CAS RN 140-88-5) ; Acetic acid (CAS RN 64-19-7) ; Butyl acrylate (CAS RN 141-32-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• NORA Priority Area:
  Control-technology
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  28 - Chemicals and Allied Products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:647575852f34cd3db35c3524b074690465078e681ea8bd9dee9ce3232ef7cd2cb16a9b50ab9a2d5489e8aeb413cad46c4256ac30558a249c79b71ed028d0922b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179656/cdc_179656_DS1.pdf
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